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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:01 pm
by alimorg
barryj wrote:Love the Douglas Addams quote, my favourite writer abd then the selfish bastard died leaving me nothing new to read!
Tell me about it havn't had a good fix for years! - actually thats a lie I bought the complete hitchikers series as a boxed set last year and read them all in a week!
barryj wrote:I notice you are in South Wales, wherabouts? I am just outside Newport, are there any meets organised around our way?
Usk - no organised events that I am aware of, but on a good sunny Sunday Abergavenny bus station (Oasis Snack Bar) is the place to be I have seen 200 - 300 bikes, can get into the thousands on a bank holiday weekend
they would piss their pants if you turned up on that!
Cheers
AL
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:47 pm
by barryj
Yeah I go to Abergaveny fairly regularly in the summer, it is only just up the road from me really and you are right 100's of bike their on a Sunday. I will be taking the 500 for a squirt up their on the first decent day we get, are you the guy from Usk who was interested in my 1s?
You should drop me your number via PM and we can arrange to meet up in Aber when the weather gets better.
Cheers.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:02 pm
by StrokerBoy
Stunning, absolutely brilliant.
Erm, except the paint job.
Why's it painted like an old NSR ?
I don't get it.
Basically a Suzuki engine and Suzuki frame innit ? Paint it in Lucky Strike or Pepsi colours and then I'll get properly excited...
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:35 pm
by alimorg
barryj wrote:are you the guy from Usk who was interested in my 1s?
Yep sure was, If the clutch on my stupid car haddn't gone pop I would have had your 1s like a shot - £400 car £400 to fix the bloody clutch could have bought a whole new car!
PM sent
Cheers
AL
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:50 pm
by barryj
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:20 pm
by StrokerBoy
barryj wrote:Its a good point stroker, but the guy who built it wanted to get the best replica of his dream bike (Rossi's NSR500) with the best parts available. Therefore there is only one choice for a four cylinder two stroke motor that makes any sense.
Look at it like this, the only part of the engine that remains as it came from the Suzuki factory is the crankcases. The frame started off as an RGV but bears no relation to in now at all, Spondon did the work.
Everything else is pretty much one off built from scratch, given this I suppose you could say he would have been better off not putting any manufacturers badge on it. What I would say though is that the bike bears as little relation to a Suzuki than it does to any other manufacturer so I am going to leave it as it is.
Yeah, that all makes sense.
barryj wrote:It helps that I think it has been painted in one of the best colour schemes ever from any era of GP racing!
Good job we've all got different tastes.
I'd have gone for Repsol, Lucky Strike, Rothmans, Pepsi, Marlboro or Gauloises before Nastro myself. But that just gives away how old I am by my influences...
Jealousy is a terrible thing innit ?
Even if it was in 'Team Durex' colours I'd be delighted to have that in my garage.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:09 pm
by barryj
How about if I painted it Pink and wrote "Man Love Rules" down the side?
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:02 pm
by thefallenangel
Hi, i've just put the KR1S in for restriction and will be getting it done friday. The bike looks a lot better than when i last saw it.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:13 pm
by SHimmer45
looks stunning
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:28 pm
by barryj
thefallenangel wrote:Hi, i've just put the KR1S in for restriction and will be getting it done friday. The bike looks a lot better than when i last saw it.
Different bike mate! even I am not that good. Glad you are getting on ok with the 1s.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:41 pm
by Garry
god forbid anything should go wrong with it barry but would you
know where to start looking ?
i assume all the electrics/loom are bespoke?
i think i'd end up paranoid
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:47 pm
by barryj
It has a brand new standard loom and I know my way around an RG500, I am a little paranoid about all the one off body/chassis parts..................................but what the hell eh?
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:16 pm
by the-elf
Does it have the standard side entry type carbs or did he put an air ram system on it?
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:40 am
by barryj
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:20 pm
by 2tanks
barryj that is simply one of the best looking bikes i've seen for ages,it looks like the real thing