If you're ever in the hawkes bay region take this one for a spin. You'll be underwhelmed and still somehow love every minute!
Liked On: 02-10-2020, 09:22 PM
This is a Bandit that I built in Ozzy, back when Street Fighters were in vogue. It had cams, GSXR shock, short dog bones, timing advance etc. Very nimble with the weight on the front, but still...
Liked On: 02-10-2020, 12:25 PM
"pit racers" i'm 6'2 and got onto one for a blast even 80k felt like i had been strapped onto a rocket !!!! it was like a V1 rocket on a skateboard
Liked On: 01-10-2020, 01:01 PM
Naah, the shrink couldn't compete with the evil obsession with riding on and over the ragged edge....... he quit.
Liked On: 30-09-2020, 10:10 PM
150427 Her you go my latest mid Restoration... Getting hard to get un molested good ones Push the button it goes every time Everyone falls in love with it .. Got the last carrier, carb kit ...
Liked On: 30-09-2020, 04:25 PM
I gather the reliability has been sorted, likewise the construction and frame. The only reservation is that it’s LAMS approved so won’t have the torque etc of my 1550cc last bike - but all I’m...
Liked On: 30-09-2020, 03:28 PM
150420
Liked On: 30-09-2020, 01:40 PM
Back in the day, one went past me, on its back wheel. and I was speeding at the time (open road). They killed a lot of people back then, no wonder you felt alive
Liked On: 29-09-2020, 09:24 PM
They all do that, sir.
Liked On: 29-09-2020, 09:24 PM
Everytime I got off my H1 at the end of a ride I knew I was alive!:omg: And that was 45 years ago. 'Eyes as wide as saucers' alive.
Liked On: 29-09-2020, 09:19 PM
This is very close to what I did / am doing. I have a jap cruiser (XV1000) that I have had for nearly 30 years. Great fun to ride but I wanted more....I looked at what it would cost to "tart it up"...
Liked On: 29-09-2020, 01:39 PM
I suppose this thread is the motorbike equivalent of ‘How can I make my 7.62X39 into a good 600 yard+ hunting rifle’:D Horses for courses...
Liked On: 29-09-2020, 12:00 PM
my 2c . . . beware of what you think you want all that fun you had was on the bike the way it is . . . run 2 bikes if you want want something with some real power, hopefully it has decent...
Liked On: 29-09-2020, 11:58 AM
How the fuck do you "have fun" on a bike that doesn't stop, doesn't get out of the hole, doesn't have a top end, doesn't turn, can't carry mid corner, shakes out your fillings and turns it's rider...
Liked On: 29-09-2020, 11:57 AM
Yeah ya got me, 12mm is huge. I sometimes stop for a coffee break halfway through the extraction.
Liked On: 14-09-2020, 11:02 PM