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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: MX? on March 16, 2009, 05:37:23 pm
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Can we mention those things here? If not feel free to smack me 'round the earhole. :)
I've noticed a few posts now that have made a reference to the owners roadie. Thought it would be good to have look at what's out there hiding in the corner of the garage?
This be my old girl.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/photos2u/XL250/webshot.jpg)
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sweet kwak!! 8) Z1B?? I had ye old' Z650 and my mates had Z1R, 1000A's, 1000J's, GS1000S and throw in a nice Eddy Lawson Replica back in the earlies '80's but they be mere memories now. Sold my last roady about 4 years ago (600 fireblade) but they've always been around me. My brothers were both into streetbikes owning many many bikes from Benelli SEI 750 6 to British marques, waterbottles, GT's to good old 750 F1 honda with the then ducks nuts full fairing and custom naked lady paintwork. My dad too was a mad keen BSA and Ariel square four pilot. Guess you could say bikes are in my blood ;D
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never thought i would buy a road bike but that changed when i saw a 76 yamaha rd 250 in a mates work shed which was very original all lights and everything works running i think i did alright for $200 it needs to be done up and has had a accident at one stage but should look good when its done up i prefer this to dads vf1000f that we got rid of recently and someone said my rd is a rarer model because it has a front and rear disc and is called a 76rd250cd insted of normal rd250c i cant ride the rd yet because im not old enough to get my learners yet they are much more dangerous on the road than dirt though thanks Michael. :)
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(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss270/ted84photos/th_Bike008-1.jpg) (http://s582.photobucket.com/albums/ss270/ted84photos/?action=view¤t=Bike008-1.flv)
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Magnificent MX. If old roadies were my bent, that'd be what I'd have. Very nice! :)
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This be my old girl.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/photos2u/XL250/webshot.jpg)
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Very nice Kawasaki, I like the "Jaffa's" in this model which a couple just went thru ebay in excess of 12K, though I still like the !973 Honda 750/4 with the four into four pipes ;)
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RD250/350/400's, RD250/350LC's, RZ's,TZ's , TZR's, KR1-S, RG's, X-7's, GT's, S2's, GPz's, GN, and CB's are just some of the nearly 40+ road bike I have owned/restored/raced etc. I plan to restore another RD350LC some day.
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Vey clean Z9 and well why not have a roady, some times its good to get out for a bit of a blast. In my case I did a bit of road racing as well between motocross as a kid and now as more mature bloke. Me being a Honda Man will always have to aline with a Honda now wouldn't I.
29K on the clock second one I have owned (first when they were new).
Shane
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What I'd like to know is, can you actually kick-start the bloody things or was the kicker just for looks?
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And I'm used to starting something that doesn't even have a de-comp lever! Piece of piss!
There's a few nice 750/4's and Z9's on the Classic and Collector part of eBay at the moment. Hmmm....... :P
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What good taste you have Mick. 8)
If You got the silver frosted bands underneath chromed I wouldn't be able to tell You have fitted new pipes
I'm onto that. Getting new bands made up. ;)
Oh, and I've changed the tailight lens since then as well.
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No roady yet but 1st choice is 79 CBX1000 then the Kwaka 9
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I've a restored RD350LC, a YDS5 being restored and a GTR1000.
(Sorry, no pixies ::))
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I have an XS650 (1977) yamaha twin waiting for some work when my VMX bike sells.
I must take some before shots for the album,it will give me an indication of how much work was/has to be spent on it.
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Ah yes, the cbx1000, love the note on those things. Also loved the RE5 .
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A Road bike? No 8). If you get tired of that Z900 rip the engine for me evolution speedway sidecar will ya? Fact Z900 engines cannot be used in pre75 classic sidecar speedway class.
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A Road bike? No 8). If you get tired of that Z900 rip the engine for me evolution speedway sidecar will ya? Fact Z900 engines cannot be used in pre75 classic sidecar speedway class.
No? but can you use a Z1 engine? ('73) quicker anyway. ;)
Not that I have one laying around.
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someone squash that bug cruzing around.... >:(
! MX?
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What bug? :P
T'was a bit distracting. :-[
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NO Kawasaki DOHC 900s matter of fact no multi cylinder DOHC engines, just good old 980+cc single OHC 754s like mine..... It is a pig bug...
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1953 MAC Velocette on full rego here but want that H2750 on Evil bay as we speak, had one when I was 17. What a bike!
Love the Z1A
211
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Yep, a Ducati 600 Pantah (red one) but it has sat for ten years.
