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Thread ID: 74400	2006-11-21 05:17:00	Let's See Some Pix Of Your Motorcycles!	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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500861	2006-11-23 10:52:00	...don't get on a 4 wheeler you don't know and go blatting down a farm track... especially the racing quads, while they dont roll as easy as the farm ones, they dont have reverse, and that makes things difficult when you go down a track that is really only meant for two wheelers:o	motorbyclist (188)
500862	2006-11-23 11:15:00	ok, i still cant find my camera, but i've got my dirt bike online so i'll show that... my first dirt bike was a '81 honda xl125 bored up to 185cc... went well, crap on soft sand... next was my dad's '83 honda XR200 RC (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com)... i rode that up untill i got my 4hundy... it never died in all the years i had it - after about 24months i thought i'd find out it had no oil, then the cam chain got so lose a tensioner broke off. it still went fine untill i turned 15. i bent the rear shock, which made riding "shocking". i took it to a race with it's "no airfilter bar the metal element" approach... it soon lost it's muffler in a collision, then it's rings in the dust and got smokier and smokier. after that i learnt how to port/polish the entire top end and replace rings/reseat valves etc. i got a piece of trampoline leg to replace the crushed exhaust and welded the uncle-made muffler back on. about a month later i hit a rather hard bump (no rear shock), the welds broke, and by this point i had completely finished off the front fork seals.. i then went around some engineer's shops bins and built my own stainless steel muffler which was better than the old one. i got it a secondhand shock, dismantled the forks and fixed them. got some air filter foam and gave it a proper filter to relpace the old piece of couch foam. that was the most indestructible bike, it took so much abuse it wasn't funny. it taught me how to rebuild a bike, and how to remove rusted on components lol. Currently i have a '98 yamaha yz400f (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com)... simply, it's awesome - takes all my abuse and has unlimited power, infact more power than traction as i cannot afford brand new tyres lol. when my dad had a go (he's been riding for 40years) it broke his ribs in 4 seconds flat. super reliable and has performance parts giving more power than my mates '02 426. luckily the xr200 taught me how to control a machine hurtling out of control so i am yet to have a serious injury.... it has almost 50HP courtesy of some performance parts, and regularly draws complaints from my non-riding neighbours and their neighbours:D... my only dirt bike issue now is lack of traction (eats tyres) and not getting drunk the night before a race and trying to ride on 3hrs sleep with a hangover.. another pic with me on the left (motorbyclist.ifastnet.com) stay tuned for my road bike post lol (will be much shorter, dont worry)	motorbyclist (188)
500863	2006-11-23 11:33:00	oh, and if you're wondering what that sticker on the XR was, i gave it the "krusty seal of approval - it's not just good, it's good enough":D lol i forgot to mention how i stripped all the teeth off the rear sprocket lol - that was one hell of a push as it decided to go at the lowest, furthest possible location from the car park	motorbyclist (188)
500864	2006-11-23 22:22:00	I must be getting old. All these Jap bikes that don't even have a decent oil leak leave me cold. Mention of the Ariel square fours got me interested. I've never even ridden one but in about 1948 I was in the Isle of Man at Signpost Corner watching the TT. A travelling marshal who was riding a square four stopped and talked to us for a few minutes when a rider went by and was obviously leaking oil. "Must stop him" he said and took off after the rider who was riding a Manx Norton. We couldn't believe his fantastic acceleration and the way he was rapidly overhauling the racer when they disappeared round the next corner (Bedstead Corner?). I don't suppose for a moment the Ariel was capable of keeping up that pace but it was a real eye opener to us all. Of course since then I have often wondered if the rider concerned knew he was in mechanical trouble and was taking it easy - but at the time none of us thought that. Tom What a glorious year that was for Vincents in the Senior Clubmans TT, they finished 1,2,5,6,8,9, etc, just shows how well the heavier bikes handled compared with their lighter brothers. Thereafter, 1000cc were put into their own category so as not to be too unfair to the 500cc bikes. :) :) www.iomtt.com	Terry Porritt (14)
500865	2006-11-27 20:58:00	What a glorious year that was for Vincents in the Senior Clubmans TT, they finished 1,2,5,6,8,9, etc, just shows how well the heavier bikes handled compared with their lighter brothers. Thereafter, 1000cc were put into their own category so as not to be too unfair to the 500cc bikes. :) :) www.iomtt.com Ah yes - I went so many times to the TT memories have got confused about dates and times now but I do remember watching the Vincents from the grandstand area one year - their speed was literally frightening. Of course they needed it to compete against lighter bikes who were better on corners. I also recall that somebody once checked and found the bikes were faster going UP the mountain than they were going down. I also was in the grandstand area the year little neat Les Graham on the new Porcupine AJS overtook A Bell - sprawled over the good old Norton single. he did it right opposite the grandstand.	Thomas01 (317)
500866	2006-11-27 21:27:00	Good to see some motorcycle enthusiasts here, better add my machine, I sold this last month but it was my pride and joy for 4 years. 2002 Jawa short stroke speedwaybike (www.speedwaybikes.co.nz) 70 Horse power 80 Kg (same power to weight as a formula 1 car)	MikeHP (8910)
500867	2006-11-28 00:20:00	I think the guys who drive the speedway bikes have real hair...no brakes, extree-e-e-me horsepower and speed and a small track.......	SurferJoe46 (51)
500868	2006-11-29 00:25:00	Good to see some motorcycle enthusiasts here, better add my machine, I sold this last month but it was my pride and joy for 4 years. 2002 Jawa short stroke speedwaybike (www.speedwaybikes.co.nz) 70 Horse power 80 Kg (same power to weight as a formula 1 car) i hear the yamaha R1 has 172hp and 170kg too (dry weight)... not bad for stock standard lol (and the rider doesn't set off the ratio so much) man those speedway riders have some serious skill, balance and balls.	motorbyclist (188)
500869	2006-11-29 00:46:00	found my camera!:D	motorbyclist (188)
500870	2006-11-29 02:08:00	Actually the power to weight of an F1 car is more like 900 HP to 600Kg including driver... My grandad used to race those old speedway bikes back a few years now...	The_End_Of_Reality (334)
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