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Re: Best bike you've ever owned/ridden??!!!
« Reply #60 on: January 08, 2015, 04:33:56 pm »
Just had ride on the WR250 .... best enduro ever

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« Reply #61 on: January 08, 2015, 08:52:42 pm »
My other "L" plate bike , Brand new GT750SS beval Ducati. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  :) (I did not have enough readies for the Imola see-thru tank model next to it...)

 The other "L" bike was it's sibling RT450 Desmo trallie. ;D   

 Oh how I wish for that time machine ;) 
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« Reply #62 on: January 08, 2015, 09:48:35 pm »
Ive ridden faster , better handling , but over all my Fav would be a 1976 YZ400 c .
Yamaha tragic ; dt1, rt1, dt2, rt2, dt2mx , rt2mx , mx250, mx360,sc500, 74dt125, yzx125, yzc250, yzc400, yzd250, yzd400, yzh250, yzh80 , dt100 , xr75 ko xr80 03 , it175 82 . Not a member of any club

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Re: Best bike you've ever owned/ridden??!!!
« Reply #63 on: January 09, 2015, 07:23:47 pm »
Ive ridden faster , better handling , but over all my Fav would be a 1976 YZ400 c .

i have a mate who is restoring one at the moment.
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Re: Best bike you've ever owned/ridden??!!!
« Reply #64 on: January 10, 2015, 03:03:11 am »
My other "L" plate bike , Brand new GT750SS beval Ducati. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  :) (I did not have enough readies for the Imola see-thru tank model next to it...)


Ron Angels Imola changed hands for 300K so you probably should have grabbed it.
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« Reply #65 on: January 10, 2015, 05:52:31 pm »
Ron Angels Imola changed hands for 300K so you probably should have grabbed it.     >:( Bugger....

Just thinking what the floor stock on that day at Ron Angels would be worth today :o
 Rode the SS home with me mates that day,  a Honda K0 754, XS1 and XS2(Jaffa)650 Yamahas, GT750 Suzuki water bottle, CB450 Dohc and a Yamaha R5 350. All bar the 450 on L plates*.   Magic memory for those of us still ticking.

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« Reply #66 on: January 12, 2015, 05:29:58 pm »
Ron Angels Imola changed hands for 300K so you probably should have grabbed it.     >:( Bugger....

Just thinking what the floor stock on that day at Ron Angels would be worth today :o


Ron Angel had Imola that was one of the 5-6 built for Daytona .... the only actual real green frames .... Ron sold it for $6000 to one of Herb Watsons mechanics who sold it for 54K at auction which at the time would have bought you a house in Fremantle  :D
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« Reply #67 on: January 12, 2015, 06:17:48 pm »
I thought the 1976 YZ400 (airfork) would have been a dog (...?).  I stand corrected  :)

My favourite was 1982 YZ-100J ... which, bizarrely, Motocross Action named as their "Bike of the Year"

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« Reply #68 on: January 12, 2015, 07:02:24 pm »
I thought the 1976 YZ400 (airfork) would have been a dog (...?).  I stand corrected  :)

My favourite was 1982 YZ-100J ... which, bizarrely, Motocross Action named as their "Bike of the Year"
Once you set up the forks they are a joy to ride just add air as the track gets rougher . first race standard second race I add 5psi to the low pressure vlv if the track goes to hell by the third race I add 7 to 8 psi in the low pressure and another 5 to the high pressure . the 400 is a tractor of a motor very wide spread of power . Iain
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Re: Best bike you've ever owned/ridden??!!!
« Reply #69 on: January 12, 2015, 07:06:31 pm »
and for the YZ100 for any track     just add revs   and then more revs    ;D
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Re: Best bike you've ever owned/ridden??!!!
« Reply #70 on: January 20, 2015, 09:49:48 am »
I've got a nice YZ400C for sale if anyone's interested

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Re: Best bike you've ever owned/ridden??!!!
« Reply #71 on: January 20, 2015, 10:13:16 pm »
My Bultaco MK7 360 Pursang is the ducks guts to ride. My XL350 is pretty special too. I loved my 85 Honda CR500 RF, did everything on it, moto x desert racing, dirt track, long track, road race and it was competitive in all of them. The best vmx bike I ever rode was undoubtly CCM Britain's owner  Mark Cooks personal CCM 500. Gave a new meaning to horsepower.  I have ridden some pretty special road racers but Ken Kucas's Vinton 1200 and his 700cc manx lead the way

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« Reply #72 on: January 21, 2015, 08:58:56 am »
and for the YZ100 for any track     just add revs   and then more revs    ;D

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Re: Best bike you've ever owned/ridden??!!!
« Reply #73 on: February 05, 2015, 10:43:43 am »
i have to say my favourite bike was my brand new RM250A i loved that bike it was just so correct.
but i must say the ex Gary Adams RH that a mate of mine had was undoubtably the coolest bike ive ever riden hell that thing had Big Balls. first time out was at Bianco park Pakenham and down that hill after the jump into the right left combo it would make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, but i still loved my RM the Moist.  ::)
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Re: Best bike you've ever owned/ridden??!!!
« Reply #74 on: February 05, 2015, 11:04:22 am »
1974 bultaco pursang,but the owner got worn out