Oh. My. God.

[chickenstrip]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201188226315?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[Pete.]

I DARE someone here to bid
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[mentalboy]

I hope the bidders have read the write up which specifically says the RD350LC is not in the bidding but for sale separately!!!!

Over 15K and it hasn't reached the reserve, I wonder how high he's set it !!!
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Make mine a Corona.

[Chuffin Nora]

But, alack, not the Tilley.

[chickenstrip]

[stinkwheel]

One thing that always puzzles me is you get 12 photos with a vehicle auction. Here's him selling three bikes and only putting up four pictures.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Kickstart]

[chickenstrip]

[Rogerborg]

Chap's a chump if he thinks he'll get more for a job lot than by selling them separately. He's sharply reduced the pool of potential buyers.

Then again, he's selling in October, so doubtless expects them to go unridden from his dry storage into some oil magnates son's collection of trinkets.

It's a crime, I tells ya, a crime.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Vincent]

[MC]

Can someone explain this whole 2-stroke thing?

Preferably very slowly with a lot of pictures...
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[Vincent]

They were, and still are to some respects, very FUN bikes to ride, the power builds up and explodes in a narrow rev range that some find slightly orgasmic. However, the four stroke equivalents when these bikes came out were pretty sedate comparatively speaking..... and a bit uninspiring. It's different nowadays.

A lot of it is Nostalgia, esp with the 500's they were over priced new and not the most reliable bikes.....but people felt they were buying a race-rep machine when nothing else came close. There wasn't as much choice in the first couple of decades of Japanese imports as there is now. the RG500, RD500 and to some extent the NS400R were all pin-up bikes of the time.

I recommend anyone who hasn't tried a stroker has a go on an RGv250 or 350 YPVS Yamaha to get aquanted. The LC bikes were a bit more refined than the earlier air cooled bikes IMO and powervalves meant you didn't have to rev them as much to pull off etc.

Don't listen to the nonsense of them always blowing up...many that did were highly tuned by the owner - something else that's easier and cheaper on a two-stroke
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Space Is Deep

[Suntan Sid]

[mentalboy]

^^^ As Suntan said!!
My little GT185 was the most ballsy machine I've ever owned. It had an attitude akin to a terrier and went like excrement off a digging implement and all in 21HP!!!
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Make mine a Corona.

[Vincent]

[chickenstrip]

[jjdugen]

But, Mr. Suntan, in the EARLY 70's Honda's 250's made just as much BHP as the equivalent Yam or Suzy, did not need constant re-building and you didn't stink out the neighbourhood.
Part of the 2-T experience is the horrible rattle / jangle of piston rings hammering away at the ports in the barrels, oh, and listening to the gurgle as petrol swills out of your tank.
Honda could make a reliable 28 BHP in 1971, no idea why they castrated their twins, but that's what they did, leaving the smokers to take over.
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The CBR900RR has been sold. Aprilia Falco worms its way into my heart.
Try Soi 23 on Amazon for a good read.... Self promotion? Moi?

[evoboy]

Everytime I go to sell my x7, I ride it one last time and end up keeping it.

Its the noise.
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Suzuki GT250 x7------- Fazer 600------CB250RS------Aprilia Rally 70----- Bandit 600

APT Motorcycles

[chickenstrip]

[Ariel Badger]

The RDLC was a sturdy beast, I ran my 350 in Africa on high ethanol content fuel and garden strimmer 2T oil. I rode her to work, I did long distances in the bush at full throttle and I short circuit raced her. At 7K I rebuilt her as the first/second gearbox selector fork got bent due to my aggressive riding and frequent crashing. The pistons, rings and bores were still perfect.
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Bikers make great organ donors, get 115 on your licence today.

[Suntan Sid]

[stinkwheel]

Jump on a 150mph, fully faired sports bike at your local bike meet, flip up the footpeg then flick out the kick-start.

What's not to like?
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[DrSnoosnoo]

I like how he says "no messers or scammers"

As if there'll be a "messer" scrolling through saying, "yeah I'm gonna mess here for the lolz......oh he's said no messers .... I'll move on"
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I'm Sam; Northern, Ginger, Lover
Did have: '95 ZZR600 '83 CG125 '97 ZZR1100 '15 Hypermotard 821 SP Do Have: '10 ZX10R

[Mudshark]

[Dibble]