I shall start with a Kawasaki, seems only fair as they were always out in front anyway.. so bring them on
Here's mine. I bought it over the winter and haven't even started it yet. It should be a step up from the 'Priller
Well, I'll see your standard TZ750: (this is me at Pukekohe on a TZ750C); and I'll raise you one: TZ750A special, called "Monoca", with Harris monoshock conversion, TZ350 barrels, lots of other mods, and 152rwhp. This pic is at Phillip Island. My first race on it was in the wet at Pukekohe, 183mph - on wets, fortunately. The thing could fly, but it was a bastard in corners because the power delivery was crazy stupid: 55rwhp at 8K, 110 at 9,200, 152 at 10,600, said to be BANG at 11K. The tape on the alloy pipe cover on the LH fairing side was to give me a bit of cornering wear warning before the track surface went rubbing through the alloy and the pipe, causing seizure (don't ask how I knew to be warned...).
Nah not Pukekohe at a guess Oran Park? Somewhere in Australia. Murray Sayle and the late great Gregg Hansford
I love 2 stroke race bikes!!! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donzzilla/6928743097/" title="1BulReadyForDaytona by donzzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6928743097_6613b82456_o.jpg" width="2088" height="1406" alt="1BulReadyForDaytona"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donzzilla/6188689955/" title="AMADonMiller by donzzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6154/6188689955_1d1c98df36_o.jpg" width="5184" height="3456" alt="AMADonMiller"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donzzilla/5988745042/" title="NikkiBultaco by donzzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6024/5988745042_8ef10b5be8_o.jpg" width="430" height="640" alt="NikkiBultaco"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donzzilla/5802198448/" title="HackettBikeOutFront by donzzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2095/5802198448_daeae6b312_o.jpg" width="1171" height="918" alt="HackettBikeOutFront"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donzzilla/4971106084/" title="cindy-1 by donzzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4103/4971106084_9434917218_o.jpg" width="900" height="1160" alt="cindy-1"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donzzilla/3382174763/" title="foley-orange-behind-barn by donzzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3633/3382174763_879224425d_o.jpg" width="1414" height="869" alt="foley-orange-behind-barn"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donzzilla/3292889484/" title="elisha-kawi by donzzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3384/3292889484_4986c8d1a6_o.jpg" width="648" height="828" alt="elisha-kawi"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donzzilla/2632986409/" title="springer-mx250-1 by donzzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3119/2632986409_66aa0a2493_o.jpg" width="2240" height="1488" alt="springer-mx250-1"></a>
Enjoy the RS, they are the truly fun. I rode and raced TZ250's (Kenny Roberts Jr.'s old bike before he started into the GP circuit, and an RZ500 with FZR1000 front end a fully built Ross Baron motor, ahh the memories) and thought the Aprilla was crap in comparison. You'll really enjoy your new thoroughbred!!! Just curious how you'll keep the crank going as I heard they were impossible to get or source and almost impossible to rebuild. My info is more than eight years old so maybe there's new data out. Best of luck with the new toy. Pure functionality at its sweetest.