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Clubroom => Twinshock Trials => Topic started by: TooFastTim on June 14, 2013, 11:04:18 am

Title: Yrjos bike
Post by: TooFastTim on June 14, 2013, 11:04:18 am

In it's latest incarnation. Pic taken at the highland classic last weekend:

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/994165_180447538786991_148857181_n.jpg)

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: albrid-3 on June 16, 2013, 10:08:12 pm

very trick

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: jerry on June 17, 2013, 05:39:33 pm

What about the kick starter? Where do you get one of those? Off something else? J

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: TooFastTim on June 18, 2013, 10:09:31 pm

Jerry, the kick starter is off the M199B. The last Bulto made. It was standard on that model.

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: jerry on June 18, 2013, 10:24:17 pm

Thanks Tim now I have to find one. J

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: albrid-3 on June 19, 2013, 11:45:08 am

Love the drill holes, makes them lighter, I new a fellow that drilled out the frame on a Al bandito 360 just to make it lighter  ???

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: TooFastTim on June 20, 2013, 10:19:27 am

Yrjo has a thing for lightness. Not surprising when you consider that the bikes of that era weighed in excess of 200 lbs. if you have a look in a back issue of VMX he describes the restoration of the bike on which he won his first world championship, the weight saving on that bike is very subtle but significant.

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: JC on June 22, 2013, 10:00:33 am

He also got Bultaco to agree to having Walter Luft remove a bunch of wt off one off his works bikes in mid/late 70s, only to find it completely changed the wt distribution & stuffed the handling. Expensive mistake. Wonder if he took that into account on this one??

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: TooFastTim on June 26, 2013, 01:16:21 pm

JC, the lessons Yrjo learned from Walters weight saving efforts were put to good use on the bike Yrjo restored.

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: BULTACOBRIS on July 31, 2013, 11:08:21 am

Mika - Vesty's son. Rather good rider too.

(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss338/BULTACOBRIS/mikavesty.jpg) (http://s589.photobucket.com/user/BULTACOBRIS/media/mikavesty.jpg.html)

Toni Bou having a go - looks a bit ginger?

(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss338/BULTACOBRIS/vestybou.jpg) (http://s589.photobucket.com/user/BULTACOBRIS/media/vestybou.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: TooFastTim on July 31, 2013, 12:52:46 pm

Quote from: BULTACOBRIS on July 31, 2013, 11:08:21 am

Mika - Vesty's son. Rather good rider too.

Indeed he is. An ex UK top 5 rider before studies got in the way. Mika now works at CERN on the LHC as a particle physicist. See here: https://phonebook.cern.ch/phonebook/#id=PE721979 (https://phonebook.cern.ch/phonebook/#id=PE721979)

P.S. Are you Graham W?

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: BULTACOBRIS on August 01, 2013, 10:07:34 am

Not Graham - but i do ride with him.

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: TooFastTim on August 01, 2013, 11:45:16 am

Hmm, if I could fix up some transport......(it's a long story)

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: BULTACOBRIS on August 01, 2013, 01:04:41 pm

Ah! Tim F?

Title: Re: Yrjos bike
Post by: TooFastTim on August 01, 2013, 03:40:52 pm

Quote from: BULTACOBRIS on August 01, 2013, 01:04:41 pm

Ah! Tim F?

That's me!