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Old 09-30-2007, 06:50 PM   #21 (permalink)
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My old girl is a gsx250e, im very much in the middle of rebuilding her and have got a lot to do to finish her up. Next on the agenda is to run a compression test this afternoon to see if that is where my headache with her starting up is originating from.

she's in pretty alright condition, aside from oxidising on the engine/wheels and rust on the outside of the tank (thats why i bought a spare tank to use while i get this one tidied up).
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Old 09-30-2007, 09:38 PM   #22 (permalink)
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ok.. I have put this up before...but here is my 1962 sidecar bike from China. Made for the People's liberation Army from a set of specs for the 1937 BMW R71 / 75 series made for the german army in WWII. This one totally restored by an american in Shanghai... we bought two of these when we lived there recently...
Neat! So, how difficult is it to get parts for these? What's the performance like?
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My old girl is a gsx250e, im very much in the middle of rebuilding her and have got a lot to do to finish her up. Next on the agenda is to run a compression test this afternoon to see if that is where my headache with her starting up is originating from.

she's in pretty alright condition, aside from oxidising on the engine/wheels and rust on the outside of the tank (thats why i bought a spare tank to use while i get this one tidied up).
I've never seen one; I don't think they were offered in the states (if I'm wrong someone please speak up!). What model year is it?
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Old 10-02-2007, 02:51 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I dont think it was offered in the US as i cant find it on bikebandit or any other US based bike info site, it tends to be prevalent on european or asian sites. From my understanding it was the predecesor to the katana series of bikes, and its sister bike was the gs250 (same engine, different chassis)., it was made in 1982.

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Old 10-02-2007, 10:04 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Here's my 1973 Suzuki GT750 "Water Buffalo" I don't know how to post pics so here's a link to some pics: stroknsmokngt - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
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Old 10-03-2007, 05:05 AM   #26 (permalink)
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thanks... ... it is a neat bike. Parts can be had from US and China sources we know. so far havent needed anything except a castle nut with with a weird thread pitch which we ultimately found locally.
The performance is what you would expect from a heavy old underpowered uncomfortable beast of a bike made for the Army...lol. It accelerates slowly and is geared low to go cross country on bad roads. It wont go over about 50 without making a milkshake out of your body..and if you hit a bump at any speed it tries to throw you off like a bucking bronco.
What more could you want in a bike?!
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Old 10-03-2007, 05:19 AM   #27 (permalink)
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ok.. I have put this up before...but here is my 1962 sidecar bike from China. Made for the People's liberation Army from a set of specs for the 1937 BMW R71 / 75 series made for the german army in WWII. This one totally restored by an american in Shanghai... we bought two of these when we lived there recently...
That is a beauty, Annie!
And I love the red jacket that goes with it!!

We've got one of these sitting in our garage. It does move but stalls quite often.
It's a 1965 Ducati Scrambler (1 cylinder, 350cc).

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Old 10-03-2007, 08:33 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Here's my 1973 Suzuki GT750 "Water Buffalo" I don't know how to post pics so here's a link to some pics: stroknsmokngt - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

I had one of those back in '78 or '79 Loved it..........
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Old 10-03-2007, 09:41 AM   #29 (permalink)
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That is a beauty, Annie!
And I love the red jacket that goes with it!!

We've got one of these sitting in our garage. It does move but stalls quite often.
It's a 1965 Ducati Scrambler (1 cylinder, 350cc).

OMG, Kay. I started on a 66 250 Scrambler, back in 76. It was my dad's basket case that he put back together for the gas crunch of 73. That picture looks NICE. Ours was very ratty and leaky. Boy was it a vibrator. It would put my naughty bits asleep inside of 10 miles. Things used to fatique crack and fall off on a semi-regular basis. Good luck with yours and keep her running.
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Old 10-03-2007, 02:13 PM   #30 (permalink)
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I used to own one of these when I was a kid......



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Old 10-03-2007, 02:18 PM   #31 (permalink)
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OMG, Kay. I started on a 66 250 Scrambler, back in 76. It was my dad's basket case that he put back together for the gas crunch of 73. That picture looks NICE. Ours was very ratty and leaky. Boy was it a vibrator. It would put my naughty bits asleep inside of 10 miles. Things used to fatique crack and fall off on a semi-regular basis. Good luck with yours and keep her running.
Really???
Yeah, it's a real challenge just to keep it running but she's still running.
The only other problem is that the left and right feet do opposite things from motorcycles in this era. So the right foot is the gear shift and the left is the brake. This utterly confuses me and I end up slamming on the foot brake when all I want to do is shift down.

Tim, is that a Harley???
Such a tiny engine!! (kinda cute, though)
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Tim, is that a Harley???
So they told me!

I rode it as a kid. Bought it for $50....sold it for $175. What a shrewd budding businessman I was then! LOL!
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Old 10-03-2007, 02:32 PM   #33 (permalink)
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So they told me!

I rode it as a kid. Bought it for $50....sold it for $175. What a shrewd budding businessman I was then! LOL!
Ahaha! Good for you!
If you kept it, it could've sold for a lot more now.
'51! That's more than half a century old!!
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Old 10-03-2007, 06:02 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Hey! Kay.... watch it! ...'51 was a very good year for bikes AND people..! lol

your ducati looks great too.....
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Hey! Kay.... watch it! ...'51 was a very good year for bikes AND people..! lol

your ducati looks great too.....
Thank you, Annie!
BUT...I am going to disagree with you.
'51 is old for motorcycles but young for people!!
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Old 10-11-2007, 08:30 AM   #36 (permalink)
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mate on another forum has a single cyl ducati250 similar in design to those ducati pics there.

just as immaculate as the orange one too

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Old 11-03-2007, 10:57 AM   #37 (permalink)
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Just found a pic of me on my first motorcycle - a brand new 1973 Honda CL100, purchased in Durham, NC. Two years later, I traded in on a 1975 Honda CL360, a "big bike," on which I used to tour throughout NC, both solo and two-up with my wife. Can you imagine touring on a similar size bike these days? Back then, at least in NC, there was no such thing as a motorcycle endorsement. All you needed was a regular driver's license. If you didn't already know how to ride, the salesperson taught you how in the dealer's parking lot. Helmets were the law, and, at the time, were extremely uncomfortable as you all surely remember. Sure glad they're making them more comfortable now. I'll get the pic online as soon as I can figure out how to do so.
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Just found a pic of me on my first motorcycle - a brand new 1973 Honda CL100, purchased in Durham, NC. Two years later, I traded in on a 1975 Honda CL360, a "big bike," on which I used to tour throughout NC, both solo and two-up with my wife. Can you imagine touring on a similar size bike these days? Back then, at least in NC, there was no such thing as a motorcycle endorsement. All you needed was a regular driver's license. If you didn't already know how to ride, the salesperson taught you how in the dealer's parking lot. Helmets were the law, and, at the time, were extremely uncomfortable as you all surely remember. Sure glad they're making them more comfortable now. I'll get the pic online as soon as I can figure out how to do so.
Did you ever figure out how to get some pics up? I had a 1974 CL360, metallic green in color. I loved it!
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Old 11-13-2007, 09:10 AM   #39 (permalink)
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I'm still working on it. My '75 CL360 was candy orange. I just happened to find the sales receipt. The bike was purchased brand new on 10/24/75 at the Meridian Motorcycle Company in Fayetteville, NC for a grand total of $908.00!
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Now I'm going to have to take some pictures of my triple, although it won't look as good as the other one posted.

Primarily because I have 49,000 miles on it and don't spend a lot of time cleaning it.
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