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gday from tassie
« on: December 29, 2012, 11:05:40 pm »
Gday guys.

Ive been riding bikes since I was 5, raced C grade MX in my teens (in the 80's), and had an assortment of dirt bikes over the years.

Haven't had a bike for a few years now due to limited finances, but recently bought a 1982 XL500R for $1200.
I have stripped it down, and now in the process of building her back up, and hopefully having a race with it in VMX.
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Re: gday from tassie
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2012, 11:12:11 pm »
Welcome aboard Adam. I've got one of those XL500's tucked away behind the garden shed, waiting for it's eventual rebirth as a racer of some sort. Mine's an 80 model. Enjoy the build mate.
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2012, 11:57:49 pm »
Thanks mate.
I used to own a road registered 1980 model many years ago, had a 250 aswell.
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2012, 08:42:14 pm »
 Welcome to the mob Adam. There is plenty of good advice available on here .
 Don't be afraid to ask.   cheers  Mark
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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2012, 09:24:52 pm »
Thanks Mark  :)
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2012, 10:24:30 pm »
Hi Adam . m welcome to the site there are a few of us on here Fatboy , dtTas , MX and myself . Iain
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2012, 10:43:17 pm »
Gday mate, Im from Launceston.
I noticed your into the Yamahas ... I raced a YZ125H back in the day. Also had an IT490 a few years back.
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« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2012, 10:53:04 pm »
Wynyard is home for me but Fatboy and DTTas are in Launceston
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Re: gday from tassie
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2012, 03:37:02 pm »
G'day Adam!
I'm also from (close to anyway) Launceston. Been out of VMX for a while now as the the old road bike thing has got me again. Had an XL500SB back in the day which I did the half tour of Oz on, not a bad old beast.
Got any pics of your project?
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« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2012, 03:44:48 pm »
Gday mate

This is how it started:



and this is how it looks at the moment, lol.



Talking about road bikes, I did think about going the motard route with this one.

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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2013, 09:12:04 pm »

Plenty of progress then! :D
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Re: gday from tassie
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2013, 09:50:42 pm »
Welcome :D
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Re: gday from tassie
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2013, 06:00:23 pm »
A bit more progress on the XL

Cleaned the frame up and coated with ceramic enamel.
Likewise with the engine.

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« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2013, 06:43:42 pm »
You are at the best part adam 8) The start of putting it all back together and remebering what was this bolt for and where did it go ;D

Its my favorite part of a new project , putting all the new shiney bits back on it and seeing it all come together.
Those XL,XR500 are a good compact donk and punch out enough horses for most of us to handle.
Keep up the good work adam ;)
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« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2013, 08:57:12 pm »
Thanks Mick

Yea, its a bit of a jigsaw puzzle at the moment.
Originally I was thinking of doing a full on restoration, but I thought, I dont really want a show pony, more of a go pony.
So its going to be more of just a tidy up with a few new shiney bits.

Later on I would love to do a ground up resto on something, probably a pre 80's bike. But at the moment I just want to get on the track asap and get amongst it.
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