some motorbikes. . .

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

[Lugs]

I picked it as Oz, straight away, but couldn't identify the track. Turns out Broadford is bikes only - so hasn't had a lot of exposure... no big events there. Some nice machinery in that video. Apart from the age of the bikes, it looks a lot like our Friday Ulysses Club rides in Thailand ('cept we're on the open road)

[Lugs]

Maintenance time...

We go through plenty of filters, brake pads and given that some renters are clutzes, clutches. Down the list aways is shockies. We've done a few - but the standard Honda ones are cheap. From memory, it was about 2,800 baht for rear shocks (one per bike) for a CRF and a 500F last time we did them. That's about US$80 each.

My personal CRF - which I also let go out on rentals if I'm not using it, is fitted with Ohlins suspension - a vast improvement over stock, but about US$800 to install. The rear shockie on my bike was weeping oil by the end of the season... so, we took it to our favourite suspension technician.

Here's some pics of the rebuild




Bit dirty in there. Rebuild overdue







Rebuild cost US$142 - parts and labour

[Priscilla]

1918 ABC Gnome Rhone 400cc
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[Priscilla]

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[Paul Pless]

beast mode

[LeeG]

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That’s the one for me.

[Priscilla]

Yup she’s a wee cracker I love the tank edge detail oh and the tail light…
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[Canoeyawl]

A bit of hammer work and Lead solder
(Hairpin valve springs)

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[Lugs]

The bike Marlon rode in The Wild One was actually his own bike

[Garret]

Is that freakin' wonderful old Norton your bike? You seem to have many pics.

[Three Cedars]

Hamilton Mack Laing rode across much of the USA in 1916 on his 11F 1915 Harley Davidson

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[Paul Pless]

[Ted Hoppe]

McQueen is the icon of all riders. he remains the ideal. He is a reason why many including me wanted to ride.

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Many of our friends who ride still try to look like him even after 50 years.

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[Paul Pless]

it were kenny roberts for me

[amish rob]

All my friends wanted to be Bud Ekins.

ETA: not really. We all wanted to be younger motorbike idols, like Jeff Ward.

[Paul Pless]

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[Ted Hoppe]

it were kenny roberts for me

King Kenny was great.

Schwantz and Rainey were also spectacular. Schwantz was robbed of his 500cc title in 1993.

[Ted Hoppe]

Reg Pridemore vs Steve McLaughlin of Butler & Smith BMW R90S racers in the first AMA Superbike championship. Both were excellent flat track racers as good as Roberts but maybe not a daring. Steve won by a whisker at Daytona to Reg's dismay which nonetheless became the Series champion that year. They brought BMW motorcycles back to AMA racing and reignited the brand in the 1970s.




Hard to believe they got 100hp out of the #83 airhead. Even with more power and better support, Mclaughlin still beat Pridemore. That was some riding.

[Paul Pless]

nostalgia. . .

when virtually all the world's great gp riders got their start on dirt

[Ted Hoppe]

Nicky Hayden was magical too. Also a dirtbike maestro. What a joy to see him ride. Killed in a bicycle accident in italy training.



I witnessed him outride The Doctor - Rossi at Laguna Seca all weekend long taking the US Grand Prix with great heart.

[Lugs]

You guys are shunning the rest of the motorcycling world.... most of us were only interested in the Daytona 200 when it came to the USA. The TT and world circuit were what interested most of the civilised world

Helmut Dahne did more to bring BMW back to the forefront

[Canoeyawl]

Cal Rayborn

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[Lugs]

Kenny, with the Aussie who mentored and steered him to the top. Kel Carruthers, the '69 World 250cc Champion. Kel did the same for Eddie Lawson.

[Priscilla]

nostalgia. . .

when virtually all the world's great gp riders got their start on dirt

Not so sure this guy rode much dirt…
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[Lugs]

I'm not sure if he's still riding the old race bikes... having just turned 80. Here he is at 75, pulling 200_+

[Paul Pless]

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[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Weirdest engine ever - the centre main bearing is beyond belief.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Not so sure this guy rode much dirt…
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Nor this one??

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[Ted Hoppe]

form follows function. Hard to keep on the stand, to control once in the curves and has questionable stopping power.
Requires experienced riders.

[Priscilla]

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Not exactly what I would call evolution...
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[Durnik]

going retro..

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and this one's for Paul. (-:

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[Lugs]

Great training video

[Lugs]

Pic borrowed from a couple of friends doing a multi-week trip in Sth Africa at the moment.

[Lugs]