THE Random Chat Thread - AKA "The RCT" - No shirt or shoes required - Open 24 / 7

[oldmxrat]

You've seen old bikes with rubber pads on the sides of the fuel tank?
Gas gets cold in winter! L.o.l..

Here's a Bridgestone.
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Similar to this '68 Yamaha I restored last winter.

 

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[oldmxrat]

I'm surprised by all the bike enthusiasts in the chat.
Here's a bit of a rare one. Still purrs like a kitten.
1955 BMW R25/3

 

[oldmxrat]

You guys all had better bikes than me. Over my life I've had:

• a Honda 350 (CR? CL? I can't remember)
• a Yamaha 650 twin of some kind that I wrecked and put oversize front forks on which I thought looked pretty cool but was really just ridiculous,
• A Kawasaki 500cc triple-cylinder two-stroke. That thing was a regular rocket compared to the others.
• A Suzuki 650. That's the only one I can easily find a photo of. Sold it years ago. I do miss it.

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Those Kawasaki triples go for $20-25k now, in good condition. Take a look at the Vegas Mecum auction results online to see. It's mind blowing!

 

[releventchair]

Similar to this '68 Yamaha I restored last winter.

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Ping ping ping. Ponk. Ooops get the spoke wrench.

Nice! You are a patient person.
What days are you recieving drop offs for restoration?

Some of us (impatient folk) got in the habit of painting corroded or real dull pot metal engines with flat black.

For front fork rubber covers on my Heald SuperTryke I used wash machine hoses .
That hint from an old gent who ran the parts he could trough a shop and who was a prior engineer for the company before it closed.
But is now retired.

 

[releventchair]

Hi. The Suzi was it water cooled?
Once in Melbourne coming home early hrs I was being an idiot on the 360 in the city centre. Yep I was an idiot. Im only half an idiot now.
Police said you are not riding it home. An hour later its "errr now what!"
There was the Dinsdale brothers who were well known then MX riders. He came past with a mate on a chopper who had a passenger. Anywho, the passenger rode mine and Dinsdale said get on. The Suzi Water bottle we called them. Of course he'd done stuff to it.
All good, until we hit the Tullamarine Freeway. I see him look at his mate on the chopper and nod, he nods back. Oh you gotta be kidding me, it was launch mode, they caned them. My 360 wasn't even in it. Dinsdale with me on back left everyone behind. I swear I seriously only managed to hold on as at the time, there was a kind of small rack thing on the back for whatever I don't know and at the time im thinking "im not hugging a dude all the way home" so just behind my waist im holding the rack. I have no idea what speed we got to as I had an open face on and everytime I tried to look tears from the speed blinded me. The most terrifying 20 minutes iv ever experienced on a bike.

Riding behind the operator is called "riding B$@ch" here. L.o.l..

Ya Suzuki had a water cooled 650 . Early eighties, maybe earlier.
One foggy morning on the way home from 3rd shift I nabbed a freshly road hit deer.
Took a couple bunji cords and holding it's tail on turns , but it rode home on my 500 behind me. A deer is slippery on a motorcycle seat!

Police on a motorcycle going the opposite direction on five lane road turned around.
Busy traffic and I sashayed through it at a good clip only to find him still following.
My works road was next and when I made the turn he hit his lights and siren.
Pulled into a lot and waited for him , thinking oh boy this ought to be a stack of tickets.
He said my registration was expired.
That meant he saw the color of the small sticker on my plate through all that traffic across those lanes!.

It just so happened I had just renewed my registration in person and hadn't put the new sticker on. I told him I had it and he asked when I was going to fix it.
Right now I said and fished the sticker out of my wallet.
That won't work , he said.

I'm thinking boy he's just wanting to write a ticket.
Why not? I asked.
That's the same sticker you already have!
Secretary of State had given me the same year colored sticker.
Well you get to go back and see them he said.

