Hey up folks.
Every year for the past 25 or so, we have taken our motorcaravan to the Weston Park motorfest. Its always been the first weekend of the season. Obviously this year that wasn't going to happen, so on Easter Sunday we decided to have our own little Bike show! We set up our caravan on our front garden, put out our chairs and table and parked my three bikes on display. Made a cuppa, and sat in the sun and watched the world go by for a hour or so.
The few fellow villagers who were taking their regulation one hours exercise stopped to have a chat (at a safe distance of course). I reckon I have spoken to more people over the past few weeks than I have done over the past 30 years. People seem to have time! It is pleasantly surprising how so many people have a genuine interest in bikes.
Stay safe everyone. Chip and Coral
That's the spirit :clapping:
Top Man Chip - spot on!!!
Good on ya Chip :cheers:
That was well done Mate. 👍
Brilliant :clapping:
What seat is that on the GT.
Well done chip, did you win any silver?
Quote from: mjgt on Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 07:02 PM
Well done chip, did you win any silver?
I got a second! How that worked I don't know. all three bikes were mine!!! :)
Quote from: Irish in Oz on Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 05:52 PM
What seat is that on the GT.
I got it off ebay from a company called Café racer based in Greece. They come in black plastic, but you can choose the stitch colour and pattern for the cover.
Chip
Nice bikes there like the Yamaha, best colours too DT? Fact like them all. :clapping:
Loved my GT380M 1976 was standard by 1980.
Quote from: Dave S on Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 04:03 PM
Nice bikes there like the Yamaha, best colours too DT? Fact like them all. :clapping:
Thanks. The Yam is a 1979 DT125E which by all accounts was only sold in the UK for a year or so. It has an electric start. The colour isn't a standard one for this bike. This was originally Black, but as I got the bike as a pile of bits it was completely rebuilt about 4 years ago, I decided to make it a bit brighter and thought a take on the Yamaha speed-block scheme would work.. It runs quite nicely, and handles and brakes surprisingly well. In fact it made me realise just how much fun a little bike can be. We are all very lucky to have out 1400 to blast around on, but a little lightweight two stroke is so much fun in a different way.
Quote from: Irish in Oz on Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 06:04 PM
Loved my GT380M 1976 was standard by 1980.
Wow, Irish that bike had quite a few mods. I had a GT380M new in 1975, in the same colour (Candy Apple Red) as my present heavily modified bike. This one has a GSX600F front end, wheels and brakes. The swing arm is an XJ600 yam item suitably modified. Higgspeed exhausts that will wake the dead, upgraded electrical and ignition systems and an electronic dash. The reason for the mods was the box of bits that I bought, had these parts missing! It was easier and cheaper to obtain updated parts than obtain and rebuild original parts. I bought the bits from the autojumble at Copdock Ipswich Bike show. The following year it was placed runner up in the café racer section. It wides really well. The brakes are considerably better than the originals!! The seat however is not suitable for long distance touring (or even for a 20 mile blast to be honest). But its one of the best ways I know of turning petrol into smoke!
Keep safe. Chip
Any videos letting us know how the Suzuki GT sounds Alan?
Quote from: Dave S on Saturday, 18 April 2020, 03:51 AM
Any videos letting us know how the Suzuki GT sounds Alan?
Sorry Dave - I'm not clever enough to do sound or even movies! However, I'm sure my sons know how to video, so when things sort themselves out - I'll try and get them to help.
However, if you imagine someone tearing rocks apart, that's somewhere close! Its a real crackle! If I come across horse riders, I always switch off and let them pass before I ride on. Actually had a few pleasant conversations with the riders, who were very appreciative. I'm also conscious of the noise when I ride through villages, as it does make people look up!
When it first went on the road, she didn't run too well, so I took it to BDK engineering near Norwich (who had rebored the barrels and built the crank ) who put it on their dyno. I couldn't stand the noise and smoke as they ragged my brand new engine! It was making 40 BHP which isn't bad as Suzuki claimed 37 as standard. And it wasn't running properly on all 3 cylinders at the time! I had a bad batch of NGK (rip off) sparkplugs which once replaced sorted the problem. She runs good now!
Thanks for your interest.
Chip :)