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mkane

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Track Bike
« on: 1 May 2016, 10:51 pm »
   Motorcycles have been a part of me since I was a toddler. Fast approaching 65' and don't much care for modern motorcycles so,




  My father brought this home in 1970.  There's been quite a few in between.


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Re: Track Bike
« Reply #1 on: 1 May 2016, 11:06 pm »
Nice, looks more modern than antique.

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Re: Track Bike
« Reply #2 on: 1 May 2016, 11:29 pm »
This Norton looks great.
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Re: Track Bike
« Reply #3 on: 1 May 2016, 11:34 pm »
Holy Ring Dings, Batman!  You don't see too many of them still running around these days.
Those old Yamahas were a lot of fun to ride.

Those old Commandos still in the family?
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Re: Track Bike
« Reply #4 on: 2 May 2016, 03:58 am »
Quote from: Rocket_Ronny on  1 May 2016, 11:06 pm
Nice, looks more modern than antique.

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  Not considered antique. They're not old enough.
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mcgsxr

Re: Track Bike
« Reply #5 on: 2 May 2016, 11:54 am »
Ah good old Yamaha 2 strokes.  I cut my teeth on the RD/RZ 350's.  I owned a tiny (135cc!) 2 stroke Yamaha in Taiwan as my first street bike there in the mid 90's.

The smell of my weed trimmer always takes me back!
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Re: Track Bike
« Reply #6 on: 2 May 2016, 05:13 pm »
In my country the RD250/350 were called Black Widow, brakes too weaks.
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mcgsxr

Re: Track Bike
« Reply #7 on: 2 May 2016, 05:24 pm »
Interesting.  I recall that the Black Widow or Widowmaker was reserved for the RZ500 or the 70's Kawi triple 2 strokes!

I upgraded all my GSXR's to the 1100 6 piston Tokico's back in the day.  That helped a lot, and was a direct bolt on for any of the 750's.
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Re: Track Bike
« Reply #8 on: 2 May 2016, 05:41 pm »
Most RDs have drum brakes, no disc.
The 350LC was the last RD here, the
two stroke models was canceled.
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« Reply #9 on: 4 May 2016, 12:05 am »
I'm not an RD expert by any means but I did ride an RD400, I think it was, with discs and they worked great.
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