Old skool legends

[BMWST?]

I had a DT3(250) Yamaha andi thought that was a great trail bike.I test road a RT3.....seemed like it had three times the power of my 250...

my 250 was like this


the 360 was like this

[Motu]

I don't have a road bike to take off road these days - but am using an old school bike to recreate the feel of an even older school bike.This is the sort of bike I used to ride on these roads....just my modern take on it.

[rok-the-boat]

I have had various bikes, and there two gave me a lot of fun.

[NordieBoy]

1979 XR250Z. The first of the XR's.

Raced in MX and Cross Countries up to 6hr long. A 3hr could be done on a tank

The good old days...

[Underground]

Stole this pic off a current ad on tm
Exact colour and model of the one I used for some of my early adventures ,
90 mile beach , round coromandel 2 up , every other gravel road in the north (actually nearly all the roads were gravel then )
Made some paniers that held exactly 6 big bottles of beer each side for those beer drinking adventures .

[Motu]

Excellent - we need to show these young whippersnappers that you don't need the latest high tech bike with fancy suspension and tyres to have adventure!

[NordieBoy]

Stole this pic off a current ad on tm
Exact colour and model of the one I used for some of my early adventures ,
90 mile beach , round coromandel 2 up , every other gravel road in the north (actually nearly all the roads were gravel then )
Made some paniers that held exactly 6 big bottles of beer each side for those beer drinking adventures .

Shane uses that front brake on his TS400 classic mx'er.
Every so often someone complains but the brake is actually older than the TS.

[Underground]

That bid drum brake was actually pretty powerful if it was set up right,
Oh and after looking at those pics I've figured why the left side kick on my KTM felt ok for me ....the old Suzi was a left footer as well .

[Oscar]

Heres a couple of pics taken at the 85 3day National Enduro, held at Woodhill and Riverhead forests

I have pics of me on that very same log!!!!!!!!

[BMWST?]

Stole this pic off a current ad on tm
Exact colour and model of the one I used for some of my early adventures ,
90 mile beach , round coromandel 2 up , every other gravel road in the north (actually nearly all the roads were gravel then )
Made some paniers that held exactly 6 big bottles of beer each side for those beer drinking adventures .

some one forget to tell suzuki that you didnt use the same sprocket on the rear wheel and the countershaft,man they were high geared those bikes

[dino3310]

Wicked..........

first time id ever seen one.....

JMJ

oh yeah


sorry i couldnt resist as these old dakar bikes just blow me away

Maybe start a dakar thread as well ?

[NordieBoy]

I have pics of me on that very same log!!!!!!!!

Last for centuries those logs.

[Oscar]

Last for centuries those logs.

At the same event

[marks]

Stole this pic off a current ad on tm
Exact colour and model of the one I used for some of my early adventures ,
90 mile beach , round coromandel 2 up , every other gravel road in the north (actually nearly all the roads were gravel then )
Made some paniers that held exactly 6 big bottles of beer each side for those beer drinking adventures .

I had a drum braked 1970 Titan 500 - it was a lot of bike for an inexperienced 18 year old.

I remember, after rebuilding it and slowly running it in I gave it its first 100mph (full tit) run up from Mckay's crossing to Paraparaumu - when I slowed down and looked behind me I couldn't see anything but a wall of 2 stroke smoke.....

[bart]

OK, I had a 1984 XR250 with a 280 kit. Before that, it was hand-me-down farm bikes.

At the same time my bro had a 1984 XL250 which he never rode. Being road legal, I used to 'borrow' the XL regularly , and tear up the gravel/tracks/beach around the area I grew up. The XL was a lot milder and had shit suspension, but just seemed SOOOO much better on the road.