Craving for a big bore

[albrid-3]

what would be a good choice of bike to race in the over 263 class l am craving for a big bore still, it would need to be pre75.
I have looked at TM 400 or TS 400, but not sure. :'(
Husky 400 cr, what are they like to ride.
Maico 400 to dear.
Bultaco mk7 360 don`t come on sale
Yamaha MX 360 ??
KX 450 l like, but out of my price range at this stage.
Honda Elsinore 360 l wish honda had produced this model.
Ossa Pioneer 350, turn into a motocrosser.
Honda sl 350 maybe.
CZ 400, Well this model is a needle in a hay stack.
??
What would be the best choice,  ( there is not alot around.

[albrid-3]

53 viewing, and no one can make a suggestion. Great.

[jimg1au]

dave
heres an answer you are not going to like
my trick cr250m is faster and better to ride than my 1972 cz400
at the moment i am doing some mods to the cz
jim

[firko]

Dave, I reckon you would have owned at least one of every available pre 75 big bore during your 63 years in the sport. You know quite well what's good, bad and indifferent. Whatever you buy, you'll race it once and sell it anyway!

[lukeb1961]

TM400 - end of story.

[Stan S]

Mk 7 360 without a doubt is the nicest big bore to ride. Shame about the gearbox's but you can't have everything.

Stan

[albrid-3]

Mark, you are right, l just love talking to you all, but l still need your advise because l take it on board and then l deside, Jim your right too, checked out the elsinore in USA, I would like a big bore elsinore. or (a Mk7 360. quite light ), VR MONTESA Cappra with a 360 engine the same as gary o`Briens.  May be a am dreaming.

[albrid-3]

Stan, that comment is what l like to here. cheers mate.
Smooth power.
useable power.
not arm renching power.
Not hard smacking power that turns you off every time you turn the throttle on.
I am got the burning desire to have a ride in the 300 class, my AJS 370 was good, but vibrate a lot.

[albrid-3]

Thanks Luke, l have never ridden a TM 400, PEOPLE  SAY, they are scary.
My racing mate years ago had a mx 400 or yz400, and l am sure it had  twinshock at the rear had an up pipe, the bike was white and yellow tank. He raced Maico for years and changed to Yamaha.

[Tossa]

I have an MX360, a real beast to ride, but oh what fun, has so much low down grunt.  I rebuilt an MX250A last year, a lovely bike, so much easier to ride.  but i'm selling that as i enjoy the big brother so much more. I think the older i get the easier it is to ride the big bikes as you don't have to keep them screaming on the pipe for the to go.

[Hoony]

.............................. I think the older i get the easier it is to ride the big bikes as you don't have to keep them screaming on the pipe for the to go.

thats a very true statement and i can easily relate to that, i'm not that old but very bike unfit, when i stepped up from a 250 to the 500 it was less tiring/busy in some ways but the pull from the 500 and vibration was a different animal.

[albrid-3]

ThANKS Tossa and Hoony
Good Honest opinion. I have owned 400 but didn`t ride them , shyde away from them. had bad experious with a 450 Husky, 370 AJS Stormer, but that was machanical, 69 360 montesa when l was 14 years old nearly broke my back. like 4 strokes, and l like a light bike. loved my Metisse 441.
Has anybody ridden a 400 husky.

[motomaniac]

I got the same question in mind .
I'd like to get a 250 Honda and turn it into a bigbore or just a 360 Yam .Im familiar with these makes but actually Id consider any of the euro or jap pre 75 bigbore s - its just for fun -right?

[albrid-3]

I have always been racing 125 and 250, l rode much quicker in my day on a 125s in the allpowers class and did very well, and shyde away from bigbores and now as l am older l feel that l have missed out on something. In 1974 l had the opportunity to be sponored on Yamaha TZ 125 AND 250 road racer, my brother squash the deal, for what reason l will never know, and that has pissed me off till this day. So l feel its time for me to mix it up with my old racing mate that l rode against years ago and have some fun. and that is where you fellows come into it.

[firko]

Forget the pretenders Dave....Go out and get yourself a '74 400/440 Maico and nobody will come near you. The'yre the best pre '75 open classer by 100 metres. Nobody will beat you to the first corner or get under or around you in that corner. I've learned to respect the TM400 a bit more in recent times but it's not in the same league as the Maico, Husky, CZ or even the Yamaha 360. Even better, get yourself a 350/400 squarie and you'll be competitive in both pre 70 and pre 75. Double bang for your buck. Problem solved.