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Offline Rossvickicampbell

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Re: As we do
« Reply #45 on: July 06, 2009, 04:42:40 pm »
Firko - will that be racing at the Nats?

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« Reply #46 on: July 06, 2009, 05:08:00 pm »
Ross...I had intended it to be at the Nats but the intended rider,Jens Olsen has decided he can't afford the trip so we'll hold over it's open debut to the DT Nats in September. I'll hopefully debut her at the Nepean 2 day in 3 weeks.
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« Reply #47 on: July 06, 2009, 06:43:48 pm »
Firko - I reckon you, Shane Fraser and I could have a good play at the back of pre 75 Open???????????
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« Reply #48 on: July 06, 2009, 10:39:55 pm »
That'd be fun Rossco but I think my motocross days are well behind me. With a badly gammy ankle, a knee not much better, 30 kilos too many and an upcoming 60th birthday, I reckon dirt track and the odd vinduro are more my pace these days. I like building the bikes and seeing fast MX guys do what I can't on them.
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« Reply #49 on: July 07, 2009, 11:00:53 am »
Quote from: firko on July 06, 2009, 10:39:55 pm
badly gammy ankle, a knee not much better, 30 kilos too many and an upcoming 60th birthday,

I think they have a pre 64 dud ankle, knee and fat bastard class..... if they don't they should develop one based on the age of the rider and life experience.

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Re: As we do
« Reply #50 on: October 19, 2010, 12:39:18 pm »
Just two questions.
Was the F11 a crank port engine as if I remember right they were 2 foot wide?
Is Firko still looking for a motor for one as I might know of one though it my be a 350?
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Re: As we do
« Reply #51 on: October 19, 2010, 08:56:17 pm »
If it's a 350 and a 'crank port' I'll take it. ;)
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« Reply #52 on: October 20, 2010, 12:22:07 pm »
EML, the F11 is quite a normal size and piston port. The 'crank port' job with the carb on side is the 350 F9 Bighorn ;)
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Re: As we do
« Reply #53 on: October 20, 2010, 03:13:34 pm »
Well I think there is one of those over the farm. What are they good for apart from scaring chooks.
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Re: As we do
« Reply #54 on: October 20, 2010, 06:24:29 pm »
Quote from: EML on October 20, 2010, 03:13:34 pm
Well I think there is one of those over the farm. What are they good for apart from scaring chooks.

NOTHING just send it to me I have chooks that need to be pulled into line.
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« Reply #55 on: October 20, 2010, 07:07:15 pm »
Quote from: Lozza on October 20, 2010, 06:24:29 pm


NOTHING just send it to me I have chooks that need to be pulled into line.
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Re: As we do
« Reply #56 on: October 21, 2010, 09:14:11 am »
I seem to remember Peter Ploen racing a 350 in NZ-I'll give him a call and ask him ;)
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Re: As we do
« Reply #57 on: October 21, 2010, 09:47:06 am »
Quote from: VMX247 on October 19, 2010, 10:41:42 am
Quote from: JC on June 29, 2009, 08:40:06 am
I can account for about 8 F11M's that came to Oz & a couple went to NZ. Kiwi Darryl Poulsen won a couple of VMX titles at Cheribah in 2000 on one they brought over from NZ. It was very original.

Well its been 16 months since the start of this topic and I cant say I've seen too many of the F11M's around,

You're not likely to either Allison. I know of only 3 still in existence, including the one you located in WA, & I think 1 of them has been sold to a US collector

[/quote]maybe the rare one at CD8 ?    :(
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???  Tell me more

I spoke to a chap at the last CD (ie CD7)  who tho't he had one but it was very definitely a 74 KX250
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Re: As we do
« Reply #58 on: October 21, 2010, 09:48:34 am »
350 Bighorn engines are big lumps but they can be made into something pretty impressive fairly easily. A good friend of mine, Paul Bastick fitted one to a TD1B Yamaha roller and it performed as well as the original twin. Apparently the original balance factor is all wrong so a re jig in that department smooths them out. The rotary valve timing is  really conservative so once that's addressed along with better ignition, carby and a pipe. There was a bloke racing a 350 Kwaka at Nepean last year that was fitted with the rare factory road race kit and it hooted.
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The late Stan Rose raced an F11M here in Sydney but sold it to Mick Murnane from Melbourne in the early to mid nineties. Mick raced it for a while but he and the bike eventually dropped from site.
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Re: As we do
« Reply #59 on: October 21, 2010, 02:02:40 pm »
A favorite of mine, Jay Springsteen demonstrating how to skid an F9 350..probably Champion framed but eh..it's still a Bighorn 8)


 
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