Bike (motorcycle) Riders?

[Gepeto]

Spent all of the Eighties and half the Nineties riding AMA/AMACCS/WERA/AAMRR/LRCSS.

5 full seasons campaigning a F1 500cc 2stroke. With stints in F2,F3, Superbike, BOTT, Mod Prod and production.

The street is a a dangerous place to not go slow.

Just before the start of the 1985 Laconia Classic @ what used to be Bryar Motorsport Park if anyone remembers:
130HP - 378# wet - 16" front



Just under 40k competitive miles...

Good Times

[nutmegchoi]

Spent all of the Eighties and half the Nineties riding AMA/AMACCS/WERA/AAMRR/LRCSS.

5 full seasons campaigning a F1 500cc 2stroke. With stints in F2,F3, Superbike, BOTT, Mod Prod and production.

The street is a a dangerous place to not go slow.

Just before the start of the 1985 Laconia Classic @ what used to be Bryar Motorsport Park if anyone remembers:
130HP - 378# wet - 16" front



Just under 40k competitive miles...

Good Times

OMG.
You are my hero.

[Mazderati]

Currently in parts for a top end.

[Mazderati]

Awesome stuff, Gepeto.

[ACH]

Relax, he's slowed down a bit as he's matured.
sweet thread, choi.

Rumor has it he misplaced the motorcycle in the picture

[milestogo]

Stopped riding when my kids were younger and people stopped looking at the road while driving. Several 1970s airheads went through the garage, the last of which was my favorite, a 1984 r80 g/s that I took across the TAT, then down to Baja, over to mainland Mexico on the ferry, and then back up through copper canyon and up to Colorado and then home to VT. I do miss it, bus simply can't justify it anymore, unfortunately.

[iceman]

What is the TAT?

[MakersTeleMark]

http://www.transamtrail.com/

[ACH]

http://www.transamtrail.com/

That looks interesting...

[MakersTeleMark]

There are also all the BDR's: http://www.backcountrydiscoveryroutes.com/

[iceman]

http://www.transamtrail.com/

Thanks, never heard of that, very cool.

This is odd though: "The Trans-America Trail (AKA: the “TAT”) is a west bound dual-sport motorcycle ride across America." You can't ride the other direction?

Kind of in the same vein (boats not bikes): The Great Loop.

[Tippster]

Rumor has it he misplaced the motorcycle in the picture

You better be fucking kidding.

This is basically what my RD 400 looked like. Mine was a '78 and also had the Cafe fairing...

[capulin overdrive]

500 XCW for snow, 380 MXC 2smoke for dirt.

Don't trust myself to run street, but will probably trade my sled for a street bike to turn into a high HP snowbike. So hopefully won't kill myself before it gets it's snow track.

[ACH]

You better be fucking kidding.

Yes - running joke from BBI...

This is basically what my RD 400 looked like. Mine was a '78 and also had the Cafe fairing...

With the aftermarket goodies as well?
Nice!

500 XCW for snow, 380 MXC 2smoke for dirt.

Don't trust myself to run street, but will probably trade my sled for a street bike to turn into a high HP snowbike. So hopefully won't kill myself before it gets it's snow track.

Are you on facebook?
Check out this page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/396600943744321/

[2FUNKY]

Rumor has it he misplaced the motorcycle in the picture

He should check his pocket.

[capulin overdrive]

Yes - running joke from BBI...



With the aftermarket goodies as well?
Nice!



Are you on facebook?
Check out this page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/396600943744321/

Not on facebook, what did you link?

[Tippster]

Well I had it in '85, so no aftermarket wavy rotor or rear-sets. I did have clip-ons, an aftermarket pipe & suspension, and as stated, a cafe fairing.

[ACH]

Not on facebook, what did you link?

It's a page titled "Vi som bygger snowbikes Bergshästen"

They post some super crazy, and wicked cool snowbikes on there that are fabricated onto liter street bikes.
Some of the kits look fully custom, others look like Timbersled/Yeti variants.
It's a cool group even though I can't understand a lot of what is being said and I am usually running to fast to translate in Google...

For example:

[east or bust]

ridden dirt bikes a number of times but never owned one.

plan is to have one of these within the next year, with two wheel sets of course




^not that nice, but a guy can dream.

[capulin overdrive]

It's a page titled "Vi som bygger snowbikes Bergshästen"

They post some super crazy, and wicked cool snowbikes on there that are fabricated onto liter street bikes.
Some of the kits look fully custom, others look like Timbersled/Yeti variants.
It's a cool group even though I can't understand a lot of what is being said and I am usually running to fast to translate in Google...

For example:

Cool, and thanks!

Swedes are doing some insane builds, and are pretty ingenious.


The bike you posted is what I'm thinking about doing.

[Mr. Toad]

Honda Ruckus. Don't laugh. You can ride with your ski boots and get front row parking anytime.

Here I am competing for the 1000cc division of the Darwin awards.

[Tippster]

Honda Ruckus. Don't laugh.

Nobody in my sphere of motorcyclists laughs about those. That's an amazing bike. Will literally ride (albeit slowly) over everything - snow, mud, rocks, grass, you name it, and are nearly impossible to kill. Buddy of mine dropped one off the Slickrock trail in Utah and we winched it back up with someone's Jeep. Hardly dented.

[klauss]

Picked this up last spring. 2009 husky 450. Street legal. use for jaunts around town and trail riding. Even took it to the oregon dunes. Little buzzy for street rides over 15-20 miles, but can get it done if needed.

[Gepeto]

Rumor has it he misplaced the motorcycle in the picture

He should check his pocket.

Okay, not to proud to admit I earned these comments.


Has anyone seen my K2 aluminum lockjaws yet? black on white with white baskets.

Padded Chair#2 regulars need to be on the look out.

Really disappointed they walked away unnoticed!


As to the Yamarocket, I ended up selling it in a basket with an unusable frame at the end of the 85 season after a high side in turn 1 at pocono. The frame was in such a wad, the buyer had to cut the engine out.

Year end total points did earn me a one year old 0W81 that I had help coddling for the next 4 seasons.

Too smart to know better - good memories - I miss the departed. There are quite a few.

I'll look for more pictures

[nutmegchoi]

our sweet hero

Our hero looks very mischievous.