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The engine is an absolute cracker, it's the same as the one in my DT200.
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I'd fit it better. Someone once told me when I was a teenager that I'd be glad of not being too tall as I'd fit better on to more bikes & into more fancy cars. It was me. I told me that.KungFooBob wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:10 pm I'm 15 stone and 6'3", I love JDM bikes, I've had loads, but I look like a proper tit riding them, I'd look very silly on an SDR.
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Saw a FB memory of me on my old GSX-R750 K6 track bike many years ago, looked like I was riding a minimotoKungFooBob wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:10 pmI'm 15 stone and 6'3", I love JDM bikes, I've had loads, but I look like a proper tit riding them, I'd look very silly on an SDR.ChrisW wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:08 pm I like that. I even like the R2 gag. I've stuck it in my watch list but I reckon someone else will buy it before I'm ever drunk, sorry daft enough to make an offer.
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I had a series of CBR/VFR/FZR400's in my late teens, I used to go get my knee down doing circles in the local McDonalds car park to annoy the boy racers.v8-powered wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:29 pmSaw a FB memory of me on my old GSX-R750 K6 track bike many years ago, looked like I was riding a minimotoKungFooBob wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:10 pmI'm 15 stone and 6'3", I love JDM bikes, I've had loads, but I look like a proper tit riding them, I'd look very silly on an SDR.ChrisW wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:08 pm I like that. I even like the R2 gag. I've stuck it in my watch list but I reckon someone else will buy it before I'm ever drunk, sorry daft enough to make an offer.![]()
Talking of mini-moto's...
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I had those Oxtar boots!
I had to take the ti covers off the sliders when I first went racing (on an RD250E)
I had to take the ti covers off the sliders when I first went racing (on an RD250E)
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Good boots - still have a pair of TCX that I replaced those with!KungFooBob wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:39 pm I had those Oxtar boots!
I had to take the ti covers off the sliders when I first went racing (on an RD250E)
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I've had two pairs of TCX's since. Loads betterer than the A*'s I used to buy.v8-powered wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:40 pmGood boots - still have a pair of TCX that I replaced those with!KungFooBob wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:39 pm I had those Oxtar boots!
I had to take the ti covers off the sliders when I first went racing (on an RD250E)
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I've still got those Wolf leathers too, bit more battered now though. Not sure I'd even fit in them now though 
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My 400F had a 6" headlamp and 'ace' bars. Someone said I looked like a midget clinging to a lighthouse.
Later ... I had grey/red/blue leathers, rode a K100RT. Filly said I looked like Spiderman climbing a wall.
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Just realised I can stop worrying about never getting my knee down now, I have the excuse it's because my legs are easy too shortKungFooBob wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:33 pmI had a series of CBR/VFR/FZR400's in my late teens, I used to go get my knee down doing circles in the local McDonalds car park to annoy the boy racers.v8-powered wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:29 pmSaw a FB memory of me on my old GSX-R750 K6 track bike many years ago, looked like I was riding a minimotoKungFooBob wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:10 pm
I'm 15 stone and 6'3", I love JDM bikes, I've had loads, but I look like a proper tit riding them, I'd look very silly on an SDR.![]()
Talking of mini-moto's...
(Just watch all the other midgets come out and say "I can get my knee down, don't know what you're on about")
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In the static pic (before I clicked play) I thought it was a scale model.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
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A Ducati from their first year of MotoGP...
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2003- ... 650&pp=100

Is it me, I expected the guide price to be a bit higher?
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2003- ... 650&pp=100

Is it me, I expected the guide price to be a bit higher?
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An exclusive market either way.
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I'm sure the running and maintenance costs will make up for any savings on the purchase price 
I wonder what spare parts supply is like
. My old boss used to have a 1990s F1 car as a track toy....he also owned a carbon fibre company, a high end exhaust company and several machine shops, sooo....
I wonder what spare parts supply is like
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Did you not read the ad, it says something along the lines of it's piss easy to keep going for trackdays and stuff cos it's not electronically complicated like modern GP bikesMr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:10 am I'm sure the running and maintenance costs will make up for any savings on the purchase price
I wonder what spare parts supply is like. My old boss used to have a 1990s F1 car as a track toy....he also owned a carbon fibre company, a high end exhaust company and several machine shops, sooo....
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I lost interest because they didn't say its not for the faint hearted. Basically a learner bike 
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Reading between the lines I'm not convinced it has the 'right' engine in. It says what the original had and that it has GP3 parts/components. Talks about the frame a lot and says something about the engine number is unseen or something.
Probably be bought, stuck in a collection and never run again anyway
Probably be bought, stuck in a collection and never run again anyway
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
