took me back

[tapps]

i heard a 2 stroke running up the lane i live in,nice trail of smoke behind him,obviously got a problem with it !!!!!! he'd updated the ignition & can't get it to run right,it was an N reg kawasaki 400 triple.very tidy to i may add,took me back to my SUSUKI TS100 day's 

[BigAlan]

I had a TS100 during my apprenticeship, thought it was the mutts nuts.

Alan

[O.C.]

It's when Triples stop smoking that you have problems tapps...............and I speak from experience

1975 KH400 or S3s generally have okay standard ignition systems on them, some folk add Boyer Branson to try and improve the ignition, but in my opinion they don't need it

The key to success is to get the carbs set up properly (again I speak from experience)   

[zedmeister]

Gone are the days when you would put a gallon in and a couple of squirts of 2 stroke oil at the garage, oooooooooooooohh the smell of two stroke oil, especially if it was castrol R.

[tapps]

It's when Triples stop smoking that you have problems tapps...............and I speak from experience

1975 KH400 or S3s generally have okay standard ignition systems on them, some folk add Boyer Branson to try and improve the ignition, but in my opinion they don't need it

The key to success is to get the carbs set up properly (again I speak from experience)   

i had an 'R' plate SUSUKI GT250,not the ram air model,it was my brother's,i acquired it about 2 year's ago,that blew out a RICH BLUE SMOKE SCREEN,i only had it about 9 month's,a bloke i used to work with showed interest in it so i let it go,it needed a bit of tlc.it needed new chain & sprocket's,rear suspension strut's ect ect.

[tommytool]

I paid £750 for my brand new 350LC in '82

Usual mods , microns, cibie light, tomaselli clip ones and on weekends I was Kenny Roberts !

Would love another one but can't justify the price they fetch.

Sadly,records show mine removed from DVLA in '92

I had in old fashioned letraset below the registration "don't chase what you can't catch"

Good times............

[jenros]

i had 2 suzuki x7s, both with all the goodies on,,,when those microns screamed in  about 6000 revs,,it went ballistic , bloody loved those,,n tha smell of 2strokes,,,uummmmm ,,,guy came out with us on the dirt bikes a few weeks ago with a 2 stroke,,,,followed him a few times,,smelt georgeous too!

[coman37]

you shouldn't go round smelling men 

was it Kouros?   

Coman

[winnsworld]

I had a 1976 GT250 and a 1978 RD400 back in the day.... I now have a 1975 GT380 in addition to my 1999 ZZR1100 and 2008 GTR1400 

[Martin#30]

Still love the smokers too, though I have never experienced the classic stuff.

I had a 2003 Aprilia RS250 as a race bike, absolutely loved the thing despite it being the most fragile piece of machinery I had ever had the pleasure of stripping down - again.

Would love a Bimota VDue, but no way I am prepared to plonk that sort of money down on one unfortunately.

Martin.