I'm a crap mechanic and short on cash so it'll sit a while longer. :-[
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Piecing together bits for a Red Bull KTM 250 GP replica, made from a Kawasaki KR-1 250.I thought the TYGA fairing would be close and was happy to see THIS (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-RGV250-RGV-250-TYGA-CUSTOM-MOTOGP_W0QQitemZ250384169008QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycles?hash=item250384169008&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318) on the rgv forum. Be closer in technical details more than looks, not sure if it will be for the track only or have it rego'd.
Nice Z1 MX?
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Yes, 1996 YB9 Bimota. Runs the Yamaha Thundercat 600 motor.Has been posted before but what the heck :)
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh160/rosco400_photos/Shed014.jpg)
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Yep...
Bultaco Metralla Mk 2
(http://www.red-devil-racing.com/images/bult_rally__240.jpg)
Moto Guzzi V7 Special
(http://www.red-devil-racing.com/images/guzzi_020.jpg)
Laverda Jota (being restored)
(http://www.red-devil-racing.com/images/jota_23.jpg)
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Didn't you used to own a Triumph Sprint as well?
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Great Z9 and an even nicer XL - well done and sure ooking forward to the first race report!
My road wheels which unfortunately only gets out 4 - 5 times a year.........Jamie Whitam's '89 TT production bike (GSX750RR).
440 super single project bike almost complete.
Rgds
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2004 Triumph Thruxton. I ride it to work every day, which is something as I rarely get to do any dirt bikin'.
Tex
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Now we're getting somewhere....piccies!
Geez there is some veerry noice rides out there....keep 'em coming. :) Laverda, Guzzi, Bimota etc. Be still my beating heart. ;D
That 440 single project sounds interesting?
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My last road bike was a radically modified 1981 Honda H100a:
(http://home.netspeed.com.au/cjbrooks/H100RS_LHS.jpg)
Unsurpisingly, it wasn't quite as quick as the one before that, which was a red 2001 Honda CBR1100XX:
(http://www.davidsykes-superbikes.com/image/products/Picture%20169.jpg)
Was probably only quicker because of the colour ;D
My next one will be a Yamaha DT2 cafe racer. No pics yet as it's a very long way from finished.
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Love your work Chris on the H100 8)
I really should put my little KH125 back together, can't think of any reason why not to and all that's missing in these current times is the seat and the chamber, I can make another :P rode it for years like this but it was always most fun when it rained, it stuck like glue! ;D
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/957706/Doc_kwaka_KH125A_1974.jpg)
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Very nice kwakas Doc , I ve only modern roadies(BMW Rocster for touring and GSR 600 for fun day outs) I like the mid 80's road bikes had a nice VFR 750 that won the six hour producton race for a while wouldn't mind another but price of old roadies has gone high here, still maybe not for long judging by the number of VMX bike not selling.
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I must admit that I didn't build that H100. I bought it like that. The fella that built it must have been both gifted and insane. ;D
Actually, my H100 was scarier in the rain than the Blackbird was. It was so light (75kgs) and I weigh 90kgs, so we were pretty top heavy together. That was really noticable in corners. The Blackbird was a lot more planted and easier to hang off.
But in the dry, the H100 went round corners a lot quicker than the Blackbird did.
That's a very nice lookin' KH you have there.
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Answer - YEP!
Good to see some good taste in road bikes right across the spectrum - Mark take a bow for the Metralla and the Guzzi mate !
Bikes;
DUCATI; '74 750SS x 2 (one a runner the other in kit form) and a '73 750S. Other 'kits' are - '74 750S, '72 Imola racer replica, '68 350MK3D, '71 450 R/T x 2, '73 450D, '74 450D.
BMW; '66 R60/2, '74 R90S, '75 R90S x 3, '78 R100RS, '79 R100T and some others.
Bad isn't it - bloody road bikes !!!
Dave Mac ;)
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Worse still they are OLD road bikes !!!
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Thanks Dave,
From a man with a mountain of Dukes, that's praise indeed ;)
I am Ducati less now - I had a Darmah, a 75 750 SS and a 650 Pantah, all sold now. (grumble, grumble, I should never have sold the 750SS, grumble, grumble...)
Cheers,
Mark
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Mark take a bow for the Metralla and the Guzzi mate !
Yep, what he said. Nice bikes all in this thread but those two took my breath away.
Sexy as!! ;) :D 8)
I'm hoping to get another roadie as a daily rider.
The moderns which appeal to me are the retro styles - the new Dukes, the new Triumphs (all retro).
I'm hoping BMW might do a retro. Luuurve the old Beemers.
and while I'm a smidge off thread I'll mention Ducati are rumoured to be building a Cruiser.
Can anyone confirm? In a different thread if you must... ;)
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Crikey Dave M! That's an impressive hoard of Dukes you have there, let alone the Beemers.
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Hi MX and thanks!
I, like most of the ladies and gents on the forum, guess that I'm addicted to bikes of virtually any persuasion or type.
