Old School still rules

[Temporary-Kiwi]

thread of memories

man those old 500s were small. i had a 17' on the back of my RC xr500 frankenstein. with the 23' on the front it was great on the gravel

[Sensei]

Nice bike....
Going by the colour & decal , that wouldn't that have been the
first XT500 with the low pipe by any chance ??

No Peter this is a 77 XT500D you are think of the 76 XT500C .... Used the XT500 as they have a rubber Cush sprocket drive so don't smash the hub's like my TT 's use to back in the day

[Sensei]

Couple pictures of the my 79 XL500s with new Supermotard front guard on , small XR400 tail light , 140/70/18 BT45 rear & still the only 23" front tyre made for these as per the original days a Bridgestone Trailwing excellent & have used one of my 5 brand new Genuine 3" Supertrapp mufflers that I have brought over the years & stashed in the cupboard , it sounds just as sweet as they did 34ys ago .

[rok-the-boat]

I had a various XRs in the 1980s and ran a rebuilt DR500 2006-11. Big singles are great. Never had a Yamaha but have ridden them - maybe the future ...

[Sensei]

Saturdays ride out on more of our back roads ... Had a new rider that joined us for the ride on his original 79XR500A which went as good as it looked , next ride his bother will come along on his 77 TT500 , so the numbers are getting bigger each outing , was an excellent ride apart from mate seizing his DR400T by running it out of oil which was strange as it started the ride with a full sump , we managed to baby it home but the motor is toast , anyone know of a 1980 DR400 T engine lets know . Picture of the lads having a refreshment break along the way at Huiroa School

[dino3310]

Saturdays ride out on more of our back roads ... Had a new rider that joined us for the ride on his original 79XR500A which went as good as it looked , next ride his bother will come along on his 77 TT500 , so the numbers are getting bigger each outing , was an excellent ride apart from mate seizing his DR400T by running it out of oil which was strange as it started the ride with a full sump , we managed to baby it home but the motor is toast , anyone know of a 1980 DR400 T engine lets know . Picture of the lads having a refreshment break along the way at Huiroa School

Go the XR's
dont know of a 400 motor but theres a primo 1980 500 on terdme http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-590611212.htm

[Sensei]

Well have had a plan in my head for an exhaust for some time now & had the bits ... So yesterday was the day I got off my ass & built my idea .... First cut to bits a YZ450 DEP Power Bomb header throw away every thing but the Bomb section & the exhaust intake then got to work cutting & fabricating the front section of the heading , then tack into place the power bomb unit to we're I believe it should be from measurements I had worked out then trial fit & tack in place the rear section of the header along with the connection end .... Afew runs up & down the road till I was happy with the way the bike was performing with afew pipe length changes to try different lengths & power differences ... Once happy with what I had it was to finially make up the rear link section along with one of my spare 3" Supertrapps with 20 rings in it & a few trail runs with plug checks a main jet change & Hey Presto my idea worked ... Took it to a VMX ride 2day & the bike was hauling majorly ... All the guy were most impressed with the noticeable power increase since they know how well the bike went before I made my new exhaust system so the only bummer for the day was I ended up ripping the valve out of the rear tube ending with a flat tyre , but no problems there since the day was pretty much a test run for the pipe & a new chain tensioner system I designed for the White Brothers swing to keep the chain set right due to it being a bent design shape , chain setting is hard to achieve perfectly but now all sweet ... Added a pic of my 79 XL500A with her new Ohlins on just for looks. As usual pics to show the Goods

[Slorider]

Would be neat to have an 'official' yearly thumper muster like they do in oz aye,could be nrth isl meet co-insiding with a sth isl meet but include XR'S as well to make it more viable/interesting since they are both limited in number nowdays,who's keen?

[Sensei]

Have already sorted out all the guys here in NP with group rides ... But more the merryier .. There is a XT/TT Rustling web site as well with rides going also

[pritch]

I had started to wonder why I hadn't seen you on the road. All is becoming clear...

[Sensei]

Thought the shed needed abit more RED in it so found some to fill the space & to keep the other 5undys company
NICE !!!!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Thought the shed needed abit more RED in it so found some to fill the space & to keep the other 5undys company
NICE !!!!

Nice work Bro! You trying to corner the 500cc four stroke market?

[Sensei]

LOL yea Pete .... Heard that from afew of my mates & my very understanding partner ... but most of them I have gotten into buying one themselves & most of us own over 9 bike each also , so it is getting abit of a game now I believe
" the most toys wins " how is your VMX beast's coming along haven't seen much of them lately

[Crasherfromwayback]

LOL yea Pete .... Heard that from afew of my mates & my very understanding partner ... but most of them I have gotten into buying one themselves & most of us own over 9 bike each also , so it is getting abit of a game now I believe
" the most toys wins " how is your VMX beast's coming along haven't seen much of them lately

Dangerous (read expensive) game eh!

All good here mate. My RM400T race bike is getting close. Might see you at next years Johnny OLds VMX meeting? I'm determined to ride even if I have to us my SR!

[Tazz]

Dangerous (read expensive) game eh!

All good here mate. My RM400T race bike is getting close. Might see you at next years Johnny OLds VMX meeting? I'm determined to ride even if I have to us my SR!

Oh hell yeah. Why bring the beer fridge to the garage when you can bring the garage to the beer fridge