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Offline Marco92

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Hello From Paris
« on: December 01, 2010, 06:55:58 AM »
Hello everybody,

I'm Marc from France, 46 years old.
I own a cb400four (1978), a cb500four (1971) and ...a suzuki GSX400 (1983) that I use everydays.

At present, I have the project to modify my 500 in a cafe racer, but with a Dunstall style. So I look for parts worldwide before proceeding to the assembly.

It is the way I discovered your website and I think I find here a gold mine  ;)

I'll try to show you picture of my bike and the parts I have found yet.

Thank's by advance for your welcome et please excuse me for my poor english  :-[ But I think I'll progress here  ;D

A+ (in french in the texte  :D)
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2010, 08:35:28 AM »
Salut,tu n'est pas les pieds dans la neige a matin...! ;D
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2010, 08:53:37 AM »
Welcome Marco.

I believe your English is good enough for all to understand. After being in the Paris traffic and the millions of crazy drivers in all those small cars running around like crazy and the lane splitting motorcycles for 1 night all I will say is all you Frenchmen must be crazy  ;D That makes you perfect to join us.  ;)

Please post your pictures when available.

Jerry
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2010, 10:32:02 AM »
Hello Boswell, c'est bien connu la neige ne dure pas à Paris  :D par contre ça glisse un peu et je suis en moto  :-[

Thank's Jerry for your reply. You know well us the frenchmen  ;D The pictures as soon as I can  ;)

Good night (here this is the time to go back home after a long day work )

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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2010, 10:56:04 AM »
I won't practice my lousy high school French on you Marcos. ;D
Can you show us a photo of your GSX400, my partner rides a 1982 GSX400L......Hush.
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2010, 01:10:15 PM »
Quote from: Hush on December 01, 2010, 10:56:04 AM
I won't practice my lousy high school French on you Marcos. ;D
Can you show us a photo of your GSX400, my partner rides a 1982 GSX400L......Hush.

I'll show you this week end  ;)

The 400L is the custom model if I'm correct ?

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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2010, 07:51:25 PM »
Welcome from Texas!! I was in Paris a few years ago, beautiful city.
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2010, 10:22:50 PM »
I thought there was a "Paris in Texas"? ;D
Yep she has a pink cruiser ha ha. ;)
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2010, 05:09:47 AM »
Quote from: Hush on December 01, 2010, 10:22:50 PM
I thought there was a "Paris in Texas"? ;D


Yes, there is. About 100 miles from Dallas.
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2010, 06:58:30 AM »
Is this our first French member on the Forum??
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2010, 10:11:36 AM »
Welcome from NY. Your English is fine.
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2010, 11:51:29 PM »
No I think I remember another Frenchman, he worked on bikes for a living but not Hondas.
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I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2010, 08:36:36 AM »
Hello,

thanks again for your welcome.

I think I saw other frenchmen.

As promised pictures of my bikes, in particular my GSX 400. The 500 four is like I bought it, except exhaust taht I found later. The changes will begin at the beginning of 2011. I don't have all the parts I need. I changed on the 400 four exhaust and saddle.

« Last Edit: December 05, 2010, 08:41:44 AM by Marco92 »
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2010, 11:04:20 AM »
I like the color on the 500, haven't sen one like that. European version?
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2010, 12:09:11 PM »
Quote from: Stev-O on December 05, 2010, 11:04:20 AM
I like the color on the 500, haven't sen one like that. European version?

I don't know if it's a european version. It's a K2 from mid seventies.
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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2010, 09:58:36 AM »
Yep that's the same 400, just the road version Marco, the front of the 500 is sitting very high, is that front forks extended or rears collapsed? ;D
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I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Re: Hello From Paris
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2010, 07:59:42 AM »
Quote from: Hush on December 09, 2010, 09:58:36 AM
Yep that's the same 400, just the road version Marco, the front of the 500 is sitting very high, is that front forks extended or rears collapsed? ;D

Hello Hush,

in fact, I bought my 500 equiped with complete fork, front and rear wheels of a 650 four. The previous owner wanted to make a custom bike. That's the explanation  ;)

I decided to build a Dunstall cafe racer and yesterday I was look a dunstall monohull (Is the correct word ?) My wife's present for christmas  ;D

Nice the pink cruiser  :D
« Last Edit: December 12, 2010, 08:01:52 AM by Marco92 »
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