Modified Honda CB450 conrods with bigger big-ends and needle roller bearings
New crankpins and crankshaft
Fitting strengthened clutch to crankshaft
Engine without cyl.-heads, but with gearbox
Heavily modified and beefed-up clutch Friday, November 13, 2009
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Modified Honda CB450 conrods with bigger big-ends and needle roller bearingsNew crankpins and crankshaftFitting strengthened clutch to crankshaftEngine without cyl.-heads, but with gearboxHeavily modified and beefed-up clutch Classic Motorcycle Parts
This is a 1932 BMW R32. In my spare time in the winter I like to do drawings of classic and vintage motorcycles. I learn alot about these motorcycles as I draw in their fine detail. I use pen and ink to make the 1st drawing. I then make copies to create note cards that are 5 1/2" wide x 4 1/4". After that with metallic silver paint to highlight the shining parts. I have a thing for the shining parts! I sell my cards at the rallies and off my website www.rigadoonglass.com under the "Motorcycle" page.
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Awesome details on this old bike.Winner: Best in Class, American Restored, All Years
Owner: Ros Van Etten / Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Bike in Background: 1916 Excelsior XWinner: Best in Class, American Restored, All Years
Owner: Ros Van Etten / Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Winner: Best of Show, MotorcycleOwner: Ros Van Etten / Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Bike in Background: 1916 Excelsior XWinner: Best in Class, American Restored, All Years
Owner: Ros Van Etten / Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado
First Annual Rocky Mountain Concours d'Elegance. Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado September 2, 2007Classic Motorcycle For Sale
For Sale Yamaha XJ900 1985 model
Excellent bike, smooth runner, very fast and ultra reliable. Of the more than100 bikes I have personally owned, which include a new zephyr 750, a new Vulcan 1500 classic, several kawasaki GT750, Z750, Z650, Z250, Zr750, XJ650, Suzuki GR650, GS850 Yamaha XS250, XS360, XS400, Honda CB250, CB900, CB400 CR125 Elsinore, Atomic Link 250, TDR200, Grand Prix Victa, and too many more to remember ……… THIS XJ900 is the best of them all. Last year when I was Blueing with my EX BITCH, I blew a gasket in my BRAIN and just took off to Brisbane for a couple of weeks. The Bike was Fantastic. Never missed a beat. I Made it to a friends in Gosford in a day, then I fell in a heap. Funny thing was, the speedo cable broke at Gundagai, so I assumed that 6000 RPM was oh,… about 110-120 kmh and so I did 6000 RPM all the way to Brisbane. DON’T LAUGH! I was being a bit optimistic. I got a new speedo cable in Brizzy and discovered to my amusement and AWE that I had been riding at 160kmh ALL THE BLOODY WAY! Hahahhaa! God was on my side,….. never copped a copper with a radar! I once rode at 160kmh from Adelaide to the border of Vic at 160kmh on a Kawasaki GT750. smoked like a prick after that. The XJ900 did Gundagai to Brizzy at 160 and is still running as beautifully today as the day I got it. Another reccomendation,… This bike has outlasted three motorcycle couriers, me and two mates and none of us Kamikaze Pilots could kill it. It is BULLETPROOF! The clutch slips a little if you wring its neck really hard, but it is fine under responsible law abiding riding conditions. The only other flaws are that it is cosmetically challenged. The tank has a less than perfect paint job done by another courier mate who owned the spares bike that accompanies this one. NOTE Both tanks do NOT LEAK. If I had the time I would have given the bike a full respray, but it looks reasonably presentable. Registered until the end of November with 90% tyres and a complete XJ900 spares bike (not running)
Selling due to overseas travel. Must sell by 16th February!
Last year I put MYSELF on the market and I sold myself as a "mail order husband" on the internet to a GORGEOUS Eurasian woman. (No Sheet! Internet dating works! I never intended to hook up with anyone overseas, but I have found the perfect woman! Awesome!) At the end of February, I fly to Asia to get married and I won’t be back. Unfortunately, they don’t allow the importation of bikes over 5 years old over there, so the XJ900 has to go. SO… I am asking $1500 For it. I am insanely busy organising my departure, so I won’t have time to get a roadworthy. Get it yourself ya lazy bum! You want a great bike at a bargain price with 100% spares bike AND a Roadworthy! Anyway. Call me BEFORE BIDDING. This bike is offered for sale elsewhere and this auction may be cancelled at ANY TIME, with all bids being cancelled, so please call first to see if it is still available. My name is Peter and the number is 0432 695 269. Call me, Call me NOW! (between 10am and 10 PM) This Bikes and parts must sell by the 16th of february and is located in North Dandenong Melbourne Victoria.
