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What bike do you own ?

  1. I dont own a motorcycle

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  2. Other

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  3. Yamaha

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  4. Suzuki

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  5. Megelli

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  6. Kawasaki

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  7. Hyosung

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  8. Honda

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  9. Everything

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  1. Phil

    Phil Senior Member Contributing Member

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    Isn't life "GRAND"......you learn something new every day :thumb_ups: Once again thanks for sharing.
     
  2. Teez Me

    Teez Me Active Member

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    Yamaha FZ1N with lots of bling :D
     
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  3. Clancy1

    Clancy1 Well-Known Member

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    For the last month or so since selling my gsx250e I've been riding this beautiful VTR1000f :)
    I love it, like, a lot!
    I'd still love a project though :) If anyone's got a free cbr250 ha ha swing it my way :)

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  4. Phil

    Phil Senior Member Contributing Member

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    Now that's a weapon :thumb_ups:
     
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  5. Murdo

    Murdo The Good Doctor Staff Member Contributing Member Ride and Events Crew

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    Nice. Injected or carbs?
     
  6. Clancy1

    Clancy1 Well-Known Member

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    It's Carb'd. Has the largest carburettors on any production motorcycle ever built...48mm :)
    I've been tweaking the tuning a little, it was running waaaaaay too rich, fouling plugs when I got it. Pretty easy to remove the carbs. It's a very interesting bike. Basically a very modern motorcycle in terms of the electronics etc...but just has carbies. It's very similar in design to the Suzuki SV1000 (which is fuel injected). I did ride an SV and loved it but it was a little 'too smooth' if you know what I mean. Kind of boring compared to the VTR...probably would get better fuel consumption etc but I don't ride everyday, I ride for fun on weekends etc.
    I am really falling in love with this bike though. I do miss my little 250...until I crack the throttle on the VTR ha ha.
    I wouldn't mind getting another project to do up, mind try and find a nice MC21/22 somewhere :)
     
  7. Linkin

    Linkin The Mechanic Premium Member Contributing Member Dirty Wheel Club

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    What year model is it? Thats also what I loved about the R6, modern but just carbs and a cdi, no fancy electrickery hanging off it
     
  8. Clancy1

    Clancy1 Well-Known Member

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    It's an '05 :) the last year they made them. It has a lot of bottom end torque so you can ride it so easily :)

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  9. RG twinheadlight

    RG twinheadlight Member

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    Hello All…I currently have 2 X 250's…CBR 250 RR and 85 RG 250 mk3 among other size motorcycles

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  10. kiffsta

    kiffsta Senior Member

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    Nice bike :thumb_ups:
    Im pretty sure I saw that on the RG Facebook page
     
  11. MattT

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    I'm on a 2016 Yamaha R3 :)
     
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  12. Mad_Ryan

    Mad_Ryan Active Member

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    I bought a ZXR250 for an excuse to be in the garage ...i always wanted one when i was a kid though......but my usual ride is a 1999 Ducati 996 thats been looked after extremely well. Good way to keep my pockets empty in any case ;-)

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  13. Spotthedogg

    Spotthedogg Active Member Premium Member

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    As I have shared I race a 1987 Honda VT250F2H in Lightweight Supersport 250 and 300 classes mostly against Ninja 250's in 250 with some CBR250R's in there as well. In 300 I race against R3's, Ninja300's and a couple Ninja 250's.

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    In my shed I have a 2003 Honda VFR800A that I bought new in April 2004, a 1974 CB360 that I built from a box of parts in 2011 and a 2009 BMW F800GS (brilliant bike) that I bought two years ago.

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    I also ride a 2016 Norco Sasquatch 6.2 Fatbike, a 2014 Giant TCX SLR1 cyclocross, a 2016 Giant Defy Advanced SL1 road bike, a 2017 Giant Reign SX bike park/gravity mountain bike and I just got a 2017 Giant Anthem Advanced 0 last week as my new best friend, my trail bike :)
    Yeah, so I should add that I own a bicycle shop ;)
     
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    Spotthedogg Active Member Premium Member

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    The reason the inner carbs have different jets has to do with cylinder temperatures, inner cylinders will not cool quite as well as the outer which have more air wash.
     
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    I had one of those when I was 16! Blew the con rod out the side of the engine :(
     
  16. Spotthedogg

    Spotthedogg Active Member Premium Member

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    Nice RR! Electric intake motor?? Is that one of those so called 12v super chargers?? Is that a joke?
     
  17. Jeff Downes

    Jeff Downes Member

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    I joined because I bought a SRX250 that needs some attention, but they were only brought to the U.S. for one year. So it is great to have, but parts are a challenge to find.
    My other bikes that are riders are are a 2005 Yamaha FJR1300, 2003 Suzuki GSXR1000, 2008 Aprilia RSV 1000 Factory, 2006 Suzuki V-Strom 650,1971 Yamaha R5, 1974 Kawasaki H2, 1992 Suzuki DR350, 1982 Honda MB5, Suzuki SP100. With more project bikes than I will ever finish.
    It is wonderful to see all the great small bikes that the U.S. never received.
     
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  18. Jimmycc

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    hi everyone from a newb, I used to have the x7 for years when younger ,now have a ybr250 and a cbf250 to doo up,really like the info ect on here good forum thanks for having me jim
     
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  20. Gardiner B Jones

    Gardiner B Jones MSF RiderCoach

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    Hi y'all. I ride a 2015 Harley-Davidson Sportster XL1200X (the "Forty Eight" model). My wife rides a 2006 Harley-Davidson FLSTNI (Softail Deluxe). That said, as an MSF RiderCoach, I work with about 85 smaller motorcycles for the Basic RiderCourse and the Experienced RiderCourse. They are a mix of Honda CB250, Honda CMX250, Suzuki TU250, Suzuki GZ250, Yahama TW125 and a few enduros that I don't recall the make and model of at the moment.
     
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