When I started out my first bike was a 60's C90 steppy with all the 'good gear' removed and cheap and nasty knobbies fitted and yet I had SO MUCH fun on that bike and it's legacy has been a lifelong love of motorcycles, and in the main the people who ride / race / collect / restore them.
I'm having as much if not more fun now than I did when I was 12 !!! and still have a soft spot for anything made up to the mid eighties. Don't get me wrong here - after that period there are some BRILLIANT bikes. It's just that it was the seventies and eighties when motorcycles 'grew up' with incredible advances in technology and that time represents so many improvements or refinement of old ideas you would be hard pressed to think of them all - and I guess I grew up with them too!
Mark - if it makes you feel better I still wish I had my first 750S, '75 900SS and a beautiful '75 750SS brought back from the worst front ender imaginable to take the Ducati Concourse - now that bike was special (but sadly long gone to?) The '75 750SS's were Ducati's best. Don't panic about the past you're doing OK. lol! (BTW is that Guzzi on club or state rego?)
Wombat - go check feepay right now - some good old early BM's to be had.
Anyway - keep the pics and stories coming - this is an interesting, if not a totally dirt related thread.
Dave Mac :D
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My current road bike is a.....
POSTIE........
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u64/postierider/clipons03.jpg)
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Now I might get My ebay parcells on time gnomester.
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Way to go gnomester - I bet that llittle beast runs on the smell of an oily rag !!!
Add another BMW - a better R100RS than the roughie i already have.
Anyone have any Norton bits they don't want by the way - a guy in qld I bought a Pursang from is a Norton nut.
Dave Mac :D
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I have a couple of Harley, both scratch built, S&S 103 Softtail and C&J framed Buell 1200
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg71/marcFX_photo/SANY0179.jpg)
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg71/marcFX_photo/MARCBIKE008.jpg)
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Mmmm, love the harleys too. Not all, but most.
If I ever get the money I'll choose a 'Fat Boy'.
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C&J Buell is a kind of dirt bike, looking forward to getting mine up and running ;)
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg71/marcFX_photo/32b.jpg)
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg71/marcFX_photo/star-stripe.jpg)
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Suzuki Boulevarde M109R, 1800 v twin cruiser, they claim largest diameter pistons placed in car or bike at 1200mil, fuel injected, largest stock tyre placed on a Suzuki a 240 and yes I'm compensating for something.
Only problem was that when i bought it "she who will be obeyed" made me by blue tooth intercom. now when i happen to be looking in the wrong directions, instead of the occassional headbutt she talks to me!!!ggggggrrrrrrrrrr!!
barry
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..."she who will be obeyed" made me by blue tooth intercom.... instead of the occassional headbutt she talks to me!!!ggggggrrrrrrrrrr!!
Are you serious?! What were you thinking?!! ??? ::) >:(
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The idea of a bike is you dont have talk to the pillion
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The idea of a bike is you dont have talk to the pillion
or better yet don't have one, both of mine are solos
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(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-4/1252864/Ducati%20S2%20Mille.JPG)
This is my Ducati S2 Mille , which is one of the last Dukes to use the bevel motor. From what I have read, Ducati only built 161 of the 1000cc S2 model (& 55 of them came to Australia) . I might be a bit biased , but I don't think anything in the motorcycling world compares to the exhaust note of a bevel Ducati with a set of Conti style mufflers (& the 1000cc motors have a little bit more thump about them as well). I prefer the note even over, say, a 916 with a set of Termignoni carbon fibre mufflers.
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what the Mille does have is a plain bearing crank which eliminated one of the bevel drives weakness. They got the rest when the big belt drive motor was built.
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My new bike.
It's a work in progress. The seat, tank, headlight and pipe are photoshopped. The rest is real.
(http://home.netspeed.com.au/cjbrooks/Fbike.gif)
Can anyone guess what it is? ;D
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Nice Harleys. :)
Mine still in build process. She's a 1926 J model 1000cc. My road bike and daily ride is Honda 750/four with 42000km on the clock. Nice old bike that rides well.
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/harleybench.jpg)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/DSC01995.jpg)
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Bit of work still to do on the Harley. :)
Love the 754.....bought a spanking new K6 way back then, that one of yours must be around that vintage?
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Bit of work still to do on the Harley. :)
Love the 754.....bought a spanking new K6 way back then, that one of yours must be around that vintage?
Yup a little bit to do on the old Harley. Tanks, guards, battery box and primary covers I have brand new sitting in boxes. ;D ;D. Toyota pistons are the go for engine. ;). New crank pin and rod bearings found and purchased, waiting to be fitted. Carby is being a bit difficult to find. If you think I have a job ahead of me know you should see what I started with 6 months ago :o Just frame and few bits, no mechanical parts at all.
