"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
It wasn't as fast as the RD250 and it handled like a wardrobe, other than that, it was fine. ;)
We also had the GT380 and GT550 2stroke triples, I take it you didn't have those? The GT750 was known here as the kettle - I recently bought a jacket off a bloke who had spent months restoring one to concours condition, rode it once, decided he didn't like riding in modern traffic so sold it. :/
We also had the GT380 and GT550 2stroke triples, I take it you didn't have those?
No, the two bikes I mentioned were the only 2 I ever owned. My brother however, owned more. He started out with a 1974 Yamaha RD350, then a 1975 Kawasaki H2 750 triple 2 stroke, finishing with a 1980 Honda Goldwing 1100.
The GT750 was known here as the kettle - I recently bought a jacket off a bloke who had spent months restoring one to concours condition, rode it once, decided he didn't like riding in modern traffic so sold it. :/
I did read on my Google link that the Water Buffalo was referred to as the 'Kettle' in the UK, & thanks for that Ian. Too bad the guy sold the GT750, it may have grown on him.. {;-)
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2012, 10:01am Subject: Re: The Motorcycle Thread
CraigA Said:
lol!
No, the two bikes I mentioned were the only 2 I ever owned. My brother however, owned more. He started out with a Yamaha RD350, then a Kawasaki H2 750 triple 2 stroke, finishing with a 1980 Honda Goldwing 1100.
I did read on my Google link that the Water Buffalo was referred to as the 'Kettle' in the UK, & thanks for that Ian. Too bad the guy sold the GT750, it may have grown on him.. {;-)
How did your brother like the 750 H2? I had one, could never get it tuned right. They called them "The Widowmaker" here in the U.S. Big time wheelie machines if you could get the damn things tuned right.
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2012, 10:26am Subject: Re: The Motorcycle Thread
CoffeeRoastersClub Said:
How did your brother like the 750 H2? I had one, could never get it tuned right. They called them "The Widowmaker" here in the U.S. Big time wheelie machines if you could get the damn things tuned right.
Hey Len, my brother Neil loved that screamin' rocket! Only thing he did to it was install a Bill Werges expansion pipe, re-jetted tthe carbs & K&N oiled filters. He pinned the speedo needle at 140 MPH & it was still going! {:-O {:-D
No problem tuning his & my bikes as I built (in 1977) a 4 bank/carb dampened & calibrated vacuum gauge carb syncronization set. A couple of years later my brother bought a 4 bank murcury "Carb Stiks" to tune the carbs. I cross checked my home built gauge set to the carb sticks unit & it was exact.
I also have (bought back in the day), a Suzuki TDC top dead center dial gauge indicator to get the ignition timing exactly right.
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2012, 2:26pm Subject: Re: The Motorcycle Thread
CraigA Said:
Hey Len, my brother Neil loved that screamin' rocket! Only thing he did to it was install a Bill Werges expansion pipe, re-jetted tthe carbs & K&N oiled filters. He pinned the speedo needle at 140 MPH & it was still going! {:-O {:-D
I also have (bought back in the day), a Suzuki TDC top dead center dial gauge indicator to get the ignition timing exactly right.
I had the K&Ns and rejetted the carbs, but the cable mechanism it had used to cause imbalance issues with the 3 carbs. That and I was just a kid without the right auto tools to adjust it right. I had seen H2s tuned right and they were insane.
Picture below (not my bike) of H2 with typical all chrome expansion pipes from that era.
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2012, 11:55pm Subject: Re: The Motorcycle Thread
Started out at 13 with a Honda 55 trail traded up to Honda s90 traded up to Honda 350 traded up to a newer Honda 350 went down a whole nother road with a Bultaco 250 pursang many years passed -- Yamaha 750 Maxim rode for awhile, gave to my kid and got myself an old Yamaha XS650 which lead to another and another and another until I had 6 of them in the garage ... which lead to Yamaha XS11 which lead to another and another until I had three of them. Got rid of all of those and rode a Yamaha Seca II 600 ...
Now --- no bikes, haven't ridden in 10 years --- would like to grab a Suzuki SV650 unless a Triumph (just about any model) comes along that I can't say no to.... or would like to build a hooli bike out of a KTM or Yamaha YZ450f ... or would love an old husquvarna
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