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Offline ekpent

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19925 on: June 08, 2015, 04:25:47 AM »
  Picked up a new toy Sunday evening I saw at a garage sale Saturday morning. 1987 Yamaha TT350 with title. 65 year old retiree has owned it since 1991. Around 2003 He had a reputable local shop owner and friend of mine rebuild the head with new valves, bore the cylinder with new piston and cam chain etc. Bike sat and when he finally assembled gas poured out the carb overflows and he toddled back to his hot rod project. Has never been fired up yet. He recently had a bicycle tip over accident and knew he would never be riding dirt again at his age and wanted it out of the garage.Paid $250.00 (his price) which did not put much of a dent in his old receipts. I may be too old for it also if its a strong runner  ;D  but I do have a younger friend who loves riding on the ice.
  Did miss out on what looked to be a nice 1976 750F project this weekend at another sale also, might be slipping, should have been more aggressive. Always another deal down the road though  ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19926 on: June 08, 2015, 06:46:52 AM »
Quote from: ekpent on June 08, 2015, 04:25:47 AM
  Picked up a new toy Sunday evening I saw at a garage sale Saturday morning. 1987 Yamaha TT350 with title. 65 year old retiree has owned it since 1991. Around 2003 He had a reputable local shop owner and friend of mine rebuild the head with new valves, bore the cylinder with new piston and cam chain etc. Bike sat and when he finally assembled gas poured out the carb overflows and he toddled back to his hot rod project. Has never been fired up yet. He recently had a bicycle tip over accident and knew he would never be riding dirt again at his age and wanted it out of the garage.Paid $250.00 (his price) which did not put much of a dent in his old receipts. I may be too old for it also if its a strong runner  ;D  but I do have a younger friend who loves riding on the ice.
  Did miss out on what looked to be a nice 1976 750F project this weekend at another sale also, might be slipping, should have been more aggressive. Always another deal down the road though  ;)

$250?! Any day!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19927 on: June 08, 2015, 08:55:58 AM »
I need to find a dirtbike!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19928 on: June 08, 2015, 08:55:58 AM »
Compliments of World Tour 2013
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19929 on: June 08, 2015, 10:31:56 AM »
Finished it.  ;D ;D ;D


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19930 on: June 08, 2015, 10:35:09 AM »
I RODE IT!!!!!!!

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19931 on: June 08, 2015, 10:51:14 AM »
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19932 on: June 08, 2015, 03:00:38 PM »
...rode the K1 and scored a K6  ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19933 on: June 08, 2015, 03:12:54 PM »
Quote from: mkoski on June 08, 2015, 10:31:56 AM
Finished it.  ;D ;D ;D



Great job!!! Looks amazing! (I am very biased toward that gold)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19934 on: June 08, 2015, 03:16:40 PM »
Quote from: mkoski on June 08, 2015, 10:31:56 AM
Finished it.  ;D ;D ;D




WOW...nice!  Nominating you for BOTM..........
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Offline mkoski

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19935 on: June 08, 2015, 03:29:53 PM »
That would be really cool Stev-o! I have a friend who's a wedding photographer getting some better pictures of it in the next week!  :D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19936 on: June 08, 2015, 03:34:19 PM »
Quote from: mkoski on June 08, 2015, 03:29:53 PM
That would be really cool Stev-o! I have a friend who's a wedding photographer getting some better pictures of it in the next week!  :D

Go here to accept, Davez has already seconded it.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=148308.new;topicseen#new

Get some good pics and post them along with the story in the voting thread which Don will create after the 15th.

Good Luck!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19937 on: June 08, 2015, 03:49:24 PM »
A VERY well-earned nomination.  If you take some photos, try taking them in complete shade and preferably with a white or light colored background.  Otherwise between the direct sun and a black or shadowed background, the camera has trouble exposing to make out the black details in your bike against what's in your dark garage.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19938 on: June 08, 2015, 03:50:02 PM »
Now get over to the nomination thread and ACCEPT!!  ;D

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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19939 on: June 08, 2015, 05:28:33 PM »
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19940 on: June 08, 2015, 06:54:46 PM »
Quote from: mkoski on June 08, 2015, 10:31:56 AM
Finished it.  ;D ;D ;D





Still admiring your bike.  And noticed the kickstand appears to be extremely short. Is that the wrong one?
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Offline Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19941 on: June 08, 2015, 10:39:27 PM »
Quote from: heffay on June 08, 2015, 08:55:58 AM
Compliments of World Tour 2013
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Looks like bird #$%* LOL  How have you and Eliz been?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19942 on: June 08, 2015, 10:47:49 PM »
Sure can't top MKOSKI! That looks great. Congratulations. Hope it goes as great as it looks!

Installed my main studs with some blue Loctite.

Placed ANOTHER order with Yamiya plus ordered sets of All Balls for the front and the rear through Amazon (good discount and free shipping).

Dropped off my set of Lesters at the powdercoater. Buck and quarter apiece. This guy is real good  :)

Received my RC lightened rotor in the mail.

And there's always tomorrow. Frame work likely.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19943 on: June 10, 2015, 05:41:12 PM »
Yep, frame work. Engine is ready to build once a few bearings arrive so I dug the frame from the basement and set it up in the garage. Stripped all the attached bits off. Ready to measure and cut for Gordon's frame kit. Knocked the steering bearing races out. My swingarm still had the original 'phenolic?' bushings with 30K+ so they had to go too. Gotta find someone to weld the frame kit in then it's off to the powder coater. Pick up wheels and drop off the frame.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19944 on: June 11, 2015, 07:32:22 PM »
Took the completed "Evo" project out for more "break in" miles this evening. Speedo rolled over some round numbers:



I like round numbers!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19945 on: June 12, 2015, 10:26:32 AM »
Quote from: madmtnmotors on June 11, 2015, 07:32:22 PM
Took the completed "Evo" project out for more "break in" miles this evening. Speedo rolled over some round numbers:



I like round numbers!

Man, at first I saw 200,000 and mind mind was blown. Obviously not that high but...
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19946 on: June 12, 2015, 10:42:07 AM »
got the 550 aut of vinter sleep..put a nev china battery ,on.(.sold the old batt vith the cb-500t last vinter..)

fight to get it started..the gas vas got old..and think the plugs got wet..before it got started...so have to thange them before it can start..
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19947 on: June 12, 2015, 11:19:08 AM »
Woke up my 750F'er after almost a year nap

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19948 on: June 12, 2015, 11:21:24 AM »
Great looking SS, Gold!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19949 on: June 12, 2015, 04:12:05 PM »
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