Show your other bike(s) - What else do you ride?

davamb said:
Pity you guys didn't get the TRX850 over there. Luverly bike, quite a cult following now. Will bung up a pic of mine when I figure out new pic hosting (probably the big G).
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Me on my TRX850 a month back at a Phillip Island track day:

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Staintune 'zorsts, R1 front end, but other than that, nothing special. Just about everything modern with more than 2 cylinders and 600cc eats it for breakky down Gardner Straight. Does alright in the twisty bits though.
 
robs ss said:
Maybe Berhard but I doubt Ken has a time machine or the cash for a transAtlantic flight to have a lesson
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At up to nearly $1000 per engine to do this kind of job, I would have thought it economic sense to learn how to DIY and then you could charge mates rates to do other people’s bikes to get your money back and end up paying for an holiday!
 
Bernhard said:
At up to nearly $1000 per engine to do this kind of job, I would have thought it economic sense to learn how to DIY and then you could charge mates rates to do other people’s bikes to get your money back and end up paying for an holiday!
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For what it's worth, I did the full service myself, including the valve shimming, and it wasn't really all that hard. The service manual is very detailed, and all I did was follow the instructions. The only drawback to the DIY approach was having to order shims after measuring the clearances, and then wait for them to arrive in the post. Other than that, the whole service took less than a day of my time total, and I work slow. Total parts cost for oil, filter, plugs, belts, shims, etc. was about $370.

Ken
 
When I was much younger and has an 850 shaft Suzuki (bucket/shim) some mates and I formed a "club" where we bought a pool of shims to share.
After that we rarely needed extra shims.
Unscrupulous dealers would put the shims in upside down during servicing so the cam would scuff the numbers off - you then needed a micrometer to know what size shim you had.
As most young blokes then didn't have one they were attempting to guarantee future maintenance business for themselves.
Backfired on them though!
 
These both followed me home recently.

1984 Honda 700 Nighthawk with California Sidecar added, with 28,000 miles, for $2500. I haven't had a sidecar for many years, and just thought it would be fun to have one for shopping, etc.


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And a 1988 Honda Hawk GT650, with 80,000 miles, and it still runs great, for $800. I used to race one of these, so it was just a nostalgia purchase.

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Ken
 

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here is one I just finished XS650/700 WebCam , Boyer Ign and Wassell Evolution Carbs. 260mm 4LS front and 200mm SLS rear brakes,Norton forks with my yokes and of course Lansdownes . a nice 70's theme
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Half of the current collection (ready to ride)-

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L-R:
'66/67/68/69/70 Triumph Bonneville Historic Production Heavyweight roadracer
'66 Triumph Bonneville
'69 BSA Lightning
'67 Triumph Bonneville
'01/03 Kawasaki ZRX1200R
'70 Triumph Bonneville
'92 Yamaha TDM850
'00 Triumoh Legend 900 triple
'72 BMW R75/5
'81 Honda CB650 four

(Under bike covers, too much work to get to)
'74 Moto Guzzi Eldorado w/ Cozy convertible sidecar
Dreer Original New Norton Monoshock Prototype bike
'74 Norton Commando VR880 replica w/ electric start
'72 Rickman Montesa 250 VMX
'66 Triton 750
'75 Commando Interstate MkIII
'83 Honda VF750F Interceptor V45

My goal is for half of these bikes to be sold by next Christmas; I'm ready to retire early at that time...
 
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I'm pretty sure I posted this before here (in the forum, not this thread). Mine is the green one, it's hanging out with one of it's friends. This was just after I got the aftermarket Mistral cans on it. It went from plain sounding to just mean. It's just a hoot to ride.
 
1972 T120 was 'chopper' when I got it
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1968 BSA bitsa was 'basketcase' when I got it
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ok not a bike but great grandfathers 1939 Farmall F30 as found where it had been sitting for 30 years and after I spent 9 months getting it 'restored" see next screen
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lcrken said:
Nice job saving the Triumph and BSA, and the tractor's not bad either:).

Ken
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thanks my aunt told me g-grandfather paid $1000 for it brand new in '39 it has original data plate serial number shows they only made 150 more after this one...
 
Sorry , had my three above posted under wrong title , moved by admin. .... anyways both Italians are '07 and compliment the Commando well .... rode the Duc across Canada too early in spring of 2017 ....6487kms one way
Craig
 
Cool tractor refurb, Alan.

The Bonnie faked me out for just a second. '70 is my favorite paint scheme.
 

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