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126 posts · Started by TLS_Russ · 20 May 2012

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Post 1 by TLS_Russ,

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Found this old photo when I was back in the UK last, a lucky find as i lost all my old photos in a house flood a few years ago..........
Me with my old 76 yamaha RD350B proddy bike in 77/78,

Feel free to take the piss

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Now lets see yours

Post 2 by bic_bicknell,

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Great photo TLRuss. Takes me back to where it all began for me.
Here's my RD250E about 1981
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And my GS1000 a few years later
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Post 3 by TLS_Russ,

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Nice Dunstall GS1000, I remember them

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Post 5 by Colonel_Klinck,

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Post 6 by Mr_Trecolareco,

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I was born in 79' you old tarts lol

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Post 8 by TLS_Russ,

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Now, now children

Post 9 by TLS_Russ,

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I reckon riding a Superduke has more to do with your mental age than the physical

Post 10 by stalker,

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i reckon riding a superduke lowers your mental .

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Post 12 by nampus,

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Post 13 by rac,

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hi all
gs 1000 ,yam rd's....
having flash backs of scary moments when i was young .. 1960 born .. so ya all youngsters and i is a old git riding a crazy ktm ... ha ,can remember my first eddie lawson 1000.then onto a gsx 1100 .. then on the 1100 gsxr d redg.... those were the days . its now a wonder how i survived all the mad moments and got to 52 without being wiped out . although had a neck fracture at 25 on a honda 500 cr. one broke toe, foot came off the peg doing a stand up wheelie on a bultaco pursang. two broke ribs ,handlebars on a yamaha dt 400. torn scrotum on a aprilia rsv 6 years back , bloody double bubble as i went flying over front.. no skin on forearm and elbow , sleeve up up . calmed down a bit now .
sadly now still a child but just older .

Post 14 by Mr_Trecolareco,

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My first bike in 95 ( honda crm 50r )
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The second one in 2000 ( yamaha xj600 N after sometime without two wheels)
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But I agree, superduke is about emotions and mental "in"sanity

Post 15 by jambox,

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Bunch of old farts, the lot of ya (except nampus)

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Post 17 by jmann,

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Some can probably guess the year more-or-less ...

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Without the hair sometime later. MotoGp (Catalunya) so it must be a year ago.

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Post 18 by omky756,

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Started riding at 10 yrs. old...
All dirt biking then...
I'm not fecking old.!!!!
Born in '56...
My oldest was born in 1980...
My youngest kid is 23..(I have 4 kids).
You're as old as ya feel...
I feel the oldest when I get outa bed in the morning...
Warm up the creeks n cracks...
I get more tail than most of ya...
I'm single and I'm just an old whore...
I get told my mechanical girlfriend means more to me than they do...
They are RIGHT..!!!!

Post 19 by TLS_Russ,

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OOPS! Apple rubbish strikes again........ double post

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Post 21 by KTM666,

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........some spotty youth sitting on my old RD350A

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Post 22 by 41KS,

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Talking about music, besides Megadeth it was Napalm Death one of my favorites at that time
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Post 23 by Superdan,

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Love to join in but all my photos on bikes were in a digital era

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Post 28 by rac,

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hi all.
phew thats a relief, i am not the oldest on here , bunch of old farts .
anyway nuff of this , going out on the bike :

Post 29 by jmann,

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Ha Old farts indeed! I'd like to reclassify that as The True Believers. None of this boy wonder stuff - Here today,
gone tomorrow (or over the next 20 years). Gone like ghosts mumbling about family responsibilities, wife,
mortgage, kids, size of virtual (digital) penis Etc.

The True Believers managed to do all that stuff and still retained the desire/ability to rip it up.

Personally, I'd be proud to be the oldest member of this forum because being the oldest hooligan would be a badge
of honour.

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Post 31 by KTM666,

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Post 32 by TLS_Russ,

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Born in the summer of 59, been living on the edge ever since

"Dont stop me now i,m having a good time..........."

Poor Freddie never made it this far

Post 33 by bic_bicknell,

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Just found a few more in the bottom of a box.
RD 250 on "L" plates.
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Riding on favourite roads - Trough of Bowland
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I loved this KH400 S3! Best triple I owned
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My first move away from 2 strokes. Z400J
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Post 36 by bic_bicknell,

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Ha ha We used to heat up the 'ace bars' and bend them into that position - we thought they looked really cool! Steering lock was a bit limited.

