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guess what i,ve just bought

Postby retro on Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:38 pm

you guessed it! another smelly 2 stroke to stamp out its carbon footprint :lol: :D :) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250216842464&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=015
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby yorkie 1200 on Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:46 pm

Flipping eck paul looks like you will have your work cut out with that one :)
you only need the 60 and the 125,200,350 and the legendary 500 to complete the set :D :?:
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby retro on Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:45 am

yorkie 1200 wrote:Flipping eck paul looks like you will have your work cut out with that one :)
you only need the 60 and the 125,200,350 and the legendary 500 to complete the set :D :?:


250 & 400 will do for now Ian.mind you i wouldn,t say no to a rd 430 daytona :wink: but they,re like hens teeth :lol:
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby fuse on Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:09 am

looks in not too bad a nick from the photos, and half the dismatles already done :)

good luck with the new project. Whats the plans for this one gonna be a keeper or sell it on?
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby retro on Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:31 am

fuse wrote:looks in not too bad a nick from the photos, and half the dismatles already done :)

good luck with the new project. Whats the plans for this one gonna be a keeper or sell it on?


I'll be keeping her :) might end up a show bike in a year or two of tinkering in the garage :)
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby rjh_786Bn on Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:54 pm

What are you like Retro :D :D I can see you like those Yamaha's, and you will need a bigger garage soon with all those bikes :shock:
So you think this one will take a bit longer? Are all parts there or will you have to source from somewhere?
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby retro on Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:08 pm

Hi Rob, going to take my time with this one. Same amount of work,total strip down and rebuild,i,m in no rush to get her finished,but she's a good excuse to have an hour or two in the shed :|
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Postby rjh_786Bn on Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:32 pm

Good for you mate, and keep us posted like the other, its good reading material, So what colour is she going to be?
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby retro on Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:36 pm

silver and black Rob.should look nice with the wire wheels :)
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby yorkie 1200 on Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:46 pm

retro wrote:silver and black Rob.should look nice with the wire wheels :)

have you seen this months issue of TWO motorcycle mag
they are doing a back to the eighties piece abou the rd250dx :D and the X7 :oops:
and that rd is silver & black 8)
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby retro on Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:43 pm

yorkie 1200 wrote:
retro wrote:silver and black Rob.should look nice with the wire wheels :)

have you seen this months issue of TWO motorcycle mag
they are doing a back to the eighties piece abou the rd250dx :D and the X7 :oops:
and that rd is silver & black 8)


I,ll look out for that Ian.mind you they,re decade out with the dx,eighties :?
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby retro on Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:34 pm

Yorkie check this link out.see what yamaha did for the eighties(hooligan bikes)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ultimatelccrazy/html/The%20lc%20family.html
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby simon (harv) harvey on Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:58 pm

yorkie 1200 wrote:Flipping eck paul looks like you will have your work cut out with that one :)
you only need the 60 and the 125,200,350 and the legendary 500 to complete the set :D :?:

YAMAHAdont do rd60 was an rd80
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby yorkie 1200 on Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:25 pm

simon (harv) harvey wrote:YAMAHAdont do rd60 was an rd80



http://cyclechaos.com/wiki/Yamaha_RD60

Hello harv welcome aboard :D

rd80 was a lc not a ac
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Re: guess what i,ve just bought

Postby yorkie 1200 on Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:53 pm

retro wrote:Yorkie check this link out.see what yamaha did for the eighties(hooligan bikes)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ultimatelccrazy/html/The%20lc%20family.html

very nice site :D
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