Oh Wow... 748?!?!?! What a machine! And what is that with the SKULLS on it.... masterpiece custom paint job there!
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Oh Wow... 748?!?!?! What a machine! And what is that with the SKULLS on it.... masterpiece custom paint job there!
I always wanted a 916, (as it was the bike that changed the way all bikes would be made, and designed by a South African to boot!), but by the time I could afford one, they'd been discontinued and replaced with the 748R, which is lighter and more powerful, however shares the same frame and bodywork.
The Skulls one is a fuel injected YZ450 and next to it a carb fed YZ450, and two YZ250's, (my competition bikes)
the days when WSB was dominated by Foggy on a duke.... and then they bored the 916 out to the 1026 (which Foggy tested as well and fell in love with it).... that shape was (and is) still my favorite ever.... My top 3: 916/748, then the Kawasaki ZX7-RR (in classic green, purple and white) then original Fireblade 900... the iconic machines of an era that shaped the superbikes of today.
Enough hijacking the thread now... back to weekend projects...
Whilst on the subject of bikes ... I had an old, circa 1982, Suzuki GSX750, and rather than toss it into a scrapheap, being the sentimentalist that I am, decided to go full retro, and turn it into a cafe racer.
It's work in progress at the mo' and somewhat low down the project priority scale, nonetheless, it's almost at the final strip down, paint / plate and reassemble stage.
Before ...
Current State (WIP) ...
It's work in progress at the mo' and somewhat low down the project priority scale, nonetheless, it's almost at the final strip down, paint / plate and reassemble stage.
Before ...
Current State (WIP) ...
748 
I'm impressedthe days when WSB was dominated by Foggy on a duke.... and then they bored the 916 out to the 1026 (which Foggy tested as well and fell in love with it).... that shape was (and is) still my favorite ever.... My top 3: 916/748, then the Kawasaki ZX7-RR (in classic green, purple and white) then original Fireblade 900... the iconic machines of an era that shaped the superbikes of today.
Enough hijacking the thread now... back to weekend projects...
... You know the Duke history ... WRT your ZX7-RR, can I change that to a 500 triple as my favourites? ... O man was that a beeeeeeeeutiful bike, mind you, the 1300-6 was right up there too, (albeit that they didn't shape the industry overly), and yup the original Fireblade 900 still is a mindf### in my opinion
I'm impressed
The Tripple 500 paved the way for the '72 Mach IV H2 750cc (aka Widow Maker)... My cousin started rebuilding one from scratch and being a mechanical engineer he quickly did the math realizing that the time it will take him to fix it up will outweigh the time he will have left on this earth and gave it up for the sake of future posterity...
I always wanted a gsx but never found a good one at a price I could afford.
2 years ago though I did find a good GS1000G 1984 model.
The Tripple 500 paved the way for the '72 Mach IV H2 750cc (aka Widow Maker)... My cousin started rebuilding one from scratch and being a mechanical engineer he quickly did the math realizing that the time it will take him to fix it up will outweigh the time he will have left on this earth and gave it up for the sake of future posterity...
At one stage I was prepared to donate one of my nuts for a H2, (thankfully that never happened
), and I got me a 'waterbuffalo' instead, (a Suzuki 750 triple). Sadly those 70's Jap bikes had poor ... no, let me call it what it is, KAK handling and that little monster met with a rather sad demise resulting in me forever causing an uproar at airport security, with a steel pin in my right leg
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That's a Beaut Classic! ... You must do the 520 chain conversion, and whilst you're about it ... drop one tooth on the front, and go up 4 on the rear
... It'll drop your top speed to around 180, buuuuut ... you'll compete if not beat a modern superbike on acceleration EDIT: ... Ooooops .... I just saw that it's a G ... a shaft drive ... Sowwie, scrap that comment above
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748... The fun has found you!
While scratching in the ally bag at the scrapyard, I found a Twisp Okta mod with part of a tank still attached. It was on and had a full batt, I searched for glass and the rest of the atty but didn't find any. Thought maybe someone lent over and it dropped out.
Anyhow, saw the 510 was very loose so I took it apart at home and gave it a major service, after fiddling with the soldering iron I decided to go with Q-bond and the grey filler powder.
Not a bad mod from 2017... 5000ma batt and at the scrap ally price of R20 kg I paid R4.16 for it.
Bazinga as Rob would say.
Anyhow, saw the 510 was very loose so I took it apart at home and gave it a major service, after fiddling with the soldering iron I decided to go with Q-bond and the grey filler powder.
Not a bad mod from 2017... 5000ma batt and at the scrap ally price of R20 kg I paid R4.16 for it.
Bazinga as Rob would say.
Wish I still had this one. Weekend projects was riding it.
Whilst clearing out some old parts in my workshop earlier, came across an old? piston from Moses' time, so I decided to build a "cliche' mod stand" ... I've found that I can never have enough of them, as my mates keep mooching them.
Soooo I cut of her skirts, sanded her butt, drilled and tapped her crown, and slapped on a few o-rings as pseudo rings, and ...
Soooo I cut of her skirts, sanded her butt, drilled and tapped her crown, and slapped on a few o-rings as pseudo rings, and ...
Chicken dinner mate
You need to get another one Stranger ... VFR's are yummy
I had your bikes grandfather, a VFR1000 ... man that V4 four in full song is right up there with a Ducati
I could never afford one , but that RC8 was the dream bike. If any of you ever did AMID days, I was the HEAD Marshal in charge of the Think bike crews. Got to ride everything.
Awesome find brother. Now your putting it to use again.While scratching in the ally bag at the scrapyard, I found a Twisp Okta mod with part of a tank still attached. It was on and had a full batt, I searched for glass and the rest of the atty but didn't find any. Thought maybe someone lent over and it dropped out.
Anyhow, saw the 510 was very loose so I took it apart at home and gave it a major service, after fiddling with the soldering iron I decided to go with Q-bond and the grey filler powder.
Not a bad mod from 2017... 5000ma batt and at the scrap ally price of R20 kg I paid R4.16 for it.
Bazinga as Rob would say.
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Not a weekend project, but what the hell, with the plaque upon us, (that's more our government than Covid); Every day has become just another day at home ... anyhooooo ... and moving on swiftly;
So scratching around in the ol' garage scrap metal pile earlier, found a duralumin offcut, so @ARYANTO gets his "daily rotation tank stand" a little earlier than anticipated, (minus the two RDA's tho');
So scratching around in the ol' garage scrap metal pile earlier, found a duralumin offcut, so @ARYANTO gets his "daily rotation tank stand" a little earlier than anticipated
, (minus the two RDA's tho');
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Yee HAA! thank you very much
You're welcome budYee HAA! thank you very much
Not a weekend project, but what the hell, with the plaque upon us, (that's more our government than Covid); Every day has become just another day at home ... anyhooooo ... and moving on swiftly;
So scratching around in the ol' garage scrap metal pile earlier, found a duralumin offcut, so @ARYANTO gets his "daily rotation tank stand" a little earlier than anticipated
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Yee HAA! thank you very much
Magnifico!
Not a weekend project, but what the hell, with the plaque upon us, (that's more our government than Covid); Every day has become just another day at home ... anyhooooo ... and moving on swiftly;
So scratching around in the ol' garage scrap metal pile earlier, found a duralumin offcut, so @ARYANTO gets his "daily rotation tank stand" a little earlier than anticipated
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duralumin?
Isnt that the sh1t Tony Stark is looking for?
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