3legs Posted 9August, 2020 Report Share Posted 9August, 2020 31 minutes ago, StevepGT3 said: Nothing worse than kicking the shit out of a bike that refused to fire, tore a ligament in my knee doing just that years ago and still suffer from it Yep, I see a lot of young fellows trying to kick start a bike using throttle every time they kick it and I just stand there and have a big smile on my face while they keep kicking and wonder why it won't fire. So I go up to them and show them how us old fellows who grew up on kickstarts do it. I don't tell them at first, I just kick it over 2 or 3 times then on the 4th kick, boom away she fires and the look on their face is priceless. Then I tell them that they have flooded the engine because they were twisting the throttle furiously as they kicked. A few kicks to clear the fuel and get it on the compression stroke and away she goes. Most times you never need to touch the throttle. See, us old fella's are still good for teaching these young bucks a thing or two😂 Troubleshooter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 9August, 2020 Report Share Posted 9August, 2020 7 minutes ago, 3legs said: Yep, I see a lot of young fellows trying to kick start a bike using throttle every time they kick it and I just stand there and have a big smile on my face while they keep kicking and wonder why it won't fire. So I go up to them and show them how us old fellows who grew up on kickstarts do it. I don't tell them at first, I just kick it over 2 or 3 times then on the 4th kick, boom away she fires and the look on their face is priceless. Then I tell them that they have flooded the engine because they were twisting the throttle furiously as they kicked. A few kicks to clear the fuel and get it on the compression stroke and away she goes. Most times you never need to touch the throttle. See, us old fella's are still good for teaching these young bucks a thing or two😂 I’ve always never had a problem either , but when I did my knee it was because it had been sitting for months and the fuel bowls had dried out causing the needle and seat to gum up, bastard wouldn’t flow and therefore wouldn’t start 3legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson59 Posted 7October, 2020 Report Share Posted 7October, 2020 Nostalgia in my shed . Reliving being a teenager got some new bikes michel, 3legs, micknine01 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st3ve Posted 7October, 2020 Report Share Posted 7October, 2020 80's instant classics, awesome! 👍 Just need an RC30 and you've got the 80's japbike holy trinity (maybe also an OW01 but I don't know what comes after a trinity). A mate had the Italian 70's 750 trinity of Greenframe, MV 750 America and 750SFC. Nice... michel and wilson59 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 7October, 2020 Report Share Posted 7October, 2020 1 minute ago, st3ve said: 80's instant classics, awesome! 👍 Just need an RC30 and you've got the 80's japbike holy trinity (maybe also an OW01 but I don't know what comes after a trinity). A mate had the Italian 70's 750 trinity of Greenframe, MV 750 America and 750SFC. Nice... I know where there is a never started Rothmans RC30, beautiful things, like a Swiss watch wilson59 and Peter M 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson59 Posted 7October, 2020 Report Share Posted 7October, 2020 11 minutes ago, st3ve said: 80's instant classics, awesome! 👍 Just need an RC30 and you've got the 80's japbike holy trinity (maybe also an OW01 but I don't know what comes after a trinity). A mate had the Italian 70's 750 trinity of Greenframe, MV 750 America and 750SFC. Nice... Picked up this as well StevepGT3, michel and Peter M 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter M Posted 7October, 2020 Report Share Posted 7October, 2020 Let me guess Wilso, you had a RD250LC as a L plater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson59 Posted 7October, 2020 Report Share Posted 7October, 2020 2 minutes ago, Peter M said: Let me guess Wilso, you had a RD250LC as a L plater? Nope . A RG 250 Peter M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st3ve Posted 7October, 2020 Report Share Posted 7October, 2020 Wow, even better!! Castrol 6-hour 1984, Gardner/Pace on the bargey VF1000R versus Scott/Dowson on the nimble RZ. Epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3legs Posted 10October, 2020 Report Share Posted 10October, 2020 Bugga, I've been looking for a decent 1st model ZXR750 for ages but everytime they came up I was too late now they are too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted 10October, 2020 Report Share Posted 10October, 2020 Peter M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson59 Posted 10October, 2020 Report Share Posted 10October, 2020 47 minutes ago, 3legs said: Bugga, I've been looking for a decent 1st model ZXR750 for ages but everytime they came up I was too late now they are too expensive. I was lucky. I have been the same and managed to buy it first day advertised. Really hard to come by 3legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 11October, 2020 Report Share Posted 11October, 2020 500 Pantah. 