Topic: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road

[Terry in Australia]

Look like out in the adventurous wilderness, Terry!

Which Rocket is that? The one you and Spotty recently repaired?
All old issues fixed?

It must be a fantastic long touring machine.

Thanks Per, this one has been in the family from new. My brother ordered it for his 50th birthday present in 2007. He wanted one built as close to his birthday (July 7) and it was built the day after, which is my wife’s birthday.

Two years after buying it he ran into financial difficulties so rang me and asked if I’d buy it. I asked him how man kilometres it had done, and he said, “18”. “18000?” I asked? “No, 18 kilometres”, he replied. He hadn’t ridden a bike since the 70’s, and the power and weight of the thing had scared him sh1tless, so he’d just tidden it home from the dealership and parked it in his garage.

He offered it to me for less than half what he’d paid for it, as he needed the money to keep the bank from taking his business, so I flew to Whyalla in the South Australian outback and rode it home the 1300 Km over the weekend. The Triumph dealer couldn’t believe that I was bringing it in for its first service when it was over two years old! I replaced the stock exhaust with a Jardine pipe, installed a K&N filter and fitted a new Power Commander 3, then had Melbourne Triumph dyno it, and was impressed with 140 BHP and 147 foot pounds of torque.

The Rocket 3 that Spotty and I are bringing back to life still has a few electrical issues to sort out. I’ve ordered a new “Ozclaw” intake scoop to go with the “Ramair” filters, and my next big purchase will be some drop in cams, which, with the Jardine pipe and an ECU reflash, should give it about 190 BHP and 160 foot pounds of torque. Should be fun.

[Mark1976]

   Hard to believe it's into the second week of September, a really gorgeous day, doing what any newly retired guy should do. Enjoying it one ride at a time...

[grcamna2]

   Hard to believe it's into the second week of September, a really gorgeous day, doing what any newly retired guy should do. Enjoying it one ride at a time...

     The FZ is a keeper. I like the shape/contours of the front cowl and shield 

[BenelliSEI]

   Hard to believe it's into the second week of September, a really gorgeous day, doing what any newly retired guy should do. Enjoying it one ride at a time...

I did the same yesterday (raining hard today). Well done!

[Kelly E]

I got the 84' Sabre 700 out for 60 miles. It was grey and overcast but but it didn't rain while I was out. The rest of the week is supposed to be morning clouds and afternoon sun. I'll try to get a decent ride in every day.

[jas67]

What really sucks is the existing petcock was rebuilt just 6 or so years ago when the bike was restored...

Ethanol fuel sucks!

[BenelliSEI]

Rode with four buddies in Northern Ontario, 1,060 kilometres. Through Algonquin Park, over to Barry’s Bay, and Calabogie. Followed a “Ride the Highlands” route called “The Pick-Axe Loop” for +400 kilometres of gravel roads, logging trails and fire routes. Blue skies and sunshine for three days. What a hoot and my new-to-me Honda Varadero is a keeper!

[Mark1976]

   Been pouring rain for a couple of days, so today's the 1st of 3 or 4 days of sun to come, so it seemed like the right thing to do.

[Kelly E]

   Been pouring rain for a couple of days, so today's the 1st of 3 or 4 days of sun to come, so it seemed like the right thing to do.

The FZ 750 came out real nice.
Around here we never ran into any Yamaha's while shopping for projects. There's FJR's all over the place though.

[Mark1976]

   Thanks, I'm pretty happy with the results. Its no different here, FJR's not a problem finding, their just high mileage. But FZ's (this generation) you don't see at all, and when ya do they're absolute trash. (Ask me how I know)
   I gotta admit, it's incredibly smooth, I spent several days sorting out the k&n stage 1 jetting kit, and now once it hits 7k, whooosh...... it's good below 7k, ya can drag it down to 2k and roll into the throttle and it pulls cleanly, then once it hits 7k, ya better have a serious stretch of open road ahead of ya. My only problem riding these days is deer, and it doesn't matter the time of day, they're all over the place.

[Kelly E]

   Thanks, I'm pretty happy with the results. Its no different here, FJR's not a problem finding, their just high mileage. But FZ's (this generation) you don't see at all, and when ya do they're absolute trash. (Ask me how I know)
   I gotta admit, it's incredibly smooth, I spent several days sorting out the k&n stage 1 jetting kit, and now once it hits 7k, whooosh...... it's good below 7k, ya can drag it down to 2k and roll into the throttle and it pulls cleanly, then once it hits 7k, ya better have a serious stretch of open road ahead of ya. My only problem riding these days is deer, and it doesn't matter the time of day, they're all over the place.

Just think of the deer as moving traffic cones.

[70CB750]

My guess is the deer are busy making more deer.   

[jas67]

[MauiK3]

Nice bikes!

[RAFster122s]

A farmer recently surprised his wife with a field of 60 acres of sunflowers for her birthday year, they had been married over 35 years and sunflowers were her favorite flower...
I forget the details and think it was 60 acres but could have been 40... and how someone surprises a farmers wife growing sunflowers I don't know given they grow tall...
Apparently they are uncommon in that state so they have drawn quite the interest of anyone living in driving distance.

Ukraine raised a ton of them before the war being a major supplier of sunflower seeds and sunflower oil on the world market. The grain they raised provided food for many other countries as well...so, the affects of the Ukraine-Russia war is far reaching.

[Kelly E]

We had three of the bikes out yesterday, the Interceptor 1000, Sabre 700 and the Suzuki GS 1100E. I rode the GS, it's so much fun to do hard acceleration runs on it. Jonesy says he is always seeing light under the front wheel.

[sevenfiveohhhh]

03 Ultra Classic, Key West, Florida. Southern most point in continental US. My favorite road trip of all time- except I wore a short sleeved shirt on the trip down and was pretty badly sunburned. I could not stand to be in the sun for a couple of days! Still had a BLAST

95 PC800, Riding in Reagan, Tennessee

99 Valkyrie Interstate, Water Rock Knob- Maggie Valley, Tennessee

[C317414]

Every time I see a 750 GT like yours I remember the poster that hung at the dealer where I bought my 450 Desmo and 750 SS in the 70s:
 

[grcamna2]

Every time I see a 750 GT like yours I remember the poster that hung at the dealer where I bought my 450 Desmo and 750 SS in the 70s:

Nice Ride 

[jas67]

Every time I see a 750 GT like yours I remember the poster that hung at the dealer where I bought my 450 Desmo and 750 SS in the 70s:

Ah yes, love that poster!

[Trevor from Warragul]

I recently fitted "swan neck" clip-ons to my Morini 3 1/2 Sport. Now I'm not crippled at the end of a ride!

[simon#42]

or old mans clipons as they are better known !

[Trevor from Warragul]

or old mans clipons as they are better known !

That's a pretty apt description!  Another advantage is I can kick start the bike and reach the throttle, which is a definite advantage - a left side kick start and low clip-ons is a real fiddle...

[simon#42]

Yes it is the way to go . Whatever makes it more fun to ride and means you will use it more often .

[BenelliSEI]

Rode the Varadero 1,060 kilometres last weekend. +400 of it was on gravel, logging trails and fire routes. Tim rode his new Yamaha and my 15 year old HONDA had no issues keeping up. We had a blast.