His bike was clinking and pinging away as it sat cooling.
I was thinking it had been well exercised to catch me but didn't want to mention that. (!)
(I felt he was content to have caught me though.)
How you like the bike? I asked.
It's alright he said.
Then we talked about bikes a bit.
He knew his way around it though. And was harp eyed.
He didn't say anything about how I was driving or how fast. And before I stopped for him I was counting on at least a couple tickets..

(Car registrations expired on birthdays. Motorcycle plates annually from previously registered day. I think.)

 

[robertk]

Those Kawasaki triples go for $20-25k now, in good condition. Take a look at the Vegas Mecum auction results online to see. It's mind blowing!

Wow! Wish I still had it. I only gave fifty bucks for it! Bought it off an old farmer that said it was junk and just wanted it out of his barn. Took some work, but ran like a champ when I got it fixed up.

 

[CreekSide]

High 40s today but a cold wind making it feel colder

 

[pepperj]

I'm surprised by all the bike enthusiasts in the chat.
Here's a bit of a rare one. Still purrs like a kitten.
1955 BMW R25/3

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Your surprised, geez I feel totally left out lately in the chat.
You're all a bunch of 2 wheeled addicts.🤣

 

[robertk]

Your surprised, geez I feel totally left out lately in the chat.
You're all a bunch of 2 wheeled addicts.🤣

Yeah, but how many have owned a dump truck? It's all relative.

 

[oldmxrat]

Forgot to post this one before Christmas.

 

[newnan man]

I'm not into motorcycles at all but it's ok reading the enthusiasim about them. Just today a guy was killed in Orlando. Someone cut him off that didn't see him. Too many ways to die, I don't need to stack the deck.
It's not "If" its "When & how bad." Still, it's a choice and everyone knows the risks.

 

[releventchair]

Yeah, but how many have owned a dump truck? It's all relative.

Here's For P.J..

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everybody

 

[releventchair]

Good morning everybody

Mornin Evan!

 

[pepperj]

Here's For P.J..

Mine is a tad smaller, and no air brakes. 8 yrs sitting and purred like a mountain lion.🤣

 

[pepperj]

Mornin Evan!

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How's the feelings in those hands?

 

[Evan in CA]

Okay one more motorcycle story for the two wheel addicted.

How's the feelings in those hands?

Tingly

 

[Evan in CA]

We rode three wheelers too those 250R ATC are death traps broke my collarbone. My fault only had front working brakes..

One weekend out camping and riding on my buddies property in the desert we went out on a ride. We headed up a big hill and then realized we are missing one of our riders. I said let’s backtrack to camp to make sure he’s OK on the way back to camp. I turned left off the main trail about 200 yards from camp and got T-bones by my buddy. My leg got pinched between his front tire and my bike. He flew over me and hit the hard packed desert gouge his hip. His girlfriend was there with him and took him to the hospital. I stayed the night with the rest of my buddies cause I didn’t wanna go stay in the hospital that night The next morning friends helping me breakdown camp and load up. I was hopping on 1 foot to get to the passenger seat when I noticed on the ground just before I took the next hoop I said, is that an arrowhead!!! I couldn’t believe it and that’s how I found my first arrowhead.

 

[pepperj]

Yeah, but how many have owned a dump truck? It's all relative.

Remember going to the Ford dealership to buy something with the Mrs.
Took a 1999 minivan out for a test drive.
I looked left, saw a minivan, looked ahead saw a minivan.
Went back to the dealership took the 1999 Ford Lightning out for a test drive, didn't see another.
Went back was sitting in the truck, the Mrs was looking at the minivan still.

Sitting there looking at all the minivans driving by the window. I looked over at the salesman and said "I'll take the truck"
There was only 150 in Canada.

 

[robertk]

Mornin Evan!

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The bad part is, I'm pretty sure that road sign says Missouri Department of Transportation. That biker must be from out of town, though. I mean... wow.