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A Few of my Old Honda's
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:07 am
by Okamoto
Thought I would be the first to post on here
First is my old Honda 650 Bros...what a cracking bike!! torqey vtwin motor, genuine 110 mph, great handling, single side swinging arm ...all this in a 1988 bike
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:09 am
by Kwackerz
Is that the original exhaust?
That looks great. I was considering one of those when I got the Z440
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:19 am
by Okamoto
It is the original exhaust but slightly modded (most of the guts removed and a tail bit put on) ...gave a nice rumble
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:22 am
by Samray
Not really dated much has it.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:31 am
by Okamoto
Second one is my old XR600 Another cracking bike ...this pic is after its revamp, the gearbox gave up and needed a rebuild, sold it to a bloke in spain.
sadly missed
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:52 am
by Okamoto
Last one is my old flatracker ...Honda FT500 chassis and XR500 full race motor (came out of a Rickman Road Race Bike with lots of goodies inside!) including mugen cam, polished/ported/big valve head, close ratio box, S&W carb, high comp piston, Race exhaust blah blah blah
Bloody Great fun!!!
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:35 am
by Gio
I love the last one, looks like a lightweight CB500 sizewise.
Are there any of these still floating about?
Any info much appreciated
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:38 pm
by Okamoto
you still see the odd FT500 on fleabay ...last one I bought as a project for roughly £100....Same motor as XL 500 so spares still available off the shelf... only thing to watch realy is the cam bearing surfaces wearing...but these can be fettled by a head shop.
Roughly the same as a Yamaha SR500
Easily modded into something like this ......
A decent site for "thumpers" here ...
http://www.thumperclub.org.uk/