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"Sadly I am listing this very Special TS90 . This bike is in excellent condition" fuck me dead foreskin fred... ohhhh its special all right but to say excellent condition the seller needs there head read aye... where the fuck is it anywere near excellent condition... naaa its the seller thats special not the bikeOriginally Posted by F5 Dave
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Aside from a clean, all the chrome is fucked, shocks, both guards, bars, headlight shroud. [ edit. Feet levers, kicker, right hand fork leg , points cover, heat sheild]
Yes it is all there which is nice, but chroming is very laborious and expensive. That's not just a few hundred dollars these days.
If it's not still seized, and it will be, if its had that much moisture, the crank will need a rebuild because they always fail when corrosion gets on the rod plated surface.
Pipe looks like it needs a fair bit of attention.
I'd hate to see what she thinks Average condition is like. Probably like Rusty my Stinger started out before I stupidly emarked on a resto.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Rasta Ratskins
Goldwing mate. You want one now I bet!…
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
A mate had an early model one pass through his business, but I passed it over for religious reasons
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
"channellling the Pleideans"
buy this for me and you could have $1500 in change
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/4163368511
You know it makes sense!
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
"channellling the Pleideans"
Tidy early ones used to be $5k. Now they're ridiculous. My favourite one lately is the one Jason on here built.A mate had an early model one pass through his business, but I passed it over for religious reasons
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Pah! A dirty foulstroke.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Hardcore Biker
Advertised as a TS 90 Hustler too. That's wrong. The Hustler was the 250 twin road bike from the same era.
The TS 90 was a Honcho. In New Zealand.
The TS 50 was the Gaucho then the TS 125 Duster, 185 Sierra . The 250 was the Savage and the 400 was the Apache. Loved the way Suzuki had names for every model along the engine size scale. Kawasaki called their 350 the Bighorn too.
Took a lime green one for a ride a few times back in the day . My mates brother had one, I was 16 years old.
I wish her luck at that price. Even restored it won't be worth the cost of restoration. It's one of those 'in between' bikes.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Oddly, suzuki weren't overly concerned with reusing the same name in different markets for different bikes.
https://www.suzukicycles.org/TS-TC-s...html#gsc.tab=0
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Anorak
A1 Samurai 250
A7 Avenger 350
F21M Green Streak
F3 Bushwhacker 175cc
F4 Sidewinder 250cc
F5 Bighorn 350cc
F8 Bison 250cc
F81M "Green Streak" 250cc
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
Highway Biker
Those old bikes had cool names, now they're like product codes, all GSXR-RR9T and KLR890-MT09. When people ask what you ride and you say "I have a 250 Samurai" it just sounds cooler than "the X8" ya know? Bring back proper bike names!
Low personal B.M.E.P.
Guy who worked at Tommy's in ChCh had a 90 he used for everything incl riding it at Wigram. Pretty sure it had a kit fitted - imported via Colemans and Tommy
I only remember him as "Crow" - all the workshop staff had nicknames. It was unfeasibly fast as i remember it and he rode it like there was no tomorrow.
Hardcore Biker
But, there will only be one Hayabusa. The ZX14 has a generic 'Ninja' title too which is a pity.
First 250 I rode was Honda XL250 'Motosport' . Magic.
In the riders seat
I know the names for some of them but don't really remember them ever being used here, I always thought it was more of an American Market thing
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
"channellling the Pleideans"
The worst offender is Hardly Ableson. FXDXKLRZZWTF, etc.
Unless you're one of the cool kids ("Harley guy" not "motorbike person") then you dont care to be bothered learning the shit.
I do want this "Harley" Aermacchi 350 though.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...1&bof=2i7eR32z
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
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