twosmoke300 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Poor old Thundercat has had an R6 shock conversion and stiffer fat chuffer springs put in the front forks all ready for my Brands GP track day on Tuesday 😀 Dave_Q, Snake Charmer and Jerzy Woking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Recent Adventure Bike Rider event had an off road course set up, quite a few miles to get round it (not just a lap around a couple of fields). This will be Hairnet in the not too distant future..... Snake Charmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said: Recent Adventure Bike Rider event had an off road course set up, quite a few miles to get round it (not just a lap around a couple of fields). This will be Hairnet in the not too distant future..... That looked like fun, I grabbed a coffee and watched part 2. Highsiding a CT90! 😄 Looked like you were sat down most of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 9 hours ago, Snake Charmer said: That looked like fun, I grabbed a coffee and watched part 2. Highsiding a CT90! 😄 Looked like you were sat down most of the way. Not mw, but Nathan Millward. He has a rental fleet of C110 postie bikes, as well as a fleet of sub 500cc ADV bikes and Enfield 650's. Nice bloke, excellent knowledge of the lanes around Devon and Cornwall, and a good rider on the green lanes. mitsisigma01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Jerzy Woking said: Not mw, but Nathan Millward. He has a rental fleet of C110 postie bikes, as well as a fleet of sub 500cc ADV bikes and Enfield 650's. Nice bloke, excellent knowledge of the lanes around Devon and Cornwall, and a good rider on the green lanes. Ah, I misread your "Post". 😁 Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 2001 called - they would like their trackday back ! Gonna be ball soup today There is another Thundercat here somewhere . Hope it’s in my group Jerzy Woking, LightBulbFun, Snake Charmer and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 42 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said: 2001 called - they would like their trackday back ! Gonna be ball soup today There is another Thundercat here somewhere . Hope it’s in my group I'd like to bet on 7 red flags and zero uninterrupted sessions, I've given up TD's now because of the ridiculous amount of stoppages, especially at MSV circuits where if someone slides off into the gravel or stops on circuit (even if they are in a safe place) its an automatic red flag, last TD I did was at Anglesey (what a circuit btw) back in 2019, I got 12 uninterrupted laps all day, the day cost me the thick end of £600 (hire bike, hotel, fuel etc), so £50 a lap, hope you get better VFM from your day twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Been 4 reds in the “ expert “ group so far Us wobbly nobbers seem ok Jazoli and tom13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Front end keeps running wide . Adjustments reqd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Tidy rear shock Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Yeh seems good so far . Put stiffer springs in the front so I guess it’s sitting a bit higher . Bit less preload and drop the yokes a bit . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 What a day to have it on! You lucky boy. Bikes looking ace as well. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Riding stopped due to lack of paramedics . Ffs . Fast group keep on crashing .Jazoli is right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 "I've got an R1 so I must be in the fast group!" Hmmm!!Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 My mate on the R1 is firmly in the same wobbly nobbers group as me bangernomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 The shame of it, has he had a testosterone test Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 The problem is everyone wants to be in the 'fast' or 'advanced' group, there is no timing so anyone can book into whatever group they like and very little is done about it by the organisers, there can be differences of 20-30 seconds a lap, which is a joke, you have people wobbling around with experienced club racers and its a recipe for disaster, I ran someone over at Anglesey, he tried a move on the first lap out, skittled the rider in front of me and fell off, I bounced off him into the grass, this was on the first lap after the sighting lap at 9am in the morning, it set the precedent for the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Thundercat fweeend LightBulbFun, Fat_Pirate and Jazoli 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Shite bike thread meet shite bike - Honda P50 last of the "Winged Wheels" With spare engine... Psycho Charlie Knobcheese, Dave_Q, LightBulbFun and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 11 hours ago, Jazoli said: The problem is everyone wants to be in the 'fast' or 'advanced' group, there is no timing so anyone can book into whatever group they like and very little is done about it