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No hope.

I'm going to put it all back together in 20 years. 90% of it is brand new bits still in the packets

Got another mate with an RGV250 which I push in and out of his garage and occasionally start up to ensure the pistons dont sieze in the barrels that says the same thing when I suggest I might as well give me the bike for all the attention he gives it

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

Yes.



Which one is yours?

Red and black one with dymags and USD front end.




Lozzo I hear what your saying and I'm not a fan of the bike mentioned, but more so the 90s bikes which are the bike I grew up with.

[NTECUK]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

I'll take issue with the last comment.Where people get this misty eyed view that biking was better in the old days is beyond me... if truth be known it was actually pretty crap being stuck at the side of the road every time it rained because the plug leads were arcing out, or you couldn't ride anywhere near fast or safe in the wet because tyres hadn't really been developed past 1955. I didn't enjoy having to rebuild 2-strokes all the time because the oil back then wasn't anywhere near as good quality, and I didn't particularly enjoy having to rebuild Honda top ends because after almost 50 years old Soichiro's mob still couldn't make a bloody camchain tensioner that was worth a .

Nostalgia Ain't what it used to be......

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

you couldn't ride anywhere near fast or safe in the wet because tyres hadn't really been developed past 1955. I didn't enjoy having to rebuild 2-strokes all the time because the oil back then wasn't anywhere near as good quality,

yes but it was fun learning to ride by the seat of your pants. yokahama tyres spring to mind 'you do the yoki koki and you slide about'. i was one of the sad individuals who actually enjoyed tinkering with bikes and all my mates used to come to me to get theirs fixed. i also had a polishing fetish back then and will admit that i even polished the brass float bowls

modern bikes are streets ahead by comparison and tyres are just a different league coupled to that brilliant suspension and outstanding brakes. as a result of this bikes are much easier to ride.

Seriously! You really can't compare bikes from them to now.

Wonder if kids now will look back and call a 2010 cbr1000rr **** because it doesn't fly :/

[carelesschucca]

Originally Posted by hardhat_harry

Nice looking toy

Oh look at those expansion chambers, big inhale of breath in the middle of the office and I'm sure I can smell the blue smoke...

People now looking at me like I'm weird (nothing new there then)

[yorkie_chris]

If they were perfectly good bikes back then there's nowt wrong with them now. Sure stuff moves on but if you get your jollies ragging stuff right to it's limits then you can still get that on with the old stuff just the limit is a sight nearer.

I still reckon the early slingshot GSXRs are some of best bikes out there and I'd definitely have one as a "need to use it every day but have a laugh too" bike, not with clipons though...

[Bibio]

i would love to take an old kh750 and stick it in a modern chassis to see what its capable of.

[yorkie_chris]

I'd wager drinking vast amounts of petrol while creating not a massive amount of completely unusable power... but sounding and smelling great!