g.forrest Posted October 18, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 AH ! MH 900 E . EVOLUZIONE Oi! we resemble that remark Jaap . I guess most of us are in our forties and can (just about) remember the 1970's when we started riding bikes. Aye, them were the days..........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Totally off topic, at the show yesterday was this rather nice Ducati: 63512[/snapback]
Ballacraine Posted October 18, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 In the mid seventies to mid eighties at various times I had a selection of wideline and slimline featherbed Nortons, with a variety of odd engines. Oddest.....Wartburg 3cyl 2 stroke Water Cooled car engine with a 180 deg crank. The one that I missed by a couple of days that I never forgot? A race prepped H2R Kawasaki Triple 2 stroke...That would have been awesome in a wideline....or even a slimline, for that matter! Nige.
Guzzirider Posted October 18, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 I used to buy cheap Hondas in my teens- had a couple of 400 fours (about £250 quid each), a VF400 and then I bought a CB900F with a gas flowed engine when I was 19. Then bought an FJ1200 then a GPZ1000RX before I was really old enough to shave! I used to commute to work on a long empty straight dual carriageway and I did 150mph or more every day (if it was dry) on the way to work on the FJ and GPZ- woke me up anyway. Would not dare do it now cos I am a big soft scaredy cat. Glad I found Guzzis. Guy
soloNH Posted October 22, 2005 Posted October 22, 2005 How about this piece of Italian candy. Yum. Wish I could say I knew more about them. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MV-Agusta-7...QQcmdZViewItemm.
jrt Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 Pete, I deleted your duplicate post- hope you don't mind. I bet a lot of us started out on 2 strokes. I started out on a Yamaha 80cc dirt bike. I have wonderful memories of that little thing, but I never, ever want to own another 2 stroke bike. Wife, yes. Bike, no.
pete roper Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 Pete, I deleted your duplicate post- hope you don't mind. Of course not! Sometimes I have problems with my server, sometimes I'm just an idiot who can't drive a computer Pete
supertwin1 Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 No one mentioned the Yamaha RD 400 "Daytona". Mean little bugger could outrun just about anything 'til the Kawa H-2 750 came along. Dangerous shit but tons of fun!
Guest kfz Posted October 23, 2005 Posted October 23, 2005 Loads of LC's and powervalves, great. Was at a show not long ago with one of my Fz mates lookin at a really nice Elsie, when after a bit he says " I reconise that bike, thats mine!". and it bloody was. He owned the bike a few owners ago... Looked nothing like it did then. Chance's a that eh... Kev
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