by the organisers, there can be differences of 20-30 seconds a lap, which is a joke, you have people wobbling around with experienced club racers and its a recipe for disaster, I ran someone over at Anglesey, he tried a move on the first lap out, skittled the rider in front of me and fell off, I bounced off him into the grass, this was on the first lap after the sighting lap at 9am in the morning, it set the precedent for the day I found the opposite on a number of trackday. Knobs, with tricked up track bikes, tyre warmers and bike plugged into a laptop, riding in the novice group to show off. Ive mentioned them a few times, but British Superbike School at Blyton are excellent. One instructor to three (often two) riders. Put myself in with the Inters group a few times, but last time I was put into the Fast group. Felt a little out of my depth for the first session, mainly as I had not used my KTM RC8 on a track before, but fine after that and a few pointers from my instructor. Only ever seen one red flag, and that was because someone dropped it on the only righthander and lost their oil that had to be cleared up. Jazoli and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I’ve always found no limits to be good but they struggled with weather and rider stupidity yesterday and could have organised it better. Wonder if it was a coincidence but that was the first NL day I’ve done where the boss man wasn’t there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I did a couple of road bike only trackdays with MSV, they were really good and free of the bellends on shitty old beaten up trackbikes who think nothing of pulling a stupid move, just 2 groups, normal and advanced, the pace was still fast but there was far less pressure from people with something to prove as everyone was on their road bikes, there were a couple of bellends who turned up on what were obviously track bikes with numberplates tacked on, they weren't allowed out, which made me chuckle a bit. Speaking of Thundercats I've just rebuilt the engine on this for my mate, he tried fitting a new chain himself and he didn't do it properly and it smashed the cases to bits, still a nice fun bike to ride now. tom13, LightBulbFun, Dave_Q and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Has it stolen the paint from a Daytona 595?Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 23 minutes ago, 5speedracer said: Has it stolen the paint from a Daytona 595? Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk Its close but no, the daytona was more yellow, its a crap paint job, made even worse by my mates attempt to respray parts of it when he dropped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 @UltraWomble I are also joining the Honda slowshite gang. CF70 Chaly, a slightly taller step-thru version of the monkey/Dax. It's had an engine swap, the engine number is standard C50 but the clutch cover says AT like a full auto, yet there appears to be a hole where the gearshift should go? Haven't actually got it home yet to see what's what. Anyone clued up on these engines? Same as a C70/90 I think, not something I've dabbled in before. TBH it's looking easiest to rip it out and put in a Chinese 110, then maybe I can keep up with @hairnet, we could be slow wobbly Honda fwends LightBulbFun, UltraWomble and Jerzy Woking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I think there was a full auto version of this engine on some cubs and many many tiny pit bikes / kiddie bikes.Lifan engine route sounds best thoughSent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT606 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 look up 'ooracing' website, top left of their page 'parts by bike' n scroll down the list..... they do chaly parts Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Rungis not far from Paris, sometime in the 1970s Snake Charmer, andyberg and Fat_Pirate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 More streamlined Italian greatness. This one was not made by a motorbike manufacturer, but by the aircraft subsidiary of FIAT - Aeritalia. It was designed in a wind tunnel, used aeronautical influences and was the second time that FIAT considered entering the two wheeled market. This is the Moto Major, from 1948 - FIAT's first two wheeled project? 1938, they built a scooter, but the project didn't go anywhere. However, after the war Piaggio's Paperino scooter bore a strong resemblance to it... More details on the Moto Major here - https://thevintagent.com/2019/11/19/moto-major-italy-reinvents-the-motorcycle/ Fat_Pirate, MT606, Snake Charmer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 And sticking to a streamlined theme, over in Germany - Werner Haas on the NSU 1954 Ultra light . He was Germany's first motorcycle world champion to win, in 1953, the FIM 125 and 250 world championships riding for NSU. Werner died, aged 29, in a plane accident. Snake Charmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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