The meaning of life.

[acotrel]

'Truth is a fickle jade'. As I was watching this video, I was remembering some of the things I have posted on Facebook. Saying I think Albert Einstein had things correct does not mean much coming from someone such as me. I am a very mediocre scientist. -

 

[ashman]

The meaning of life, two wheels, and handle bars, a bike that handles great in the tight twisties.
You need to get off YouTube Al and get working on your bike.

 

[acotrel]

The meaning of life, two wheels, and handle bars, a bike that handles great in the tight twisties.
You need to get off YouTube Al and get working on your bike.

I still cannot look at it without feeling sick. I used to enjoy working on it. I think a lot has to do with how my mate's kids behaved at his funeral. I wanted to speak for him, but I couldn't. It was just bloody horrible. My mate was never married, but he had 3 kids. Their mother was somebody whom I usually avoided talking to - she was extremely depressing. Another of my mates used to work on his bike in their shop. He said 'I don't mind her, but I wish she would not talk to me'.

 

[acotrel]

Ashley, you seem to have the perception that my Seeley 850 could be ridden on public roads. First gear would be enough to get me booked anywhere in Australia. It is the same thing as a BSA Gold Star with an RRT2 gearbox on steroids. For the first 100 meters from a stand still, it just lurches forward unless the clutch is slipped, then everything happens. Our speed limit is 100KPH - it will do more than that in first gear. On a race track, I get around the slowest corners, in second gear with the motor above 5,500 RPM. If you are ever coming south, I would try to meet you at Goulburn where you can experience it on a race track. Let me know a long way in advance, if you want to do that. I do not mind who rides my bike. I would tell you what to do with it. It is a bit different from many. Actually I think it is a bit of a joke that something so bad could be that good.

 

[baz]

Ashley, you seem to have the perception that my Seeley 850 could be ridden on public roads. First gear would be enough to get me booked anywhere in Australia. It is the same thing as a BSA Gold Star with an RRT2 gearbox on steroids. For the first 100 meters from a stand still, it just lurches forward unless the clutch is slipped, then everything happens. Our speed limit is 100KPH - it will do more than that in first gear. On a race track, I get around the slowest corners, in second gear with the motor above 5,500 RPM. If you are ever coming south, I would try to meet you at Goulburn where you can experience it on a race track. Let me know a long way in advance, if you want to do that. I do not mind who rides my bike. I would tell you what to do with it. It is a bit different from many. Actually I think it is a bit of a joke that something so bad could be that good.

Al with all due respect I think Ash means get out a bike
Any bike and stop talking about it
There's blokes in my bike club that are a fair bit older than you that still sling a leg over
Admittedly as you say where you live is pretty boring to ride on the road but hey it's better than nothing mate

 

[ashman]

You can always change gear ratios, everything is possible Al and more fun being able to ride anytime of the year, as for thinking about death, life goes on I lost 2 good friends in the last 3 months, one younger than me and as I grew up he was my mate younger brother who got me into Nortons and Featherbed frames.
Al we are only here for a short time, enjoy it while we can, worrying about death and the loss of good mates, just get together with the other mates and talk about all the good times we had with our fallen friend, the other friend was my mate mother 93 she made it too I was 17 years old and turning into their driveway on my Honda trials bike but had to stop to give way to an oncoming car when I was hit from behind by a speeding car, was the start of my problems with my left knee, my mate's mum always brought up about that day when they took me away to hospital, but over the years I have lost a few good mates they all rode bikes but none never died while riding them, alcohol abuse and health problems and the big C, left way to young, but we never forget.
Just get back into your bike or another bike and enjoy life, I say, before it's too late.

Ashley

 

[ashman]

I hate watching YouTube videos of bikers riding with cameras, best to be doing the riding, seeing bikes and riders with a cameras mounted on their bike or helmet, I no need to look back on where I been or done, I just do it again another day and what's with these fools on adventure bikes who ride on the road standing up, they look so stupid, standing up while in the bush yes, but on the road what fools/tools they are, well that's my opinion anyway.

 

[baz]

I hate watching YouTube videos of bikers riding with cameras, best to be doing the riding, seeing bikes and riders with a cameras mounted on their bike or helmet, I no need to look back on where I been or done, I just do it again another day and what's with these fools on adventure bikes who ride on the road standing up, they look so stupid, standing up while in the bush yes, but on the road what fools/tools they are, well that's my opinion anyway.

I don't get it either
I have seen some really weird shit over the years I can't be arsed with it myself
I don't really get the blokes that dress like power rangers on sports bikes
Or the blokes that ride Harley lookalike cruisers but at least they are out there doing what they are doing they don't bother me and as long as they aren't bothering sheep I don't care

 

[ashman]

I don't get it either
I have seen some really weird shit over the years I can't be arsed with it myself
I don't really get the blokes that dress like power rangers on sports bikes
Or the blokes that ride Harley lookalike cruisers but at least they are out there doing what they are doing they don't bother me and as long as they aren't bothering sheep I don't care

It don't worry me what bikes people ride as long as its 2 wheels except scooters I don't class them as real motorcycles lol, if someone is broken down on the side of the road I will always stop to help no matter what bike they are on, but then that's just me and one day I might need help is the way I look at it.
Weird shit, man I could write a book on the shit I had seen in the 50+ years of riding lol.

