Ein wunderlicher alter Kauz
Well they do say that the older you are, the faster you were..... I'll get me coat.Originally Posted by marks
my 1970 CT90 would do 65mph
down Ngauranga Gorge with me in full racing crouch
sounded like it was going to explode - but never did.
this was 34 years ago.....
Nobody knows what human life is, why we come, why we go,
so why then do I know, I will see you in far off places?
Stephen Patrick Morrissey
Moped rider
You've got to love these wee bikes.
Picked up a new battery today for the old girl, $23! Parts are so cheap!
Have to go for a good test ride in the weekend and test it's prowes.
Cheer
They say the early bird catches the worm...
Well that's just fine with me, I prefer coffee and toast anyway!
Hardcore Biker
Wonder if you'll be in such a good mood when it melts a piston in the middle of nowhere Otago in the dark
I shouldn't be too mean,least you've started and finished a DB1K
Nevermind the Bollocks
Armature speller
Finished?Wonder if you'll be in such a good mood when it melts a piston in the middle of nowhere Otago in the dark
I shouldn't be too mean,least you've started and finished a DB1K
terra firma rider
He didn't even make it half way!Finished?
I recon he should carry a spare piston, rings and a hone and simply change it all at the half way point. Its a smoker so wont take too long right
Cheers R
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
Armature speller
Bumbag with a spare engineHe didn't even make it half way!
I recon he should carry a spare piston, rings and a hone and simply change it all at the half way point. Its a smoker so wont take too long right
Cheers R
V Twin ..... yum!
my 1970 CT90 would do 65mph
down Ngauranga Gorge with me in full racing crouch
sounded like it was going to explode - but never did.
this was 34 years ago.....
that's one sweet looking bike
Haha! Reminds me of my first ever bike when I was 16. A Suzuki SP50 two stroke - rode it to school and back everyday 15miles each way flat out at 65mph - screamed its little heart out but never failed me! Of course I did have to regularly change the rings and this was before mopeds became restricted to 30mph or whatever the stupid law was in the UK, aaah the good old days when road bike lookin mopeds did 65mph!!!!! Ok yeah I'm gettin old, so old I'm nostalgic about a 50cc moped that did 65mph, but it was fun at the time!!! ROFL!!!
Cheers, Dave
Moped rider
Ok so never finished one, but it was my first attempt and it was spoiled by an 8c O ring! Someone had put the wrong size one in there. Not too worried about finishing but having fun along the way. With these bikes there probably will be alot of these times.
Spare engine in a bum bag? Well it's not out of the question!
Cheer
They say the early bird catches the worm...
Well that's just fine with me, I prefer coffee and toast anyway!
Generic Soft Cock
it wouldn't surprise me if the speedo was way out so who knows how fast or slow I was goingWell they do say that the older you are, the faster you were..... I'll get me coat.
at full tit the worn leading link suspension would allow the front wheel to flop around so it was still pretty exciting.
plus it would slip to a false neutral between the high and low ratios whenever it felt like it and the footpeg mounting hoes in the bottom of the engine kept stripping out causing the footpegs to drop down.
what a piece of shit
but as a 16yr old it was magic
Ein wunderlicher alter Kauz
Your thoughts on this little bad boy, gentlemen?
Nobody knows what human life is, why we come, why we go,
so why then do I know, I will see you in far off places?
Stephen Patrick Morrissey
Armature speller
It'll chug away anywhere.
terra firma rider
Am contemplating something like this if I can't find something a little more adv styled. Check up on tyres case something with a little more tread than some circumferential ribs would be nice to have.
Cheers R
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
Ein wunderlicher alter Kauz
Ribbed? Ewwwww. I'll just make me own knobblies, a kind of reverse Burt Munro.
Nobody knows what human life is, why we come, why we go,
so why then do I know, I will see you in far off places?
Stephen Patrick Morrissey
Ein wunderlicher alter Kauz
The info to hand suggests something like 18" x 2.5" front and rear. Any advances/anyone know of any adv tyres of sufficiently teeny dimensions?
Nobody knows what human life is, why we come, why we go,
so why then do I know, I will see you in far off places?
Stephen Patrick Morrissey
terra firma rider
A Bridgestone TW12 comes in a 3-18. Looks like a reasonable tyre for a mid summer DB1k. Alternative is to get the neighbours bread knife out
Cheers R
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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