Is motorcycling allowed?

[Wannabe]

Seen 2 RD700 builds from the UK. I suppose if you can do it yourself it might be fun but if paying, no ways.

Custom cases, custom crank, etc, etc......

 

Unfortunately my technical skills and know how does not stretch that far.

 

But watch this space once I win the Powerball Lotto. 

[Patchelicious]

Friend I cycle with funnily enough, sold his V-due last year to a collector in the states for I believe over R300k............. Had about 10km on it and was the better, earlier carb model. Trying to fuel inject the V-due is what sunk the company back in the day.

The Suter I believe starts at over R600k and thats without taxes and shipping.

Wasn’t the carb version brought in after they couldn’t get the fuel injection to work?

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Wasn’t the carb version brought in after they couldn’t get the fuel injection to work?

 

You are correct, my bad.

 

I remember seeing photos of a warehouse full of the fuel injected model bikes that they could shift. Sad......

[dirtypot]

https://www.facebook.com/Mito350tk/

Look at the above link at your own peril........

 

Over an hour later.... 

The way they seem to be a community helping each other out and doing all sorts of custom stuff on the fringes of what 'normal bikers' do reminds me a lot of when I was into rotary's.  It's an appealing place to be!  

 

I saw an early 90's NSR 250 come past me near Noordhoek yesterday.  The smell of the 2T brought back so many happy memories and kept me going for ages.  

[Patchelicious]

You are correct, my bad.

 

I remember seeing photos of a warehouse full of the fuel injected model bikes that they could shift. Sad......

I only know because my old man ordered one, then when the injection issues came to light it got canceled. By the time the carb model came out there was already an R1 and R6 and RZ500 in garage so the desire for the Bimoto was gone.

 

#Ragrats

[WrightJnr]

That’s it!! Too much nostalgia here right now. I’m off to sniff some Castrol TTX, burnt via a combustion chamber and ejected via a hand welded tuned musical instrument.

[Patchelicious]

That’s it!! Too much nostalgia here right now. I’m off to sniff some Castrol TTX, burnt via a combustion chamber and ejected via a hand welded tuned musical instrument.

I would pour TTS into my toaster and chop lines with a well worn knee slider from the ash if I could get my hands on some.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

You can now buy 2 stroke scented candles, just saying........

[sawystertrance]

Anyone else here who used to add caster oil to their tank to get the "Racing fuel" smell of a 2-stroke?

 

 

It did eventually, however, glue up my piston rings. 

[Wannabe]

Anyone else here who used to add caster oil to their tank to get the "Racing fuel" smell of a 2-stroke?

 

 

It did eventually, however, glue up my piston rings. 

 

Yup, it was a favorite thing to do, especially on "race days"  (when all us lighties on 'strokers got together for a bit of d!ck swinging.  )

A small (think it was 30ml) bottle of castor oil in half a tank of fuel gave just the right effect. 

Edited November 13, 2019 by Wannabe

[mazambaan]

Ah 2 stroke nostalgia. I indulged in many years of Castrol R in various Husqvarna's - I tried the KTM 495, Yam 490 and Maico 490 (regret never riding a Honda or Kaw 2 stroke 500) but, for enduro's always came back to the Husky's. I did advance from Castrol R at 25:1 (burn out the exhaust every 6 months or so) to Bel Ray at 50:1 with never a problem, even in Lesotho. Even now I look at indulging in a 250 or 300 2 stroke.

 

Regarding the Yamahas I shamelessly try and understand Kevin Cameron's musings on the 250's and follow various blogs of Banshee flavoured Kenny Roberts replicas as well as 500's imported into the US from Japan and re-built. Fascinating; just do not let them seize at 160.

[IceCreamMan]

Yup, it was a favorite thing to do, especially on "race days"  (when all us lighties on 'strokers got together for a bit of d!ck swinging.  )

A small (think it was 30ml) bottle of castor oil in half a tank of fuel gave just the right effect.

Every Friday we had a race day outside school.. meant lots of polishing of ports and the like on Thursday evenings. I rebuilt my 50 engine more times than I care to remember, not because it was broken but in an attempt to extract another 1/1000th of a HP.

 

Castrol R made us all smell like motocross racers. my school clothes, hair, bag everything smelt of the stuff. Natural pheromones and made the chicks swoon for us ous. We were so damn pisss cool

[Wannabe]

Every Friday we had a race day outside school.. meant lots of polishing of ports and the like on Thursday evenings. I rebuilt my 50 engine more times than I care to remember, not because it was broken but in an attempt to extract another 1/1000th of a HP.

 

Castrol R made us all smell like motocross racers. my school clothes, hair, bag everything smelt of the stuff. Natural pheromones and made the chicks swoon for us ous. We were so damn pisss cool

And don't forget that 0.0001km/h faster.

 

Which the Laaities of today know nothing about.

[Ed-Zulu]

And don't forget that 0.0001km/h faster.

 

Which the Laaities of today know nothing about.

I set my MBX 50 up with a 14/35 for top end speed, then did the "hook both feet in the carrier, chin on the tank" for aerodynamics to top out at as high as possible.  

[Andymann]

Every Friday we had a race day outside school.. meant lots of polishing of ports and the like on Thursday evenings. I rebuilt my 50 engine more times than I care to remember, not because it was broken but in an attempt to extract another 1/1000th of a HP.

 

Castrol R made us all smell like motocross racers. my school clothes, hair, bag everything smelt of the stuff. Natural pheromones and made the chicks swoon for us ous. We were so damn pisss cool

 

I think we just *thought* the chicks liked the smell.  Because when I came in from a ride a few months back on the DT my wife looked at me with a screwed up nose and asked what that smell was.....

[Andymann]

And don't forget that 0.0001km/h faster.

 

Which the Laaities of today know nothing about.

 

Wish we had GPS back then - might have settled a whole bunch of arguments.  Although 105kph doesn't sound nearly as cool as "I can easily get the needle way past the turn light-must be at least 140kph"