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It looks like the diversity of road bikes owned is just as wide as the dirt bikes.
Being a bit of a 500 Yamaha nut, obviously I have a few (six) Yamaha SR500s in my collection. The orange cafe racer is my original SR (a 1978 E model), which I bought in 1980 and has been through many years of abuse and modifications since. The red one is my “stockie” which I built in 1998 out of bits that I had collected over the years, it changes colour regularly as I have three sets of bodywork, red, black and purple for it.
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/coljay/SR500CafeRacer-2002.jpg)
This is another of my SR500s that was built to run in the DLRA speed trials at Lake Gairdiner. So far I haven’t run it and it is currently undergoing further modifications.
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/coljay/saltracer8x6.jpg)
I also have a small collection of early 1960’s Hondas, the 1964 S90 Sports is probably one of the most fun bikes that I have ever ridden on the road and I have cut some very slow laps of Phillip Island on the 1962 C72 Dream. I also have another 2 Dreams and a C102 Super Cub buried in the shed awaiting my time.
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/coljay/60shondas.jpg)
Probably the biggest shame of having over 50 bikes is that my 1949 Matchless G80 has been sitting gathering dust for the last few years.
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/coljay/1949MatchlessG80-R1.jpg)
Other roadbikes tucked away gathering dust in the shed are my 1978 Yammie XS1100 sidecar and two 1974 Cossack K650s.
CJ
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The good bikes just keep on coming !!!
For what it's worth it seems that in the main we seem to favour older bikes or bike with an older heritage?
The Duke Mille engine was the best bevel V-twin built in my humble opinion. You can set them up so they don't make any mechanical noise at and they totally reliable, although still suffer from the one hassle all early desmos have which is having to shim the heads which is generally more costly.
That old J will be one nice ride once it's done to quicksilver.
Good to see em all
Dave Mac :D
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(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/coljay/1949MatchlessG80-R1.jpg)
Beautiful ;) 8) ;D.
A nice collection Col. Love the S600 8).
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The 500 cafe job looks terrific! as does the Matchless. Excellent bikes coming out of the woodwork. 8)
First time I've seen an S600 for a long while.
Used to have one meself ;D You'll have to excuse the monorail...I already have these pics joined elsewhere. ::)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/photos2u/Odds%20and%20Ends/Cars005.jpg)
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I just read the new licensing regs and VicRoad will include this little test in the new license requirements for bikes over LAMS - so if you wnat to ride a bike with higher power-to-weight ratio than LAMS allows, you have to complete this test, just like you have to in Japan for bikes over 400cc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcVUgKLzkr0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcVUgKLzkr0)
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The good bikes just keep on coming !!!
That old J will be one nice ride once it's done to quicksilver.
Good to see em all
Dave Mac :D
G'day Dave
Old J now has its new tanks fitted now. Looking good. I spread my time between it and few others I am also working on from same period. Its a great hobby and keeps me in the bike world albeit non VMX. Still take old CR250M out for a fang with my son on occasions.
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Just on the old roadbikes, check this '79 Darmah listed on ebay:
Item number: 290305835591
Is it my imagination/ perception or is this a long bike, as in longer than usual?
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Yeah, its got a single shock rear end on it from a Suzuki, the lack of twin shocks at the rear make it look a bit odd too.
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Spring has Sprung and we been ridin ;D
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/nortonoct09001.jpg)
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Very cool! 8) Is it yours?
Is that an 850? Says he, prentending he has some knowledge of Nortons....... ::)
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Says 850 on the sidecover. if you want one Tony, i will keep an eye out as i often get told about these for sale and theres usually a local one for sale every so often, actually i can think of about 5 or 6 that have been for sale in the past 2 or 3 years. Real good ones ask about 12-14 though.
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No! I don't want one! Just trying to make conversation. :D :D
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I filled out a form today to get my L permit for a road bike not that I want to be on the road often.
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I mainly want to register a PE400 of mine with a disc front end so I can ride any where but also will get my rd250 rego'd for road touring. ;)
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I had this for a couple of years but sold it to buy a second car once the little fella come along.(http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx325/dalesween/Picture079.jpg)
cheers Dale.
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Sold this to keep my license and job ;D
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/hjcoupe/1999GSXR7501.jpg)
Bought this lounge suite 4 years ago and have kept my license and job :D
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/hjcoupe/c50boulevarde.jpg)
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My 'Bird
(http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu202/STG_23/Road/IMG_3733.jpg)
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Huh?
Dale.
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Does any body know of any person that owns a silk 750
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Huh?
Dale.
blonde moment .. ::) should of read your post -SOLD... one of the best bikes though ;D
cheers