Dude, I am not looking for a fight. If U had the feeling for her that I had for the Pan you would understand. If not, then nothing I will say will change that. All well.Originally Posted by Bonez
Last of a dying breed
Dude, I am not looking for a fight. If U had the feeling for her that I had for the Pan you would understand. If not, then nothing I will say will change that. All well.
C'mon lets ride....
I do appreciate where you're coming from.
The ol CB and I have been through a fare bit together in the 22 years I've had it. Due for another strip and tidy up now though. It convinced me I didn't need to buy a new m/c every other year or so to enjoy two wheels.
Here's an attachment url of it-
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...0&d=1166296070
KB doesn't like uploading the same pic in different posts without saving it under a different name.
A hundy to swap
nice bike bonez.
tho the cb400 f supersport had a nice square tank,and was a little more cafe racerisho and it was blue
C'mon lets ride....
Cheers. Had a sohc CB750F1 at one stage too. No where near as much fun in the tight stuff as Ronda so flicked it off to an Air Force buddy who restored it (was doing up Gerties donk at the time to iirc). My brother had a 400/4 (the red faster one with the pillion pegs on the swing armnice bike bonez.
tho the cb400 f supersport had a nice square tank,and was a little more cafe racerish) gave the thing arse holes.
A hundy to swap
here's one,alittle different to mine tho,mine was a european model,got it off a german lady that had rode it round most of europe.lurvly machine
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A hundy to swap
lol,thrashed mine beyond belief,
went and sounded best 4 into nothing,
guess the neighbours didn't think so but i did
C'mon lets ride....
Funny you should mention that my bro lost/dropped his muffler more than once. Must be a 400/4 thing. Ronda has rusted out two OEM ones(in 20 odd years since she was new I might add) and has a Dunstall replica on it now. Not too loud not too quiet-just right. Got a groty old cycleworks 4/1 hanging up in the garage if I feel like being a rebel.
L-Plate Rider
Shit nearly pissed myself. Shot!Why the funny Handlebars- did your mum take thallidomide?
And I got a mate known as T-Rex.
Hardcore Biker
This one always brings back memories.Bought new in Cairns for $1550 aus dollars in 1969 I think.....New vehicles were delivered with no rego plates,just a permit to ride....Plates arrive in the mail 6 weeks later from Brisbane..Had to have a front plate in them days..
Anyway I gets the plates,put the back one on and some ar**ole aussie cop gives me a ticket for no front plate....Huh wtf I said I been riding round for 6 weeks with no plates at all....Well never heard anymore about the ticket,I think he was just pissed he couldnt catch me speeding..
Geriatric hoon
Actually made in Waitara, Lavender City, in the 'Naki. The factory later expanded to make mainly Subaru cars.
The Mountain Goat was originally the concept of Johnnie Callender (sp?) a long time bike dealer in New Plymouth. As I recall he sold AJS and adopted Suzuki from their first days here. The name continued up to recent years as a Suzuki BMW dealer although Johnnie left us long since.
There are probably pictures to be found of him racing or hill climbing a Cooper/JAP which he campaigned for many years.
Mountain Goats preceded farm bikes in this country and I guess they filled a need at the time. If you had one now it might almost be worth hanging on to...
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Forum whore
I tried to think of some of my favorite bikes....but I kept comparing them to the Rickman Metisse.I hate to keep going back to 1975...but ever since I let the Rickman go I've been trying to find a more modern bike that has a fraction of the potential I only scratched.
I had watched Rickman's race at the scrambles I went to as a young teenager,and like the speedway bikes I also watched....I used to reckon one of those would be neat to ride on the street eh? One day at the Mangere Mountain scrambles I saw a red Rickman Metisse in the car park,with lights and plate.WOW!!! I'm gunna do that I said.I got close to getting one a couple of times,and then I scored.
It was a 1964 with a unit Triumph 500 engine,I'd seen this bike race before.The owner had fitted lights,and like all bikes back then,even competition ones,it had a plate.It was powered by an old 5TA engine,single carb and distributor - I told him I'd give him $200 less minus motor,he agreed so I came back a couple of days later and gave him $400 and put the rolling chassis into my Kombi.We will gloss over why I had a 1973 T100C engine in 1974,but such things happen.
I had a few hassles getting it all sorted out,and was staying on a farm in Taranaki when I got it running.I had ridden off road a fair amount before of course,but my first ride on the thing was like first love.....I....I...I didn't know I could do that! Into the first paddock and turn under the trees - full throttle,full lock sideways and in complete control on a 500cc motocrosser like I never was on a 175 Jap bike.I had rubbed the magic lamp,and a genie came out - the bike rode itself,I just sat on it and held onto the handlebars....and then it just did these fantastic full lock slides,went over jumps and down the paddock on it's rear wheel.Shit,I'd always wanted to be able to ride like that,and to have a magic genie in my bike that could make me look like a good rider was an answer to a prayer.
It was the bike that made me completely master gravel roads,I could ride them as fast as the bike could go in complete control,never ever thought the bike would put me wrong,and it never did.I guess I was adventure riding and motarding before they found names.Street legal motocross bike? There was nowhere I couldn't go.I used to cross it up just riding around town....sideways on seal was no big deal on this bike,it's just how I rode it.
I'm looking back with some badly distorted glasses at what must of been a mediocre bike and an inexperienced rider......but nah,I don't think so man.I'm still looking for a bike with a genie inside that will make me that good again....
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A hundy to swap
cool lookin machine
wasn't me!
This one, loved the bike and the performance, though the paint job pissed me off in the end. Shoulda just kept it and painted him 'black'!
Though if Bostrom had of come with the bike I'd sure woulda kept it
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