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Offline Nathan S

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Re: Alloy radiators and sneaky Asians.
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2015, 09:08:58 pm »
Quote from: Iain Cameron on May 12, 2015, 07:36:15 pm
Quote from: Wasp on May 12, 2015, 04:22:05 pm
Since when do VMX bikes have radiators ????
Some say they can have disk brakes even , some say water cooling , we just call them modern .  ;D ;D ;D

News flash! The first production MX bike with a radiator is nearly 36 years old.
News flash! 1990 was a quarter of a century ago.
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« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2015, 10:23:50 pm »
i thought yamaha made the first water cooled bike yz125 rad up the front
road bikes been water cooled since 1908 500cc 2t twin scott over 100 years
 japs just copy eveything
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Re: Alloy radiators and sneaky Asians.
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2015, 09:22:31 pm »
Damn those 1973 Suzuki 750 triple Water bottle powered VMX sidecars and their liquid cooling.... ;)

and hang on, I got a legal disk brake and electric start from1969... on my Pre75 MX sidecar ::) ;)
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Re: Alloy radiators and sneaky Asians.
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2015, 09:50:50 pm »
Brought a pair for my current project yz 250 k perfect fit got them of evilbay and was listed in China
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« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2015, 04:59:28 pm »

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News flash! The first production MX bike with a radiator is nearly 36 years old.
News flash! 1990 was a quarter of a century ago.
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Quote from: jimg1au on May 12, 2015, 10:23:50 pm
i thought yamaha made the first water cooled bike yz125 rad up the front
road bikes been water cooled since 1908 500cc 2t twin scott over 100 years
 japs just copy eveything

The 36yo water cooled MX bike must be a little obscure?
My (fading) memory was that my '81 RM125 (34 years and counting) was the year Suzuki and Yamaha first produced Water Cooled bikes (125cc only, at least for Suzuki). I, less clearly, thought Honda and Kawasaki did likewise.
Almost certainly it was the year Yamahas patent on single shock ran out.
Pits full off "Full Floater", "Pro Link", "Unitrac" and the overnight outdated "Monocross" (ie: same as the previous 5+ years.)
Radical advances.
Clutching at upgrade straws its "Bold new graphics, revised shock settings, and airforks (revisited)" for the main, these days.
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Re: Alloy radiators and sneaky Asians.
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2015, 08:00:56 pm »
1980 KTM125, which would have been released in late 1979, making it nearly 36 years old.
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Re: Alloy radiators and sneaky Asians.
« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2015, 12:03:33 am »
Quote from: Nathan S on May 21, 2015, 08:00:56 pm
1980 KTM125, which would have been released in late 1979, making it nearly 36 years old.
 ;)

Amazing and a little sobering.

Non bike people (as well as some VMX fanatics), don't recognize my '81 as "vintage".

My like new 2008 YZ250F is well on the way.....
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