your favourite old bike

[Peter HornMember]

Great topic HuskyB
Had lots of shit box Huskys that didn’t handle, didn’t have brakes, had 6 speed boxes and went like the clappers sure taught me how to fall off! Favourite was a brand new husky wr250 1996 model awesome bike it was still competitive at 8 years old!

[Mick DMember]

huskybloke wrote:

nice roadies Mick what size was the RD

The RD was actually a 250., but I had a head on with a Charger on it and I managed to write it off. So after getting the wreck back I got a front end, tank and plastics off a 350, so that is why it looks like the 350 model. It went like a 350 though, as it had all the mods possible, it even had no head gaskets, I used valve lapping paste, to lap the heads to the barrels and used a copper spray on gasket stuff to make it seal. It raised the compression ratio to blazes! It was one cranky 250!

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

KING BOLLOCKS wrote:

Can’t pick between the two…my Suzuki DS 80 or my funky little Honda :cheer:

I’ll go the DS…It was more of a chick magnet..even though that is my cousin on the back :laugh:

Bol :woohoo:

Just a typical date in Tamworth mate, especially if your sister was already taken

Sorry mate, couldn’t help myself. :blush:

[Brett WilliamsMember]

My favourite at the time was my ’72 Yamaha RT360. I thought it was just the ducks nuts. It had a decompression fitting in the head which I removed and put a spare spark plug in as it was always fowling plugs. Damn thing threw me over the bars a couple of times, kick start smashed into the back of my calf muscle a hundred times, the instep of my foot copped a hiding…..
The ’72 model was “dirt bike of the year” in its time in a NZ mag. It went hard tho and never let me down, well, not more than a couple of dozen times!
I take my hat off to the guys that raced these old bikes!
Cheers Budge

[MickMember]

How do you like this little ensemble…1980…Watagan Forest…’79 PE250…Bell Motostar 2 helmet…Tycon padded jersey…racing leathers…Alpine Star boots (with stainless steel shin plates!!)…pretty cool, huh?!
I’ve still got the boots…and still wear the leathers!

[ianMember]

couldnt really complain about this one either as it was the one that got me back into 2 strokes

[Gary NewnhamMember]

Bultaco 370 frontera Gold medal about 1986
Sensational!

[AndrewMember]

huskybloke wrote:

how could i forget about the kx 80 this is dad and my brother getting it ready to surprise me for when i got home. i used to sneek out in the mornings syphon some fuel out of the old mans car mix it up and dissapear down the paddock until it run out of fuel come and get something to eat and do it all over again, and with a mate who had a 77 xr 75 used to ride all day all weekend

Hey mate had the same bike when I was about 12, rode it every day after school and all weekend, loved it :cheer: :cheer:

[Andrew RobsonMember]

My old XR6

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