Is motorcycling allowed?

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These dogs arrived to the start of the CT Toy Run in a side car ... pretty awesome!

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On 10/28/2022 at 9:22 AM, sawystertrance said:

Slightly off topic but still two-stroke related. A while ago I passed a groupf of two-strokes stopped at a coffee shop. Great selection of bikes with RD 350s, a coupla Suzuki triples and even a Suzuki rotary. When I walked past about 30 mins later the guys were leaving and some had run out of patience and weere already gone while 3 of them were kicking away like crazy trying to get their bikes started. Man, it reminded me a of the old days... Stragely, though, I started out biking with a Yamaha 360 RT3  and can't remember ever even changing the plug. Lucky for sure.

Belated reply... I had an RD350 in the mid to late eighties. It was one kick to start and never missed a beat until... one day the mysteriously not smoking exhaust revealed itself as a seized engine - at 140km/h. (the oil pump feed to the right cylinder had failed) Luckily I was quick enough to grab the clutch and she only skidded a few metres. After the engine cooled down I mansged to start and ride the bike again. So to me 2 strokes rock.

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Gee, was that a proper seize? Sounds more like a heat seize

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20 hours ago, sawystertrance said:

Gee, was that a proper seize? Sounds more like a heat seize

Yes probably hence the ability to carry on. It never felt too good after that as you can imagine. It did lock up properly though at the time. 

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I had a self-induced heat seize on my 360. Rode up Sir Lowry's pass and when I reached the top I switched off and freewheeled about 1 km "to give it a rest". Duh. 1 km further when I tried to bump start it, it just instantly seized. Cylinder had cooled, contracted and seized onto the piston. I had to wait a bit on the side of the road, worrying if I was going to make it but about 30 minutes later it started again on the first kick. Lesson learned. 

Edited November 30, 2022 by sawystertrance

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While you riff raff are hard at work on Wednesdays, please spare a thought for me.

 

Wednesdays I leave home via the back roads of Durbanville for a quick coffee and Pastry at Deluxe in Dorp Straat Stellies, then wonder down the road to a site.

Following this I venture back whichever way I like and usually end up with a bit over 150km pending the final route.

It is a tough life, but someone has to ride through it

What an amazing day it was to be on the back roads to Stellies!

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17 hours ago, sawystertrance said:

I had a self-induced heat seize on my 360. Rode up Sir Lowry's pass and when I reached the top I switched off and freewheeled about 1 km "to give it a rest". Duh. 1 km further when I tried to bump start it, it just instantly seized. Cylinder had cooled, contracted and seized onto the piston. I had to wait a bit on the side of the road, worrying if I was going to make it but about 30 minutes later it started again on the first kick. Lesson learned. 

Getting off topic here but on those old big single two strokes 500's, hard running was best done with a bit of choke for more fuel otherwise the thing would give a few warning pings then pick up or just seize. Never happened to me but others. I always though running expensive oil (Bel Ray) at exactly what was specified helped; more oil is not your friend surprisingly, to me anyway.

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For those who may be interested
https://wilddog.net.za/threads/fs-2-x-honda-xlr250s.272651/

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Geez those bikes have done a lap or two. 

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6 hours ago, mazambaan said:

Getting off topic here but on those old big single two strokes 500's, hard running was best done with a bit of choke for more fuel otherwise the thing would give a few warning pings then pick up or just seize. Never happened to me but others. I always though running expensive oil (Bel Ray) at exactly what was specified helped; more oil is not your friend surprisingly, to me anyway.

Yes to some people lean means too little oil which is wrong. More oil means less actual fuel in the mixture so a leaner running engine. I had a CR450 which was a total dog to start and keep running. Never broke but was so hard to start when hot it was almost useless if you fell over and stalled far away from civilization, like Atlantis dunes. 

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A little of my adventures before returning to the desert!

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Decided hang my Ducati T Shirts by the bike. I have visited the stores in Montreal, London and Barcelona. Unfortunately the Rome store was closed for a holiday when I stopped by.

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Spokey, when will you be back? I was thinking of doing a trip to Swartberg and Prince Alfred's Pass and environs and thought perhaps a catchup may be possible.