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renloy Full Member
Joined: Aug 05, 2008 Posts: 126 Location: 83 Special
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Posted: June 28, 2009, 3:24 pm Post subject: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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Just picked up a 83 gs850 shaft drive for $100. I think I have a problem.
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xs1961 650Rider Supporter
Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 1808 Location: uk
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Posted: June 28, 2009, 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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A problem?
Nah..unless you call being a lucky sod a problem !
_________________ 1 running 650
2.5 bikes in bits,
no time,
gradually losing intrest... God help me... |
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oldbikenut Full Member
Joined: Feb 03, 2009 Posts: 367 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: June 28, 2009, 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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You're not the only one! I just picked up a 76 Ossa 350, why I ask myself. It is truly an addiction!
_________________ 1978 XS650 SE |
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renloy Full Member
Joined: Aug 05, 2008 Posts: 126 Location: 83 Special
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Posted: June 28, 2009, 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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Yep something about these old bikes. The new stuff just doesn't do it for me and I'm only 22
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650SF Full Member
Joined: Jun 26, 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Sparta, TN
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Posted: June 28, 2009, 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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Yeah, I hear that. I'm 25 and this is my 6th old bike lol.
_________________ Matt
'79 XS650SF
'89 Lincoln Mk VII LSC 5 speed |
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xsleo Full Member
Joined: Oct 28, 2007 Posts: 1528 Location: Earlville NY
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Posted: June 28, 2009, 10:53 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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Yeah, the old bike's have a character and charm that the new ones just can't do.
_________________ "You live more in five minutes on a bike than most people do in there whole life"
'75 XS650B with a 79 dual disc front end, rear disk brake, Chrysler reg, Radio Shack rect, LED tail/ brake and turn signals. |
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pablohoney Full Member
Joined: Sep 17, 2008 Posts: 131 Location: San berdo,Ca
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Posted: June 28, 2009, 11:31 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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You guys are pansy's, I have five bikes and I am only 17 and I want to buy more but my mom won't let me.
_________________ 79 xs650 special, cafe racer |
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nudude53 Full Member
Joined: Apr 24, 2009 Posts: 623 Location: Snow Camp, North Carolina
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Posted: June 28, 2009, 11:53 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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pablohoney wrote: |
You guys are pansy's, I have five bikes and I am only 17 and I want to buy more but my mom won't let me. |
y Mom died two years ago, Katie bar the door, I'm going after another XSB tomorrow. No permission slip needed.
"I know you are but what am I?" (40 years older)
_________________ 2 TX650's, 1 XS650B and counting |
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tacoswild Full Member
Joined: Aug 01, 2007 Posts: 408 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 12:10 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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JeffM Full Member
Joined: May 07, 2008 Posts: 285 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 12:50 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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xs1961 650Rider Supporter
Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 1808 Location: uk
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 2:47 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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LMAO
_________________ 1 running 650
2.5 bikes in bits,
no time,
gradually losing intrest... God help me... |
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Teebs Full Member
Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 255
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 3:50 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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LOL @ the turn of this thread.
This falls under the heading of: TOO MUCH INFORMATION.
"You guys are pansies, I have five bikes and I'm only 17..." <--- cool
"You guys are pansy's, I have five bikes and I am only 17 and I want to buy more but my mom won't let me." <---- not so much.
Thanks for the laugh!
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gordonscott Full Member
Joined: May 06, 2009 Posts: 304
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 7:11 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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oldbikenut wrote: |
You're not the only one! I just picked up a 76 Ossa 350, why I ask myself. It is truly an addiction! | I had a OSSA 250 super pionner, great bike with much racing history. Long story short I rode that thing thru a river once and the water was almost to the seat and it still pulled me and a passenger (friends bike broke a link and we were going to get one) all the way to the other side like a said great bike p.s. YES WE ARE ADDICTED! I currently own 8 motorcycles, a moped,scooter, and a homemade "1909" Indian BTR in progress! I have a good wife
_________________ gordonscottengineering @ verizon.net
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oldbikenut Full Member
Joined: Feb 03, 2009 Posts: 367 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 7:40 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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pablohoney wrote: |
You guys are pansy's, I have five bikes and I am only 17 and I want to buy more but my mom won't let me. |
Hey no name calling! Don't take it out on us that your mom won't let you have anymore bikes . At 17 that's a good #'s of bikes, I did not have near that many bikes at your age, I did'nt need that many to busy riding!
gordonscott, the Ossa I picked up is the 350 MAR. I've always wanted an old Ossa trials bike! It's missing a few pieces but is mostly there. I can't wait to get it going!
_________________ 1978 XS650 SE |
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xs1961 650Rider Supporter
Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 1808 Location: uk
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 8:17 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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An ossa MAR? Great little bike, I had green one up til 2 years ago, my mate in the next village bought it for his son to ride round his farm & hes wrecked it !
