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[tjbizzo]

I've got a 1994 Specialized StumpJumper, and a 1976 Honda CB500T. Keepin' it real... real old skool Honda.

[harm]

I've got an '80 Honda CX500 that I bought last year and didn't ride nearly enough. Don't have any pics, but it has plenty of room in a one-stall garage with the crx! Another thing I love about our cars.. they're only about twice the size of my bike. Makes for plenty of room to work.

which is good.. because mine needs work. :\

[Giltaran]

I restore old Schwinn Sting-Rays! Thats my kind of bike!

Ape hanger handle bars, 20" front wheel, banana seat, and a stick shift on the top tube. Groovy man, groooo-vy!.

Hope you find a garage sale Krate someday. I love the old style 70's steel frames - but I am a big, fat guy. That's the reason for the 13 gauge spokes - if the bike is gonna carry me and groceries, I need the strength. Guy my size walks into the local bike shop these days, he can't hear himself think for all the aluminum and carbon fiber frames shaking in terror.

Can't say I ever bought into the "light weight as possible" concept in bicycles. I mean, really - the percentages are so very small once a rider sits on the bike - 100 kg rider weight vs. 100, 200 grams in component savings? What's the point? It took me exactly two months to strip out the first set of aluminum crank arms I ever owned - I'll take steel every time I can get it.

-Gil

[86hamstersi]

I currently don't own a bike but hopefully soon I can find one of these.






If anyone knows of a running one for sale in dfw or oklahoma at a good price hit me up.

[Sgt. Pepper]

Oh, forgot about the one I ride around the brewery:

http://www.huskybicy...01/t-124c-1.jpg

All the maintenance, QA, and supervisors ride these around (with the orange safety flags).

[lambs]

hmm thats a pretty cool looking "retro bike" looks fun to ride. what kind of motor is that?

It's actually an in-line 4 cylinder but laid on its side, thus this model is affectionately known as the 'flying brick'. As pointed out it's water cooled, but also EFI (Bosch L-Jet system) and, of course, shaft drive goodness

Definitely great fun to ride with heaps of low down torque.

i noticed the horizontally opposed / aircooled desighn. how many cyls? like the color btw.

Many hard core BMW motorcycle fans don't regard the K-series as 'real' BMW's....it's a boxer twin or nothing. I actually had a boxer many years ago - an R100CS - but it was the most gutless pile of crap I've ever owned.

[CRXfanatic]

tjbizzo, nice bike? Making a cafe racer out of it? Great bikes!

I've got an 83 vt500... making a caferacer/street tracker kinda thing...

WIP...

[badpenny]

I currently don't own a bike but hopefully soon I can find one of these.

Dude, if you are serious about owning one of these, then go and buy a beach cruiser (walmart aprox $100) and then go to kingmotorbikes.com to get the motor to convert it. You atleast will look like you fit on it.


Oh, wait, you are hispanic. I got it, you want to chrome it out with a bling bling paintjob and daytons. Just messin with ya. Although, that beach cruiser would look good with a lime green metallic and polished motor. Man, I gotta get one now.

[jsgprod]

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I almost bought one of those new back in '83! Really neat bikes. I sold my Shadow Sabre a while back but still have a '82 FT500 Ascot.

But was using one of these this past weekend to run around the paddock:



That things a lot of fun!

[Sgt. Pepper]

That is one of the coolest bikes I've seen. Awesome. If I had a motor bike, I'd want one like that. Someday.

[shauno]

I just bought this last year to boot around the town on.. It's an 07 DRZ/SM with a Yosh pipe and some jetting.
I would have to say the most fun out of any of my other much faster street bikes.

[NWClassicHonda]

Ape hanger handle bars, 20" front wheel, banana seat, and a stick shift on the top tube. Groovy man, groooo-vy!.

Hope you find a garage sale Krate someday. I love the old style 70's steel frames - but I am a big, fat guy. That's the reason for the 13 gauge spokes - if the bike is gonna carry me and groceries, I need the strength. Guy my size walks into the local bike shop these days, he can't hear himself think for all the aluminum and carbon fiber frames shaking in terror.

Can't say I ever bought into the "light weight as possible" concept in bicycles. I mean, really - the percentages are so very small once a rider sits on the bike - 100 kg rider weight vs. 100, 200 grams in component savings? What's the point? It took me exactly two months to strip out the first set of aluminum crank arms I ever owned - I'll take steel every time I can get it.

-Gil

I already have! A Cotton Picker, Pea Picker and an Orange Krate for $300 for all of them. Bone stock and all origional found in a barn in Oregon. Im looking for the Sting-Ray Minni Twinn 20" tandom bicycle and 12" Sting-Ray Lil Tiger. I have 4 16" Sting-Ray foldable bikes and a number of other Fastbacks and Manta-Rays also.

[NWClassicHonda]

Im trying to find a one of these earlly 80's Honda racing dirt bikes (Mugen or not) to restore here soon...

Very sexy!

[Omega Mugen]

www.performancebike.com - a source for everything current, lightweight, cutting edge, etc. Basically if you're a spandex person, this is your online shop of choice. If you actually want to ride the thing, they're hit or miss.

Bwaha. I shop there but not much of a spandex guy.



Hydraulic disc brake conversion and the required frame adapter.


Brake lever and master cylinder and required replacement shifter that replaced the combination cable assembly.

[Giltaran]

Bwaha. I shop there but not much of a spandex guy.

Nice up conversion - how does the disk setup compare to the rim clinchers?

-Gil