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that_impulse_guy Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 18:15 - 07 Mar 2023 Post subject: I'm from the past |
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Couldn't find an "intro" forum, so best to just say hi here by the sounds of it.
Clocking up to 5 decades in life now, the last time I rode was in last century and somehow have kept my head in the sand up until a few months ago when I decided "yes, I shall bike again" (at some point I changed continents too, so need to do my license now)
you guys got abs now, linked brakes, heated grips...keyless...fuel injection..pinlock...where have I been!!!
Previously, you know...in the 20th century, I worked in the biking industry and pretty much rode everything until it calmed down around 1996...ish.
Did my CBT last weekend, so now have a backup career option as a justeat driver ...need to move on and do mod1+mod2 because...dummy here bought himself his dream bike last year in absolute pieces and has been having a ball of a time putting it back together and replacing stuff and reading japanese microfiches with old-man-eyes and zoom on 300% trying to locate parts in the depths of thailand, cambodia and this place called "new zealand" which I'm not even sure exists or is even a real place. But alas.
So apparently, 400cc and 60hp+ means I must get a big boy license. Why didnt I realise this.
Anyway, enough about me...I'm going to read the 9 zillion threads here going back to the beginning of time and find out what Ive missed. |
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to v or not to v World Chat Champion
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welcome aboard ____________________ current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either. |
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that_impulse_guy Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 20:41 - 07 Mar 2023 Post subject: |
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I like 2 strokes...so so much. Then they disappeared almost totally and I fell into despair. Oh noes...the smells...where are we going to get the smells now.
At some point inbetween riding stuff to and from the equivalent of MOT and doing quotes for customers broken bikes which meant I had to ride them to "feel" the wobble or "experience" the flatspot...at some point after riding that ns400r and almost sticking it into the side of the road...(i still want one though)..yeah..at some point a customer somehow brought us a gsx400x impulse 1986. We did some work and I took it for said mot-equivalent and by jove, it wasnt a smoker but what a nice thing it was to ride.
I want one, I said, recently, whilst reminiscing
Suzuki said "we dont make them no more you whiny child". In fact, all we do is boring parallel twins with mahoosive big khan-friendly exhausts, or that v-twin which is ubiquitous and we decided to call a gladius one night when the drugs were especially cheap and we needed a new name.
Also, all our stuff is kinda..boring now, and heavy..yeah, we made them heavy. Next year we're painting them all beige and putting a volvo badge on them. Oh and no more gsxr too.
Thank you mr suzuki.
Well guess what...I win...I found one!!! mwahahahaha.
Fixing stuffs completed: front and rear brakes...pistons seized...happy now, rebuilt m/c, replaced coils with coilpacks, recovered seat, cleaned carbs six times, rebuilt carbs, replaced some cables, fitted braided hoses, valve clearances, cam cap cover..sparks replaced, seats recovered, plastic welded some bits
todo: make petrol tank not ugly and rusty, make wiring neat. Get a %%^^$£££ license and ride her. |
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Posted: 08:47 - 08 Mar 2023 Post subject: |
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Welcome! ____________________ CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, MZ TS150 - 9k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 38k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 49k. |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
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Posted: 15:19 - 08 Mar 2023 Post subject: Re: I'm from the past |
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that_impulse_guy wrote: | you guys got abs now, linked brakes, heated grips...keyless...fuel injection..pinlock...where have I been!!! |
i don't have any of those things on my v-reg kawasaki - which rides as well if not better than it's modern equivalents such as the z1000sx. the z1000sx is unnecessarily heavy imo, and - to exacerbate matters - makes less power (w/ more cc and a chunk of extra lard). I think ABS is probably a good thing though - not least cos I do get off the tarmac on the back lanes where I live - and this is to let people passed. Also, i do have some oxford heated grips - but i bought them 2 years ago and still haven't fitted them. EFI, pinlock, keyless I'm not bothered about - i did just get a new shoei w/ pinlock though. I always just open the visor to the first click though, if it gets steamed up and that's always done the trick. All in all, i would generally prefer a lighter, simpler bike, i think. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125 |
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Posted: 21:13 - 08 Mar 2023 Post subject: |
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WD Forte wrote: | So,
old bikes, different continent, no license, tends to waffle
You're Mexican right?
Bienvenido muchacho ! |
I like you,,,I think I'm going to keep you.
I've spent today reading the technical section (gave up after page 200 ish) and realise you're a positive force....and that there's a lot of folks with chinese 125 who cant elucidate their problems properly.
I shouldve added that to my list.
chinese bikes ____________________ Gone: Yamaha DT50lc, Suzuki DR500, Suzuki A100, Kawasaki z250ltd, RD350YPVS, Suzuki DR Big, Kawasaki AR125, Kawasaki KMX200, Suzuki GS1000S, Katana 1100, GS550M, Suzuki RGV250
Now: Suzuki GSX400X, Suzuki RF900R, NS400R |
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that_impulse_guy Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 10:58 - 22 Mar 2023 Post subject: |
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WD Forte wrote: | I'm still not sure what bike you have
some 400cc one is all I'm fairly sure of so far.
waffle away, take the piss and join in the fun old boy but at least
focus from time to time and tell us/show us your bike.
I get that currently you're at the pizza delivery level of licentiousness
with ambitions to greatness so good luck with that. |
I made a thread about my bike, Jap market GSX400X ____________________ Gone: Yamaha DT50lc, Suzuki DR500, Suzuki A100, Kawasaki z250ltd, RD350YPVS, Suzuki DR Big, Kawasaki AR125, Kawasaki KMX200, Suzuki GS1000S, Katana 1100, GS550M, Suzuki RGV250
Now: Suzuki GSX400X, Suzuki RF900R, NS400R |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 73 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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