Post 37 by Sabre,

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My old RD 250 just before i rode it back to my barracks in West Berlin from Lincoln (UK) 1978 one hell of a journey back then,dressed in full combat gear the Russians gave me a strange look as i went through the corridor soaked to the skin


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Post 38 by bic_bicknell,

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Sabre, what's with the gay reflector still on? Looks like a bit of rust on that there bike so there's no excuse it was new!

Post 39 by Superdan,

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Never knew they had Ugg boots in those days Ginge

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Post 43 by scotsduke,

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GINGE as well as being 34 years ago it was also 34 stone
only kidding mate no wonder you ended up on a tv screen in berlin xxx

Post 44 by No. 47,

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'58 vintage - most of you may have been riding RDs, KHs,etc (or FS1Es and the like perhaps......) I was on '61 BSA C15S, '65 (Dunstall) Triumph 500, '68 Bonnie, etc - I'll try and find the magic lantern images.

Post 45 by Viking,

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Being a semi youngish whippersnapper these are the oldest pics i've got.

1st motocross bike back in 2002. It was a 1998 YZ125


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Post 46 by Crotchrockety,

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I don't have any old pics. My long dead uncle likely had some old Polaroids (the really old ones that you had to smear with the stick of goo to help develop them) of me on a Honda 50 and later a Honda 70 at the ripe old age of 8 in 1972. That's when I started crashing bikes. I didn't like riding much back then because the only way I found I could stop was to crash. My stubby legs couldn't touch the ground back then either.

Post 47 by SDNerd,

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Nice fooking hair - LOL. Mine was no better.

Not a single pic survives of my RD350B, RD400, or the RZ350 ... ex-girlfriends, always seemed to end with the media be it pictures, vinyl, artwork, etc.

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Post 50 by KTM666,

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..just proves you were with the wrong woman...for who you are........

Post 51 by TLS_Russ,

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Post 52 by bic_bicknell,

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If you had a bright purple triple in the early 80's you got to take out pretty 15 year old redheads pillion.
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Post 53 by TLS_Russ,

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Post 54 by rac,

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hi all
huh i could not get a girlfriend to go on my bikes , they used to ask if i had a car and when i said now , that was it .gone ..
some of them i did not say i had a car as well as i did not want to be seen with them anyway. some of the girls back then were so big that ya would think that you were ridin a chopper with them on the back .. haaaaaaaaaaaa.
they knew that they had a fat ass because when they pulled there knickers down ,their ass was still in them yuk

Post 55 by DukeofCornwall,

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Speed Hill Climbing in the '80's. Supermoto bikes before supermoto was invented!! 1981 KX250 with 18" Akront rims, wet tyre in the front & wet compound inter on rear. Bike put me in hospital for 3 months with a smashed knee joint, bike sufferred a scratched clutch lever!

Later replaced with a CR500 set up with 18" wheels, Dunlop KR124s and 300mm disc - made the SD look sane.

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Post 56 by TLS_Russ,

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1981, after 4 bans a couple of motorcross bikes and a broken back I was back on the RDs.....

Drag racing now, my first road legal drag bike, started life as a 79 RD250E completely rebuilt with a big bore to 270cc using 125LC pistons and wild porting, shortened Allspeed pipes, XS400 swing arm 45mm longer than the RD arm with 50mm longer GS750 Marzochi shocks,

Later fitted with a Denco (USA) ported big reed RD350B top end, that was then bored to 370cc using YPVS350 +2mm pistons

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Finally fitted with the engine from this one......

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79 RD400E, first big bore RD400, the actual capacity was 427cc using IT175 pistons, hybrid crank TZ750 mains, RM125 big ends, Kawasaki small ends (forgot the model) Straight cut primary gears, YZ490 clutch with TZ750 springs, YPVS modified reed blocks / rubbers bored to take a pair of TZ750 34mm Mikunis, modified Allspeed pipes,XS400 swing arm again and 50mm longer S&W shocks......
A monster of a bike, mid 12 second 1/4 miles, fierce power wheelies in 3rd gear, topped out at almost 130mph on road gearing,
But them IT pistons didnt like to be revved too high, pushing 9500rpm the skirts would crack and the top ring would break up

Oh and I had this mint 80 RD400F stock looking sleeper with a Proddy spec tune for fooking around on and blowing off the LC boys

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Post 57 by KTM666,

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One of the very first Black LC350.....run it in and then had a full Stan Stevens Formula 2 spec (Carbs were bigger than the barrels ) running PZ2 tyres



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Post 58 by TLS_Russ,

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Post 59 by KTM666,

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No this was one of the very first Formula 2 Tunes 32mm power jets.........