_________________ 1 running 650
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gordonscott Full Member
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woodman Full Member
Joined: Oct 12, 2008 Posts: 256
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 10:12 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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It doesnt get better with age. Im 65 and have 14 of them, all running but 1 spare XS650 Special and a 82 Gs1100 Suzuki parts bike I got for free
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pumps 650Rider Supporter
Joined: May 29, 2007 Posts: 1993 Location: Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.- 1977 XS650 "D" Standard
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 11:13 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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Just my old 77 XS and my 06 250 Ninja but got an eye out for some kind of old honda twin...SL, CL, CB something 500cc or under..and most importantly CHEAP! The wife has stated previously that three is my limit so why not push it? I don't think parts bikes count in the limit....sooo
_________________ You don't HAVE to be crazy to run into burning buildings, but it HELPS!
On an XS you won't pass yourself on the road everyday.
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xs1961 650Rider Supporter
Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 1808 Location: uk
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 11:16 am Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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Shame your over the pond, Ive got a 77 CB400/4 here for £500 I want to sell to fund my next hardtail XS project...
_________________ 1 running 650
2.5 bikes in bits,
no time,
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gordonscott Full Member
Joined: May 06, 2009 Posts: 304
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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renloy, 650SF etc... It's nice to hear that there are some young guys that can appreciate a vintage motorcycle and not just new shiny plastic, nothing wrong with new bikes just saying. I’ve had more then one “young gun” come up to me and ask why I ride that old thing? or "you should buy a new bike! And when I pull out the kickstarter! you would think they just seen a rubik's cube for the first time like Rodney "I get no respect"
_________________ gordonscottengineering @ verizon.net |
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Barbara Full Member
Joined: Feb 17, 2008 Posts: 812 Location: Washington State
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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Hi Guys,
Ossa! "She's a bear!" I never owned one, but drooled all over the ads in Cycle and Cycle World.....neat little strokers!
I have to chuckle about "old" bikes--I sort of always thought of my XS(s) as my modern bikes---they have an electric leg and turn-signals, y'know.
y Triumph has turn-signals, but no electric starter, and none of the BSA's have turn signals (or, obviously, electric starters).
When my brother was riding way too fast on a Z-1 Kaw, I was learning how to kick-start a Matchless G-80 and not break my leg doing it. Just a different attitude about bikes, I suppose. I always loved the Nortons, Triumphs and BSA's, and lusted after a 7R AJS or a G50 Matchless, with that beautiful anodized gold cam-tower!
With machinery, old is cool. Doesn't matter if it is a bike, or a steam locomotive, or an old stationary make-and-break engine with a surface carb, or a WWI SE-5a---it's cool. And yes, it's really, really nice to read about younger people being interested in the older bikes. Someday, everyone except me will grow old and depart this little mudball, and the younger folks will be the old folks with neat old bikes!
There are worse fates!
_________________ Barb
Jaelith the XS650 with sidecar
Britney the BSA
Gemini the BSA
Baby B. the BSA
Big John the BSA
The unnamed Triumph T-140
and the 1979 XS650....with "potential"
illie the 1980 airhead BMW |
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highspeedhamish Full Member
Joined: Jun 25, 2009 Posts: 62
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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gordonscott wrote: |
renloy, 650SF etc... It's nice to hear that there are some young guys that can appreciate a vintage motorcycle and not just new shiny plastic, nothing wrong with new bikes just saying. I’ve had more then one “young gun” come up to me and ask why I ride that old thing? or "you should buy a new bike! And when I pull out the kickstarter! you would think they just seen a rubik's cube for the first time like Rodney "I get no respect" |
Rofl... My friend had a restaurant with a rotary dial phone, a kid comes in and asks to use the phone, they say sure its in the back. He came back 3 minutes later with a puzzled look on his face, he honestly couldnt figure it out.
Its the old expression for people who have had a few decades seat time on a bike when faced with a young person.
"those who ride cannot tell you, those who dont cannot be told:
_________________ The R1 or the XS? Its a tough choice somedays. |
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renloy Full Member
Joined: Aug 05, 2008 Posts: 126 Location: 83 Special
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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highspeedhamish wrote: |
gordonscott wrote: |
renloy, 650SF etc... It's nice to hear that there are some young guys that can appreciate a vintage motorcycle and not just new shiny plastic, nothing wrong with new bikes just saying. I’ve had more then one “young gun” come up to me and ask why I ride that old thing? or "you should buy a new bike! And when I pull out the kickstarter! you would think they just seen a rubik's cube for the first time like Rodney "I get no respect" |
Rofl... My friend had a restaurant with a rotary dial phone, a kid comes in and asks to use the phone, they say sure its in the back. He came back 3 minutes later with a puzzled look on his face, he honestly couldnt figure it out.
Its the old expression for people who have had a few decades seat time on a bike when faced with a young person.
"those who ride cannot tell you, those who dont cannot be told: |
I've actually been looking for a cool rotary phone on ebay
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oldbikenut Full Member
Joined: Feb 03, 2009 Posts: 367 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: June 29, 2009, 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: the bikes... they're multiplying |
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Okay, here it is and don't laugh!, some of you may think I'm crazy but I think it's sweeet! It's missing a few of the big parts, but it is mostly there, the seat pan is there but the rest is long gone. The tank and front fender are high on my priority list, possibly switching out the Amal carb. Like I said earlier, I've always wanted an Ossa and what better than a trials! Be nice in your comments, I may take it personal And remember, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
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