A picture a day...biker banter (Vol 5)

[podman]

S.H.A.D.O. said:

I spent Sunday at Newark, nice day out and a good mixture of bikes, never seen one of these before, a 1955 Benelli Spring Lasting 200cc 2 stroke, lovely looking engine (not my pic but I think its the actual bike displayed)

I didnt spot that but I would have had a good look over it, lovely looking thing.

[podman]

babelfish said:

My grandfather (2nd from left) and his brothers (1st and 4th from the left) with their mates in about 1934/35 (my mothers best guess).

What a great piece of family history...very cool.

[moanthebairns]

Happy 20th birthday present to the ninja.



Got these as spares for the track bike but they seem too good looking to fling down the road. I have these on my road bike and they are excellent

[Merch131]

Helped my mate with the final assembly of his Harley XL project... started life as an XL883 Sportster... its now got a 1250cc conversion with big valve, flowed heads, modified GSXR forks, alloy swing arm etc. He hopes to get it on its wheels next week. Though he still hasn't decided on the paint job yet..

[cmaguire]

MTB, I found those Triumph Arrow rearsets had ridiculously short length levers. Not a massive problem for the rear brake but a major issue with the gear lever. I have size 10/10.5 boots. I had to get new levers made that were around 25mm longer.

[moanthebairns]

cmaguire said:

MTB, I found those Triumph Arrow rearsets had ridiculously short length levers. Not a massive problem for the rear brake but a major issue with the gear lever. I have size 10/10.5 boots. I had to get new levers made that were around 25mm longer.

I've got them on my road daytona and find them fine if I'm honest. Could be a different position makes it easier for me. I'm not sure.

Do you ride with "duck feet" by that I mean feet out commuting style. Or on ball of your foot.

[cmaguire]

I try to avoid duck feet at all costs.
The problem I found was when needing my foot under the lever for changing up gears (road shift pattern). My foot was near enough vertical to get between the footrest and under the lever.

[srob]

S.H.A.D.O. said:

I spent Sunday at Newark, nice day out and a good mixture of bikes, never seen one of these before, a 1955 Benelli Spring Lasting 200cc 2 stroke, lovely looking engine (not my pic but I think its the actual bike displayed)

I had one as my first proper bike. Mine was a 1967 125 four stroke though. It sounded amazing and went quite well, handled ace (low centre of gravity!) but vibrated like crazy. One ride the thing was graunching every time I changed gear. It was only after a bit of investigation we realised it had vibrated all the engine mount bolts loose, and the graunching was the clutch cable rotating the engine and the chain going out of alignment!

Only sold it last year, realised I'd never actually use it any more

Edited by srob on Thursday 11th January 21:57

[srob]

Who'd have thought Yamaha listed the RD350 in the same catalogue as the YZF750SP?! Didn't realise they made them so late!



Still a great advert for a great bike!



Found the bag of brochures I must have brought back from the 1994 NEC bike show in a drawer

[Merch131]

S.H.A.D.O. said:

Merch131 said:

Helped my mate with the final assembly of his Harley XL project... started life as an XL883 Sportster... its now got a 1250cc conversion with big valve, flowed heads, modified GSXR forks, alloy swing arm etc. He hopes to get it on its wheels next week. Though he still hasn't decided on the paint job yet..

Thats interesting, looks like a Harley I would like. Any more pics?

Was an XR1200 swing arm considered?

The swing arm is by Metchemex, don't think a XR1200 arm was considered, as they weren't v common when the build was started a few years ago, and I guess they still aren't. For myself I don't like the way the XR1200 arm looks. Not sure if it'd fit an early Evo XL, as they aren't rubber mounted?

Couple more pics from today..

[moto_traxport]

srob said:

Who'd have thought Yamaha listed the RD350 in the same catalogue as the YZF750SP?! Didn't realise they made them so late!

Found the bag of brochures I must have brought back from the 1994 NEC bike show in a drawer

Those later twin headlight ones were a bit of last gasp / re-appearance for them. I think Yamaha shipped out all the tooling to Brazil or somewhere to squeeze the last out of it. I'd guess they're not regarded as kindly (quality wise) by the RD lot nowadays.

[Gunk]

srob said:

Who'd have thought Yamaha listed the RD350 in the same catalogue as the YZF750SP?! Didn't realise they made them so late!



Still a great advert for a great bike!



Found the bag of brochures I must have brought back from the 1994 NEC bike show in a drawer

What great find, both my current bikes would have featured on Hondas stand that year!

[Google [bot]]

I saw an RG500 the day before yesterday on Sydney’s northern beaches just cruising - must be the first I’ve seen in 20 years, amazing. No pics, sorry.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Giving McKean a wave a few years back, must be 6 years ago thinking about it.

I love McKean BTW, he's my PH hero.

[mckeann]

It's not many people I trust enough to get that close to on track. But I love you too John

[mak]

Managed a bit of a bike day today with a lull in the weather and dry roads, I also managed to get my old 1290r down to redline this morning to see if they can sell it .

Came home and managed to get out on the new bike for a short run, reorganised the garage now the old bikes out the way and discovered this lurking under a cover from 3 months ago
Roll on some dry clean roads I,m not even fussed about the cold .

[J B L]

srob said:

Foreget your Lambo, Ferrari and Porsche.

This was my bedroom poster when they came out.

[Steve Bass]

Throttle cable broke on the Honda. Got home by using a Leatherman gripping the frayed end and pulling over the throttle tube. Tons of fun in the Saigon traffic. Thank fook it didn't break next weekend on our road trip.
Thanks to Wemoto I had ordered a set of spares.
But what a PITA to change. 5 hours in a sweltering 40 degree basement.

[mak]

Couldn't stand it any longer so had my 1st proper run out on the new bike since purchase today, cold but a 90 mile run out was doable, Roads not the best with plenty of st still being dragged off the fields.

I think there's still salt on the roads as well . Washed the bike again so probably going to wait now until things clean up .

[FocusRS3]

mak said:

Couldn't stand it any longer so had my 1st proper run out on the new bike since purchase today, cold but a 90 mile run out was doable, Roads not the best with plenty of st still being dragged off the fields.

I think there's still salt on the roads as well . Washed the bike again so probably going to wait now until things clean up .

Like the KTM, which model is it? Im currently waiting for my Car to sell then im likely to order a Kawasaki 900rs