Nice bike Crasher .........you've done well, very well ......Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback
What happens to it when it's finished ?
Hardcore Biker
Nice bike Crasher .........you've done well, very well ......
What happens to it when it's finished ?
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I race vintage moto-x on it and beat the living shit out of it.
parting of the sensory
Wow.
That looks better'n new!
Had a mate with an earlier model of one of those, back in 1976-ish (must've been a 74, I guess). Had a wee ride on it, was heaps faster than my MT250 Elsinore, but he was running de-sprung front forks with air valves in them, and had a blown fork seal, so the ride was crap....
Blew a fork seal myself on the same ride (one of the Roger White organised rides at Ohakuri). I missed a marker, and ended up doing one loop twice. It was pretty eventful: the spare gas can in the backpack sprung a leak, so petrol was pissing down my back, and a big rock on the forestry road cracked the magnesium side cover. Here was me, blithely riding back'n'forth through a river crossing, unaware that the points cover wasn't waterproof after all. Luckily, most of the crossing was with the front wheel in the air, so no water got in.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
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Just like a new one!Wow.
That looks better'n new!
The metal is always nude.
Nooiice !!
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Hardcore Biker
Wow wow wow and wow..I'm jealous now
Had one of these in the early 80's. It was flogged when I bought so a mate made a new sleeve for it and recond the top end. It ended up way more torquey than original with the custom ports.
And I had a light kit put on with rego and warrantUsed to pass the work bus through the Himo Gorge on one wheel and very scary in the wet......
Really nice crasher
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Hahaha...nice one! I had a 400C (78) as a kid...but it was always the 79 'N' I wanted. I've got some Fox Air Shox, and a 43mm front end off an RM500 for this bike for race duty. I'll put the stock suspension away. I've got a mint RM400N for sale if you wanna join in the fun!
Pete
black cat
mint mate!
almost a shame to get it durdy
Curmudgeon
Wow.
I had a PE175N back in the day, and that 400 brings back a few memories.
Like my DG stickers kit and dodgy shocks...
Hardcore Biker
ooh aah tempting ...just bought my daughter a small dirt bike for her 10th Birthday coming up. If she is into it I would have to buy an off roader to go on rides...the 400 might be over the top for that though ............teh heh heh...
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Nah. The N's are a pussy cat. They're only 44hp I think from memory...and just really flat. Nice torque curve. Easy to ride.
Hardcore Biker
Now that's salesman speak if ever i've heard it
Excellent work by the way i'd be pretty chuffed with that effort.
Now to get her out where she belongs eh.
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Mate...I didn't build it. I work six days a week and don't have the time or motivation to do such things!Now that's salesman speak if ever i've heard it
Excellent work by the way i'd be pretty chuffed with that effort.
Now to get her out where she belongs eh.
So if you know anyone that wants ANY model vintage RM built to the same quality...let me know.
I'm simply gonna race it and wreck it. It'll be here before too long.
Kiwibiker
Mate, you cannot be seen on one of those big bore two strokes, they are for pussies! Just slip it to me, and I'll save you from being seen on it
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You've already got one of mine thanks anyway mate!
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