guzzirider
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Welcome aboard.
If it wasn't for motorcycles I could afford to fully retire.
If it wasn't for motorcycles I could afford to fully retire.
Gone But Not Forgotten
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Mad Mike
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Are those all your personal bikes you owned and rode regularly - or ones you've rode once and flipped?
That list of 'In the past' is longer than Talor Swift's ex-BF list!
guzzirider
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Most of those bikes I rode.
The first one goes back to 1968.
I did a lot of reconditioning to put back on the road and then sell. ( hate the word restore)
I tried to keep everything original on my bikes.
Some bikes where flipped but not many.
There are at least another 100 that where bought as projects and sold as such (usually at a loss)
Mad Mike
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I had similar taste in bikes, I always liked 2strokes, and still have a few kicking around.
I'm switching to car preservation for the next two months, then I have a bunch of old small bikes to refresh. In the last year, I preserved a DT175 which I ride, resto-modded a QT50 YAmahopper that I'm giving to one of my kids, and preserved an unmolested nut and bolt perfect DR BIG which will see some action this summer.
I also pickled 2 old unmolested (but rough) bikes, an RD125 and a Jawa Californian. They will be preservations.
I'm switching to car preservation for the next two months, then I have a bunch of old small bikes to refresh. In the last year, I preserved a DT175 which I ride, resto-modded a QT50 YAmahopper that I'm giving to one of my kids, and preserved an unmolested nut and bolt perfect DR BIG which will see some action this summer.
I also pickled 2 old unmolested (but rough) bikes, an RD125 and a Jawa Californian. They will be preservations.
guzzirider
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Just sold the 1987 CBX250 so I should have the 1974 DT175 on the road this year.
Getting off topic so does anybody know how to move the last 4 posts to a new home?
Getting off topic so does anybody know how to move the last 4 posts to a new home?
guzzirider
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Unfortunately I have lost a lot of the pictures of my projects but will post what I can find.
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Mad Mike
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I have a '74 DT175 as well (twin shock). She's getting a 12v upgrade so I can brighten up the lighting.
TK4
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I bought a wrecked RD125 and put the disc brake front end on my TA125 race bike. Huge improvement.
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guzzirider
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Yamaha HS1 90cc twin
Cool bike. Why did they make a 90cc twin?
guzzirider
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As I understand it the reason for a 90cc engine rather than the previous 100cc was a licensing issue in some countries concerning max engine size for learners. This is similar to the under 50cc engine size not requiring a motorcycle license in most of Canada.
All the Yamaha "street" bikes of that era were twins. It was their "thing", for a long time. Honda made 4 stroke 4s, Kawi made triples, Yamaha made twins ... Suzuki couldn't decide
guzzirider
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"All the Yamaha "street" bikes of that era were twins. It was their "thing""
Lets not forget the Yamaha YB100 SINGLE 1974-1992 or the RS100 SINGLE or the RD125LC SINGLE!
Lets not forget the Yamaha YB100 SINGLE 1974-1992 or the RS100 SINGLE or the RD125LC SINGLE!