 

[Fast Eddie]

I hate watching YouTube videos of bikers riding with cameras, best to be doing the riding, seeing bikes and riders with a cameras mounted on their bike or helmet, I no need to look back on where I been or done, I just do it again another day and what's with these fools on adventure bikes who ride on the road standing up, they look so stupid, standing up while in the bush yes, but on the road what fools/tools they are, well that's my opinion anyway.

I had a Ducati Multi Strada a while ago and used to frequently stand up on it, my mates thought I was posing until I pointed out I was simply trying to relieve the immense pain in my arse caused by the ridiculously uncomfortable seat !!

 

[robs ss]

My mate (nameless - but on the forum) has hip problems/pain.
Riding behind him is like watching a Richard Simmons instruction video!

 

[acotrel]

I have serious problem with motorcycles. When I get on one, I ride it as fast as it will go. And if I start the motor on a motorcycle, I immediately have an uncontrollable urge to ride it. A few years ago, I rode a VFR400 Honda. It went to 180 KPH easily, then stopped accelerating. It did not miss - it just would not go any faster. I don't know how the Japanese achieved speed limiting. I would have thought the motor would miss. I have started thinking about my Seeley850 again. If I put it back together again, I would probably start it in my driveway. That might create a problem - a short burst up the road would not upset the cops ? But what if one of them is a police-woman.

 

[Schwany]

I had a '90 FZR400 and it was not limited to 180KPH stock. I put flat slide carburetors on it and a Yoshimura slip-on, and it was a little quicker, but incredibly loud and very high pitched. I used to push it out of the neighborhood before starting it if I was going out for an early weekend warrior ride. However, I doubt I ever got over 130 MPH on it. It was relatively light weight and small which made it handle well, but was low on torque obviously. I only kept it for maybe a year. Liter bikes were more my thing.

Motorcycles are not "the meaning of life" for me. They are just toys.

Don't stop posting Al.

 

[hhh]

I have serious problem with motorcycles. When I get on one, I ride it as fast as it will go. And if I start the motor on a motorcycle, I immediately have an uncontrollable urge to ride it. A few years ago, I rode a VFR400 Honda. It went to 180 KPH easily, then stopped accelerating. It did not miss - it just would not go any faster. I don't know how the Japanese achieved speed limiting. I would have thought the motor would miss. I have started thinking about my Seeley850 again. If I put it back together again, I would probably start it in my driveway. That might create a problem - a short burst up the road would not upset the cops ? But what if one of them is a police-woman.

RPM limiting on the VFR400 is achieved by a mechanical mechanism in the speedometer cutting spark to two cylinders.

 

[baz]

I had a '90 FZR400 and it was not limited to 180KPH stock. I put flat slide carburetors on it and a Yoshimura slip-on, and it was a little quicker, but incredibly loud and very high pitched. I used to push it out of the neighborhood before starting it if I was going out for an early weekend warrior ride. However, I doubt I ever got over 130 MPH on it. It was relatively light weight and small which made it handle well, but was low on torque obviously. I only kept it for maybe a year. Liter bikes were more my thing.

Motorcycles are not "the meaning of life" for me. They are just toys.

Don't stop posting Al.

I had an fzr400 exup
It had no restriction on it as far as I know
It'd indicate just over 130mph on the clock!
It was funny at the time because it was the smallest cc bike in my collection but the fastest
My daughter was quite young at the time and one day she said to me "dad you don't look right on that bike" and she was right I didn't

 

[Craig]

Hard to look right at all times with this “hobby” (addiction we all have)

 

[concours]

Hard to look right at all times with this “hobby” (addiction we all have)

I like the double take when I take off the helmet after ripping the RZ.

"Whadgoo expect? A 20yo? They couldn't figure out how to start it..."

 

[baz]

I like the double take when I take off the helmet after ripping the RZ.

"Whadgoo expect? A 20yo? They couldn't figure out how to start it..."

I used to get a double take because my fzr had a fastback tail piece and the top half of an Africa twin fairing
I don't have a picture of it when it was finished but I painted the fairing and tail piece to match the tank

 

[Schwany]

I had an fzr400 exup
It had no restriction on it as far as I know
It'd indicate just over 130mph on the clock!
It was funny at the time because it was the smallest cc bike in my collection but the fastest
My daughter was quite young at the time and one day she said to me "dad you don't look right on that bike" and she was right I didn't

Were you wearing shorts, flipflops, and a baseball cap on backwards. That would not look right.

I wore Black Vanson leathers when I rode mine. I bought the bike new and it looked like a Black '90 FZR400 initially. Your FZR400 was a year or so earlier. The only difference would have been paint scheme and the '90 had a Delta Box swing arm. It also had ExUp. I coudn't find any pics with the Yosh pipe on it without tearing apart my office.

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• Schwany
• Dec 9, 2023

FZR400 Ended up installing Mikuni RS flat slides and a Yoshimura slip-on. Sounded like a banshee...

 

[baz]

Were you wearing shorts, flipflops, and a baseball cap on backwards. That would not look right.

I wore Black Vanson leathers when I rode mine. I bought the bike new and it looked like a Black '90 FZR400 initially. Your FZR400 was a year or so earlier. The only difference would have been paint scheme and the '90 had a Delta Box swing arm. It also had ExUp. I coudn't find any pics with the Yosh pipe on it without tearing apart my office.

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• Schwany
• Dec 9, 2023

FZR400 Ended up installing Mikuni RS flat slides and a Yoshimura slip-on. Sounded like a banshee...

I think they were great bikes
Superb handling and brakes etc
I fitted a Yoshi van to mine and it revved to infinity, easily went past 14000 rpm my neighbours loved me

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