Post 60 by bic_bicknell,

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I loved those red and white RD400Fs Wanted one so bad. But then I got the Kawa triple and was happy I guess. But seeing your picture made me remember the total infatuation I had with the RD. I never fell for the LC really. I thought it was a bit lightweight and gay!! It was a bit pretty. The RD was the business.

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Post 62 by TLS_Russ,

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The old RD air cooled vs LC rivalry 30 years later.........
both had their faults which is why the cult of modifying them developed and is still going, even the RD tuners were rivals, Terry Shepperd / Stan Stephens and a few lesser known ones, same thing in the USA

Terry Shepperd went onto tuning V Twins and did a lot with the Suzuki TLs, he also did a frame conversion....

my TLs is my RD400/Rd350LC/H1/H2, it has some of the character of all of them, my SD must be the YPVS/RG then

Post 63 by Lowrance,

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Amazing the number of RDs (2 strokes in general) in this thread. Funny how we all migrated to the SD.

I started my hooliganism career on a 1979 RD400 Daytona Special! That bike got me in a shit load of trouble!

Bummed I don't have a pic to throw up...

Post 64 by bic_bicknell,

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I can only say what I remember thinking of them then! Anyway, it was more of a comment on their looks. I was so used to the very straight lines and rectangular, solid styling of the old RD bikes and then along came this new lightweight bike with it's curves and delicate parts. Everything on it was a smaller, lighter, curvy, sculpted. Parked next to the old RD's it looked very feminine and not as macho. It was only it's performance that saved it from being tatally gay But of course styling fashions and tastes change and within a year or so the old RD's looked like things out of the ark.

What I really, really envied was the monoshock though.

Post 65 by bic_bicknell,

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Here's some pictures of the next seminal bike that entered the scene about the same time as the LC. My mate Robert's Katana seemed like something out of a science fiction movie. But then again it was just a GSX1000 underneath and didn't do anything better than the older bikes really.
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Abused from new
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Coming back from a Sunday run to the lakes. 20 seconds later the guy on pillion, Tony, had reached out, switched my ignition off and pinched the keys out my bike. A common prank in those days.
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Post 66 by KTM666,

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Post 67 by TLS_Russ,

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Post 68 by MADDOG53,

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1980 I rode this in to the Loudon national,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Spencer smoked em all that day
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78,,5 quart sump,,Rita ignition,,un-linked brakes,,uni-filters to replace the open velocity stacks,,new cost was $3,600,,,

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Good year 78,,,

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Post 69 by bic_bicknell,

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I love Morini 3 and a halfs. I have a few friends here with them.

Post 70 by TLS_Russ,

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Red Le Mans MK11 I had one of them on my bedroom wall

Post 71 by bic_bicknell,

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What's with the red exhaust baffle on the left hand side and black on the other? Is this a fashion thing or what?

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Post 73 by TLS_Russ,

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I suspect we have now been labeled as old wankers due to this thread. well here is another old wanker

(2009) 58 years old as i remember sideways on shingle at 120mph riding a 130bhp 750cc 2 stroke with only a rear brake........

The King

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Post 75 by bic_bicknell,

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Don't know. But I do know that quite a few years later, maybe when she was in her early twenties she passed her HGV license and drove trucks for a while.

Post 77 by SuperHoon,

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so many great pics guys, pity i can't add any old pics of my own because i was born in '90!

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Post 79 by Schnauzer,

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Wow, what a trip down memory lane.

I loved my RD400, you can't beat the smell, sound and buzz of a 2 stroke. Went on to own 3 Katana 1000s, another classic bike with strangely similar lines to the SD.

Post 80 by Stupid Luke,

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Post 81 by Ducati Pete,

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90's Vs now

One on the right was about a year after I left the Army.

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Post 82 by Ducati Pete,

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Post 85 by Ducati Pete,

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Trackdays in the 90's

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Post 87 by Ducati Pete,

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Luke, have you got any classic Judo pictures?
I'd love to see them mate.

Post 88 by Ducati Pete,

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Girlfriends in the 90's

This was in a hotel at Daytona Beach.

