....my first bike was a t250 hustler,nearly new, upswept pipes and big damage waiting to happen, still got some original scars 38 years later, i race a pair of t250ish things now, a t20 and a gt250, back then ,after scaring the shit out of myself and getting fairly damaged i saw the light and bought a honda, some time just after that i became a lazy four stroke rider, needless to say , now i race a cb350/Four, its a 72 but i race pre 82 with it, saves the shit with disc brake moaners...shootin' back to then, a lot of years ago... the ripping cackle of a kwake triple was the sound that taunted me, real men or real mentals rode them, not me.....some years later i raced a pair of yamahas, best motors, least hassles anyway, that i have abused, never a thought for the marque that impressed me enough to avoid , way back...well, recently in a fit of angst over this whole kawasaki debacle, of me not having the fortitude to own one...i cured it , i bought a pair, a pre 82 kr1 and a pre 89 gpx750, really quite unnecessary but fuck it all, theres not as much time as there was, to cure it....wouldnt mind some input on the kr1, have heard enough to know they are a dark art and on the other hand , simple enough...
My first bike was a T350, and I still have the scars too. The GPX is an under-rated bike I feel. The 'cure' for a KR1 seems to be a 500cc four stroke engine.
Is the early KR1 a parallel twin or those twin crank cylinder behind each other engines? I have got some info somewere about those in a book 'Speed Machines" published in the 80's , chocka full of old (new then) race bikes. Has a good section about the Armstrong race bikes My T20 needs some attention...............Not sure of its place in the que tho...............I must issue numbers to my fleet
....its the twin crank cylinder behind each other engine...and Im not going near it til the T20 gets some time spent on it, also...
....its the twin crank cylinder behind each other engine... Whats ther proper name for that cylinder layout? Tandom Twin? I remember some name like that The cover has ripped on my T20, can see the brake lever sticking out, Must have a rebuild on the outside/covered up bike department ..................NEED more shed space ! What needs doing on your T20?
..bent a conrod last time I had her out on the track, should have got on to it immediately, but it auto rotated to the end of the line of bikes and things needing fixing...I would like my son to ride it sometime soon , so it will become a priority soon..our club is starting to grow in 250 strokers at the moment, want to get amongst them on the t20,...
http://www.t20suzuki.com/ Theres heaps of info on them here, not doubt you have seen this site tho, I have read somewere about RGV parts fitting, i will try and find the magizine There info about cranks in the racing section, and about fitting TZ/RD cranks, Fitting a RZ crank could be a option too, There only $600 for a brand new one, TSS is a Aussie company but the parts are all in Tauranga, http://www.twostrokeshop.com/RZRD350...afts.htm#18054 What are the dimensions of your T20 crank? The RZ cranks are 2mm wider than LC and they machine 0.5mm off each side and you use a offset bearing locator half ring. I dont know what the size difference of air cooled RD are to LC, Good news about more strokers racing, good about the new proposed F3 rules too, 350 stroke allowed now
Just posted a T20 pic in the BFTP pics, Couldnt figure out how to put it here
....dont wanna be rude about a bike I have a lot of time for, but if one like that turned up visiting, Id have to ask them to cover it up, please...
Dont you just love the brown banana seat and all the chrome........................ I found that one in the pics oon T20suzuki.com, just had to share it
....back to kawasakis....a couple or more years ago i just about picked up the kawasaki of my dreams...an h1 in what was thought to be, but proved otherwise, a Mackintosh frame....not only was it there in front of me and the words were forming on my lips, 'dont worry about wrapping it, i'll take it as it is,.....it had at one point been the national holder of a straight line speed record and i was in love....the kawasaki mental block kicked in and a day or so later i was the owner of the mov velocette that i have posted a pic of.....i was never going to get trapped in the CLASSIC racing trap, jappy posties were all that was required....not so i have found....the mov is the sexiest machine i have ever owned and takes pride of place in my collection....
