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

[LetsTryAgain]

podman said:

I also owned one back in 2010/11 I think, paid £1000 for it, was scruffy around the edges and needed a little bit of TLC but I did a trackday with it, loads of road thrashing, whacked a box on it, rode it down to the South of France at a more or less constant 9,000RPM, ...sold it for £1400 a couple of Summers later. Would defintley have another.

I have similar (and very fond) memories of a K1 750 I bought off the first owner in 2015.
Should never have sold it but I was off to Gibraltar for a year or three so felt obliged to.

In hindsight, should have stuck it in Dads garage and kept it.
Sub 10k miles, absolutely stunning thing.

[spareparts]

The other thread found me looking through some past pics. This was in December after a long ride through a rather chilly Spain and then arriving at the Mediterranean with a big ‘Woosah’...

[Froomee]

Freshly washed and serviced...

Edited by Froomee on Sunday 5th April 09:51

Edited by Froomee on Sunday 5th April 09:52

[MrGman]

Couple of months ago out in Spain, was looking like such a good year for riding...

[s1dew1nd3r]

MrGman said:

Couple of months ago out in Spain, was looking like such a good year for riding...

awesome pic! hopefully things go back to normal sooner rather than later!

[LetsTryAgain]

Froomee said:

Freshly washed and serviced...

Looks the business, that.

[Birky_41]

MrGman said:

Couple of months ago out in Spain, was looking like such a good year for riding...

Same. Was at Almeria Feb. I should be right now riding back from Nurburgring (My ticket was Thr-Mon)

[Volant]

carinaman said:

gareth_r said:

Yogioes said:

I think you might be correct.
I recall thinking they were odd having two pipes on a single cylinder bike.

That was a big thing in the '20s and '30s.

Both 4 valves? Having two pipes makes for a simpler cylinder head casting?

I had an Aprilia Pegaso Strada as a commuter bike, that had the Yamaha 660 single, and that had two exhausts too.

Must be an advantage as it’s a lot of weight to add if not? Flow of the exhaust gasses?

[Biker's Nemesis]

[Chipchap]

spareparts said:

That was a seriously odd restaurant that we parked opposite and ate in. We spoke no Spanish and he spoke no English. Do you remember my "Por favour Senor non pesci for me" what did I get. Fish.

Lol

[AceOfHearts]

Made a start on my track bike rattle can paint job. Everything will be going white and then will probably get Castrol decals to brighten it up a bit

[V1nce Fox]

[Prof Prolapse]

V1nce Fox said:

Well done..

[V1nce Fox]

Prof Prolapse said:

Well done..

Yamaha King.

[Biker's Nemesis]

bds.

[V1nce Fox]

Biker's Nemesis said:

bds.

wub woo x

[shurm]

All cleaned up and can't go anywhere, was tempted to go for a quick blast

[Farky]

Woke the Bike earlier......my Fiancée is a Care Supervisor, needed supplies of Masks & Gloves dropped off to her Care Team, the supplies are currently in the Boot of her Car which is sitting outside with a front nearside puncture. Backpack stuffed with masks & gloves and we were on her way to drop everything off.......im not gona lie.....so pleased the Mini had a Puncture, was good to get out, even if only for a short ride!

[podman]

To stave off teh furlough mania, im going thru my bikes top to bottom, cleaning and servicing them, pulling apart all the leccy connectors etc etc...found this ace bit of bodgery today on the RD500 main fuse...

Will find out tomorrow if it was someone being lazy or a deeper problem...

[Birky_41]

shurm said:

All cleaned up and can't go anywhere, was tempted to go for a quick blast

I cleaned the wheel weight glue on my track bike today...

It's got to that stage now