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Post 89 by Ducati Pete,

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Post 93 by Viking,

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Holy shit Pete! You look nothing like i expected.

Some superb pics. Loving the Ducati one with the ponytail. Looks like an ol fast Biks cover shot

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Post 95 by TLS_Russ,

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Post 99 by BASH69,

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This is about as early as i can go back with photos - early 90s exup, saw my 1st few trackdays at Cadwell on the big barge and 1st knee down round Mansfield

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Move on a few years to a Ducati 955 that started life as a 916 BiP and ended up a track bike -

Donington

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Cadwel again

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And after being thrown down the track a few times this is how she ended up -

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And today -

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Oooopps sorry, thats actually my 1984 Redline Prostyler restoration project

Post 100 by Stupid Luke,

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You and Pete could form the ex 90's gash leather subsection.

Post 101 by TLS_Russ,

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Post 102 by Ducati Pete,

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Ash, you had the same Mag wheels on your Ducati.

Marvic Penta in the gold colour - lovely.

Post 103 by blb,

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Pete,

Your RS250 was exactly the same as my first bike, waaaayyy too temperamental for me who only just passed their test. Mine was a 96N bought in 2000.

Beautiful bike and lovely to ride (when it worked ) Brought back some memories for me, don't think that a 17st rider and an rs250 mixed too well.

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Post 105 by Ducati Pete,

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Obviously I prefered the Marvic as well!

Post 106 by Supaduke,

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Me and my GSX-R750L at Assen

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Post 107 by kenscottphoto,

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Post 108 by scamb66,

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Seem to be a lot of smokers on here, so may as well post my first bike. Miss it in a kind of foggy reminiscent way, though sure it was not as good as I remember it.
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Post 111 by AGRO!,

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I liked the KR even with its missing in the rain but then I sold it and got a RG500 Now that was a beast for its time. It had a few problems also like the belly pan cracked on both sides from fuel dripping out of the over flow pipes straight onto the plastic pan and the fix was a new belly pan with a hole put in each side for the hoses to poke through. Also the top fairing needed a bit more support to stop the screen from flexing it use to move around a bit at high speed.
The other problem with mine was that one of the top expansion chambers was slightly rubbing on the tyre so I packed it out with some washers.
The main problem was that it loved fuel. But I used to love that thing I just wish Suzuki would build one today with all the new technology it would be one hell of a machine.

Post 112 by scamb66,

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Think the only problem I had with the KR was the rear plug falling out once, was considerably younger then and not to bright when it came to bike maintenance. A mate used to score avgas from under the wheel well of a Caribou aircraft in my old RAAF days, running on that managed to eke 195 kmh (probably optimistic) but sure felt faster. Smoke used to pour out the cans for a while after I stopped. Would love to have another one, cant recall the last time I saw one or it newer KR-1S. But an RG500 is high on my list.

Post 113 by Superdan,

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Check out my first bike:

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Its a classic 2001 Honda Hornet

Post 114 by TLS_Russ,

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The last RD400 I built to compete the Supebike magazine Ultimate streetbike competitions, 1980 RD400F 424cc, spent more building this thing than it would have cost to buy a brand new RD500LC............

78-81bhp @9600 rpm would and rev out to 10,500 still making around 70bhp, low 11 second 1/4 miles and road legal

Seen here at my last track day in 2005 at Rockingham with my old Sprinter parked behind and no it was far from being the slowest bike out there that day

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The spec`s would fill 3 sides of A4, still in my garage now awaiting an engine rebuild

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Post 119 by Linga,

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My first bike
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my first Race bike
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Post 120 by scamb66,

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[quote="Linga"]My first bike
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Why does this not surprise me.

Post 121 by bic_bicknell,

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My first road bike was a lot more humble. I learned a lot from this bike, from setting valves and contact breakers, maintenance routines, riding through all the year weather etc. I crashed it so many times that I was always fixing it and straightening bits out. I also resprayed it about ten times in two years. As soon as I passed my test I got the RD and never thought about this bike again. But it was a good little bike really. Note the helmet - a Stadium Achilles - my dad bought it for me, it was totally uncool and dorky, everyone else had AGVs. I also had my dad's old Belstaff waxed jacket which was also not cool at the time really. Would be worth a fortune now on ebay.
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Post 123 by AGRO!,

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Hey Maddog was that your Benelli? I used to dream of owning one of those but then I heard they didn't go that great.
So what did you think of the big 6.

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