1958 junior is powered by an Ariel 500 with a Harley barrel - has spare motor both b/printed and set up to run methanol wilson59 and tomo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregAx Posted 11October, 2020 Report Share Posted 11October, 2020 Covid boredom, picked up a z500, currently undergoing a restoration, and a colour change. Peter M and firstone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson59 Posted 26November, 2020 Report Share Posted 26November, 2020 Just bought my 80 s dream bike . Need to wait a while before I get it in my shed LeeM, 3legs and michel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 26November, 2020 Report Share Posted 26November, 2020 1 minute ago, wilson59 said: Just bought my 80 s dream bike . Need to wait a while before I get it in my shed You F...ER!!! BAGS FIRST RIDE!!! You'll love riding that Paul, congrats 👍 (f...er) wilson59 and 3legs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson59 Posted 26November, 2020 Report Share Posted 26November, 2020 Just now, LeeM said: You F...ER!!! BAGS FIRST RIDE!!! You'll love riding that Paul, congrats 👍 (f...er) I remember watching Andy Robert’s and Doug Pitman racing the OWO1 when they were new . Japanese 80s exotica can’t wait . This thing has 3 km on it so need to run it in LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 26November, 2020 Report Share Posted 26November, 2020 Just now, wilson59 said: I remember watching Andy Robert’s and Doug Pitman racing the OWO1 when they were new . Japanese 80s exotica can’t wait . This thing has 3 km on it so need to run it in Got some pics of Doug and Andy at the Mallala ARRC round locked away somewhere. Andy was a gun on that thing...and anything else he rode for that matter. Great rider and a helluva nice guy wilson59 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3legs Posted 26November, 2020 Report Share Posted 26November, 2020 Any of you guys remember the "Syndicate" Kawasaki that AJ usually rode. What a weapon. Remember seeing it at Mallala being riden by AJ and lapped the whole field. Nothing could touch it. From memory it had 170HP and this was back in the very early 80's. Never been a massive fan of Yamaha's but that FZR is nice Paul. Excellent score. wilson59 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 27November, 2020 Report Share Posted 27November, 2020 Yeah @3legs I remember The Syndicate. Ajay was fast on anything though 😁 3legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 27November, 2020 Report Share Posted 27November, 2020 Wasn`t mighty Mick Doohan on one of those in his first WSB ride ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 27November, 2020 Report Share Posted 27November, 2020 2 hours ago, StevepGT3 said: Wasn`t mighty Mick Doohan on one of those in his first WSB ride ? Reckon he was. Maybe #25 from my hazy memory? Team mate to Mike Dowson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter M Posted 27November, 2020 Report Share Posted 27November, 2020 Quote from Old Bike magazine: "Mick Doohan took a double win at the Oran Park round of WSBK in 1988 on an up-spec’d Marlboro Yamaha FZ750R. The FZ would remain in production until the end of 1992, replaced by the YZF750 for 1993. However for ’89, Yamaha released what is possibly their most exotic machine ever, the FZR750R, more commonly known by its factory designation – the OW01" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson59 Posted 27November, 2020 Report Share Posted 27November, 2020 12 minutes ago, LeeM said: Reckon he was. Maybe #25 from my hazy memory? Team mate to Mike Dowson Mike Dowson on the Marlboro OWO1 LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 27November, 2020 Report Share Posted 27November, 2020 21 minutes ago, Peter M said: Quote from Old Bike magazine: "Mick Doohan took a double win at the Oran Park round of WSBK in 1988 on an up-spec’d Marlboro Yamaha FZ750R. The FZ would remain in production until the end of 1992, replaced by the YZF750 for 1993. However for ’89, Yamaha released what is possibly their most exotic machine ever, the FZR750R, more commonly known by its factory designation – the OW01" Went up to Oran park for that one, but the details are a bit hazy Peter M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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