Excellent bike, smooth runner, very fast and ultra reliable. Of the more than100 bikes I have personally owned, which include a new zephyr 750, a new Vulcan 1500 classic, several kawasaki GT750, Z750, Z650, Z250, Zr750, XJ650, Suzuki GR650, GS850 Yamaha XS250, XS360, XS400, Honda CB250, CB900, CB400 CR125 Elsinore, Atomic Link 250, TDR200, Grand Prix Victa, and too many more to remember ……… THIS XJ900 is the best of them all. Last year when I was Blueing with my EX BITCH, I blew a gasket in my BRAIN and just took off to Brisbane for a couple of weeks. The Bike was Fantastic. Never missed a beat. I Made it to a friends in Gosford in a day, then I fell in a heap. Funny thing was, the speedo cable broke at Gundagai, so I assumed that 6000 RPM was oh,… about 110-120 kmh and so I did 6000 RPM all the way to Brisbane. DON’T LAUGH! I was being a bit optimistic. I got a new speedo cable in Brizzy and discovered to my amusement and AWE that I had been riding at 160kmh ALL THE BLOODY WAY! Hahahhaa! God was on my side,….. never copped a copper with a radar! I once rode at 160kmh from Adelaide to the border of Vic at 160kmh on a Kawasaki GT750. smoked like a prick after that. The XJ900 did Gundagai to Brizzy at 160 and is still running as beautifully today as the day I got it. Another reccomendation,… This bike has outlasted three motorcycle couriers, me and two mates and none of us Kamikaze Pilots could kill it. It is BULLETPROOF! The clutch slips a little if you wring its neck really hard, but it is fine under responsible law abiding riding conditions. The only other flaws are that it is cosmetically challenged. The tank has a less than perfect paint job done by another courier mate who owned the spares bike that accompanies this one. NOTE Both tanks do NOT LEAK. If I had the time I would have given the bike a full respray, but it looks reasonably presentable. Registered until the end of November with 90% tyres and a complete XJ900 spares bike (not running)
Selling due to overseas travel. Must sell by 16th February!
Last year I put MYSELF on the market and I sold myself as a "mail order husband" on the internet to a GORGEOUS Eurasian woman. (No Sheet! Internet dating works! I never intended to hook up with anyone overseas, but I have found the perfect woman! Awesome!) At the end of February, I fly to Asia to get married and I won’t be back. Unfortunately, they don’t allow the importation of bikes over 5 years old over there, so the XJ900 has to go. SO… I am asking $1500 For it. I am insanely busy organising my departure, so I won’t have time to get a roadworthy. Get it yourself ya lazy bum! You want a great bike at a bargain price with 100% spares bike AND a Roadworthy! Anyway. Call me BEFORE BIDDING. This bike is offered for sale elsewhere and this auction may be cancelled at ANY TIME, with all bids being cancelled, so please call first to see if it is still available. My name is Peter and the number is 0432 695 269. Call me, Call me NOW! (between 10am and 10 PM) This Bikes and parts must sell by the 16th of february and is located in North Dandenong Melbourne Victoria.
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Don't think I was going that
Racing at Wrangway Cross, near
Wellington.
Wellington.
Not exactly!I remember riding into what was quite a heavy drift, the snow very quickly compacting in front of me, and coming to a dead stop - with me nearly over the bars. This photo has notes. Move your mouse over the photo to see them.
My mum was having someone shoot some photos of her horses, and I guess the photographer had a few frames left on his roll of film, because I was asked to quickly get "my gear" on and bike out. This photo has notes. Move your mouse over the photo to see them.
People always used to laugh at SS50's, the Suzuki AP50 and now-classic Yamaha FS1E being the "ones to have". Unless you really enjoyed fiddling with bikes, in which case you rode a Fantic or Malaguti!So I followed the detailed instructions in an issue of Motorcycle Mechanics magazine and made it an "SS70". This involved getting a 70cc barrel from a breakers, and a brand new 70cc piston and ring. I took the piston into Mr Lush's school metalwork lesson, and machined the crown on a lathe to the specified dimensions so's it would fit the 50's combustion chamber. I remember firing it up for the first time, and the intake valve was just hitting the piston, so I had to file a little off the piston. But after that it went like a dream, in fact the power was so good that one day I totally lost drive. On investigation I found I'd sheared the square splines clean off the clutch basket!
I recall the speedo reading 64 (or 67?) mph at one point, prone with a tailwind heading downhill towards Minehead Fire Station. Not bad! This photo has notes. Move your mouse over the photo to see them.
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