Post a picture of your vintage ride(s)
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two wheel tramp
exploring!
Kalle, I love where you take your vintage bikes.
When were you up there? It's been a few weeks for me. :ride
When were you up there? It's been a few weeks for me. :ride
firstbuell
GO! 04,16,23,31,64,69,95
dude, not an issue - this isn't an 'old thread'
rather, itz a long-established thread RE: vintage bikes
welcome!
TKonaCafe
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Awesome, thanks man!
there are no "old threads" in vintage...
OldGuy
Been there, done that
Too cool. What kind of frame is the race bike... a VanTech? How well did the motor hold up?
I was racing (and riding to high school during the week) an SL100 a few years later. Supposed to be stronger, lighter, and more reliable, but it grenaded with alarming regularity.
CDONA
Home of Vortex tuning
Van Tech frame kit, engine had a Harmon-Collins? road race cam with 3 degree retard buttons, Powerall stroker crank, biggest stock overbore, Dremel ported head.
Reliable, the one time it quit, loss of 1/3 teeth on the cam sprocket, also cracked a fork slider completely 360*. It took the 49'r Enduro to kill it.
The Van Tech Earles type forks were soon added, along with a new cam sprocket & chain.
Reliable, the one time it quit, loss of 1/3 teeth on the cam sprocket, also cracked a fork slider completely 360*. It took the 49'r Enduro to kill it.
The Van Tech Earles type forks were soon added, along with a new cam sprocket & chain.
i have no idea what that is but the cooling fins make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
OldGuy
Been there, done that
Sweet! What do I win?
It'd be a hoot to race today. I picked up a nicely modded SL125 about 15 years ago, and raced it a bit... good fun.
Amazing how guys would actually run small bikes like that in an enduro. I remember Jim Reiger telling me years ago that back in the '60s, he ran a C110!
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plaid
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that's some solid rasty, Kalle. keep up the fine work.
plaid
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sweet! i had a 1976 RD400 back in the day. the 400s were so much more refined than the 350s and easier to wheelie. what is the definition "vintage"?
Is a picture of a 1978 SR 500 Cafe Racer i am working on. Custom Seat, Tank, Handlebars, Electrical routing, new master cylinder updates, and still soo much more work to finish the build. Much love fellow vintage enthusiasts!
never mind that last :
The only official designation of what constitutes a vintage motorcycle comes from the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association, which even has two different designations for vintage, depending on the type of racing the bike is going to do. The AHRMA defines motorcycles as vintage for motocross racing if they were built before 1975, and vintage for road racing if they were built after 1975.
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