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Turpinrr
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The one with the cats on is the 400/4 as I bought it, before buying the waterfall pipes.
The NC24 and NC30 were obviously quicker but I preferred the old 400/4's handling
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The one with the cats on is the 400/4 as I bought it, before buying the waterfall pipes.
The NC24 and NC30 were obviously quicker but I preferred the old 400/4's handling
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big case
·don't drive anymore, but i always have great memories
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TorontoTim
·Some seriously cool machines, I need more of the two XS engined ones please.
The Cafe and the Vodoo vintage
Pretty much all old Japanese bars are 7/8 so the brake and clutch lever and the throttle are all 'American' for 1" Harley bars mated to cables that need to connect to Japanese drum brakes and carbs. The clutch isn't so bad. I've learned how to make cables with a solder pot etc. so just want to tidy that up.
The cafe was my first full 'build'. Started as a 1972 XS650 which I promptly cut up and customized. Went through a couple of motors, had a Suzuki GT750 4LS front hub laced to 18" rims front and rear. It was a beast. The 2nd motor was a 750cc big bore, rephased, titanium valves from a NASCAR motor, higher lift and duration camshaft - the works.
I had visions of taking it to Bonneville back in 2012 - even had a set of Vanson leathers made up to SCCA specs to run it there but that didn't end up happening.
Voodoo build: https://www.dotheton.com/index.php?threads/the-leftovers-project-xs650.33434/
Cafe build: https://www.dotheton.com/index.php?...ed-head-titanium-valve-hot-cam-craziness.448/
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hen
·Best place is on my forum. I've been working on/off the Voodoo project for 13 years now. I'm hoping to have it running this season - need to wire it up and sort out the brake and throttle cables - I'm not happy with how they're currently set up. My mistake running custom 1" bars with Japanese drum brakes and carbs.
Pretty much all old Japanese bars are 7/8 so the brake and clutch lever and the throttle are all 'American' for 1" Harley bars mated to cables that need to connect to Japanese drum brakes and carbs. The clutch isn't so bad. I've learned how to make cables with a solder pot etc. so just want to tidy that up.
The cafe was my first full 'build'. Started as a 1972 XS650 which I promptly cut up and customized. Went through a couple of motors, had a Suzuki GT750 4LS front hub laced to 18" rims front and rear. It was a beast. The 2nd motor was a 750cc big bore, rephased, titanium valves from a NASCAR motor, higher lift and duration camshaft - the works.
I had visions of taking it to Bonneville back in 2012 - even had a set of Vanson leathers made up to SCCA specs to run it there but that didn't end up happening.
Voodoo build: https://www.dotheton.com/index.php?threads/the-leftovers-project-xs650.33434/
Cafe build: https://www.dotheton.com/index.php?...ed-head-titanium-valve-hot-cam-craziness.448/
I dug up some old pictures of a Triton I owned some years ago. Abit rough, but a cool bike, I rode it on Isle of Man, not in comtetition off course.
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TorontoTim
·Mine was a poor man’s imitation of a Triton. Riding a Triton on the Isle of Man is about as real as it gets. I rode mine around the streets of Toronto. Although we did have some fun doing it.
A group of about 10 people sort of fell in with each other riding our old junkers around every Thursday night. That’s why I started the forum - just to organize rides.
These days I spend the riding season at my cabin in the woods and ride my DRZ on the trails up there.
A group of about 10 people sort of fell in with each other riding our old junkers around every Thursday night. That’s why I started the forum - just to organize rides.
These days I spend the riding season at my cabin in the woods and ride my DRZ on the trails up there.
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hen
·Mine was a poor man’s imitation of a Triton. Riding a Triton on the Isle of Man is about as real as it gets. I rode mine around the streets of Toronto. Although we did have some fun doing it.
A group of about 10 people sort of fell in with each other riding our old junkers around every Thursday night. That’s why I started the forum - just to organize rides.
These days I spend the riding season at my cabin in the woods and ride my DRZ on the trails up there.
It was great riding om IoM, its a special place for us motorcyclists. A beautiful, green island with friendly and extremely patient locals. I am far from a racer, so the Triton just chugged along the race course, only being opened up on the mountain straights. I swore that I would not crash, as many too spirited amature riders do. Great fun all the same with the classic racing, recomended!
Just to have some pictures; here is my mates Kawasaki(?) that he got in to an British bike meet.
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Fallout Boy
·The ❤️ for the tape 😀
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hen
·My mate took his Triumph Sprint out of hibernation a bit too early this spring.
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