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[ONandOFF]

Originally Posted by mendoteach

... How fun to have a 500 smoker come on song at 100+ then pull a fat wheelie.

Yikes!

I want my 100+ wheelies to be thin, not fat!

[ONandOFF]

Originally Posted by sc-razor

Had one just like it. Huskys were the rage for enduro's around here back then. When the 430 came out it was unreal how many people rode them.

About fifteen years before that, someone we remotely knew had a big Husky (or maybe a big Bultaco naw...). He let me "try it out" a little - it was insane, put the Yami 360 to shame, but I hadn't learned enough to be able to really ride it, plus he was very protective of it (who could blame him; the rest of us had 100s, 125s, and 250s the biggest - coulda bought two or three of our bikes for what that Husky cost him).

[ThumpnRed]

Originally Posted by fritzcoinc

And the Queen:

It has a muffler! Good on you Fritz

[MentalGuru]

Originally Posted by ThumpnRed

It has a muffler! Good on you Fritz

It's probably gutted....

[nic579]

Woo Hoo:

Have now:
CRF450 Forks, Triples, Wheel, Axle
Trail Tech Vapor
Anti Gravity 4 cell Is this puny battery really going to kick the beast? Bike needed a battery too.

Now if I can kick my second flu of the last 2 weeks I can get some work done on this thing.

[nic579]

Originally Posted by mendoteach

+1. When I was young I used to dream (literally) of rowing the gears on a GP bike or a TZ750. The TZ sounds like the devil. How fun to have a 500 smoker come on song at 100+ then pull a fat wheelie.

My favorite bike was my TZ250 I raced for a time when I was in Hawaii and Northern CA in the AFM. The TZ rules! Nothing like it. I would have killed to try out a 500 back when I was still up to speed on the road machines. I made a choice a while back to stay out of jail so I have not had a fast street bike for some time now.

[fritzcoinc]

Originally Posted by MentalGuru

It's probably gutted....

Nope, not me. I have worked very hard to keep that bike 100% bone stock down to the last bolt and nut. I have this silly idea it will be worth more that way.
It's an old Cop bike from Collage Station, Texas.

[fritzcoinc]

Originally Posted by mendoteach

Not a Harley guy, but I do like the XRs and that Guzzi sure is pretty. I knew there was some reason why I liked this group.

Thanks, I am really proud of that bike. I curently have the bike down for Pre-Spring maintenace. The one big upgrade this year is lower gearing in the rear end. The Sports have a pretty agressive cam but they sell they with high gearing for emmision reasons. It won't kill any in line fours but it will be MUCH more fun with lower gears.



That is my second Guzzi in some 35 years. Here's my first back in the 80's.I would guess one of the first sport bikes in Houston. I sold that bike back to the original owner about three years ago. Second photo is resto. in progress.


Stickers = more HP.

[katbeanz]

Originally Posted by sc-razor

Had one just like it. Huskys were the rage for enduro's around here back then. When the 430 came out it was unreal how many people rode them.

I think I was a little faster on the 400 vs the 430, both were WR's. My 430 is sitting up the road about ten miles, barely ridden for 20yrs.
I keep thinking about buying it back for sentimental reasons, but rational thought gets in the way.

[sc-razor]

Originally Posted by katbeanz

I think I was a little faster on the 400 vs the 430, both were WR's. My 430 is sitting up the road about ten miles, barely ridden for 20yrs.
I keep thinking about buying it back for sentimental reasons, but rational thought gets in the way.

It was so many beers ago I don't remember how fast I was on it but I had just started riding/racing so I'm sure I was very slow. There was a guy that showed up at all of the races that rode a 430 automatic and swore by it. I never understood because it was always breaking down.

[fritzcoinc]

Originally Posted by sc-razor

It was so many beers ago I don't remember how fast I was on it but I had just started riding/racing so I'm sure I was very slow. There was a guy that showed up at all of the races that rode a 430 automatic and swore by it. I never understood because it was always breaking down.

I know a guy that swears by the autos as well. His deal was that he made a rear brake pedal on both sides of the bike so he had a advantage braking into the RH turns.

[fritzcoinc]

Originally Posted by katbeanz

I think I was a little faster on the 400 vs the 430, both were WR's. My 430 is sitting up the road about ten miles, barely ridden for 20yrs.
I keep thinking about buying it back for sentimental reasons, but rational thought gets in the way.

How much he want fur it?

[MentalGuru]

Originally Posted by fritzcoinc

I know a guy that swears by the autos as well. His deal was that he made a rear brake pedal on both sides of the bike so he had a advantage braking into the LH turns.

I had an auto for a couple years. I liked it.

[katbeanz]

Originally Posted by sc-razor

It was so many beers ago I don't remember how fast I was on it but I had just started riding/racing so I'm sure I was very slow. There was a guy that showed up at all of the races that rode a 430 automatic and swore by it. I never understood because it was always breaking down.

My buddy had an auto, an 87 I think, it worked well for him but was very maintenance intensive. There was a one armed guy who bought one of Terry Cunningham's auto's, moved the throttle and brake to the left grip, he could flat haul.
My buddy went on to a 300EXC, and I tried making a CR500 into a woods bike.

[RZRob]

Originally Posted by Sierra Thumper

So how well did the FMF heat shield fit with the powerbomb header Rob? And where did you get it from?

Fits great. It's made specifically for the PB. It's available in stainless or titanium. I got stainless on eBay.

RZ Rob