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Post by bigkenx on Jan 8, 2015 20:02:56 GMT 1
What is it about lc's , ypvs etc why are they so much fun , make you feel young again , make you a hooligan again , make you smile , make you cry , from when I first got my rd125 mk2 I knew I'd always have one or several rd's ,if I haven't got one I'm lost , very strange
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Post by iwantalc on Jan 8, 2015 20:14:09 GMT 1
its because we all like to think were born again teenagers wishful thinking
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Post by bigkenx on Jan 8, 2015 20:15:53 GMT 1
Ha ha yeah , it's the smell as well always when I smell one running reminds me of donnington gp
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Post by spooch63 on Jan 8, 2015 20:45:52 GMT 1
Its that smell of two stroke which reminds me of truely having my independence with usable speed, no matter how much you tuned your fizzy 50/55mph was about all it was good for and not really any good two up !!
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Post by gibba1008 on Jan 8, 2015 20:59:22 GMT 1
Its the sound that only the Rd makes with expansion chambers...... braaaaaap....
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Post by gibba1008 on Jan 8, 2015 21:00:21 GMT 1
Its the cackle that only the Rd makes with expansion chambers...... braaaaaap....
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Post by Ragger rd on Jan 8, 2015 21:12:21 GMT 1
Memory's that's all I'm saying
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Post by stusco on Jan 8, 2015 21:15:00 GMT 1
Best days of our lives
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Post by stusco on Jan 8, 2015 21:17:12 GMT 1
Chasing women,doing wheelies,stoppies,the smell,the noise very addictive
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Post by blakeseven on Jan 8, 2015 21:20:18 GMT 1
I ve ridden faster bikes , better handling bikes but never more exciting bikes than two strokes
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Post by bigkenx on Jan 8, 2015 21:39:27 GMT 1
They are just fooking the best thing ever and when power valves come out who ever thought of making that servo go zzzzz zzzzzzzzz was a genius felt like you were on a rocket I remember having a f2 valve someone said are you good at wheelies I said yeah not bad he said go on then as I got on the bike I thought hmmm I've tempted fate here as I clutched it up my glove somehow got trapped in between the throttle grip holy shit my legs were off the back it ripped my throttle hand off the bar and I landed back in the seat chest on the tank how I stayed on was more than luck as I looked bike the guy and his mate were actually lying on the floor pissing themselves I still see him now and it always starts by remember that f**k off wheelie you did
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Post by steve h on Jan 8, 2015 22:26:41 GMT 1
Because back in the day they were cracking bikes.....still are.
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Post by bigkenx on Jan 8, 2015 22:37:15 GMT 1
Very true
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Post by raven13 on Jan 8, 2015 23:07:26 GMT 1
because back in the day they were quite simply the most fun bike you could ride and nothing has changed in the last 30 years
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Post by jackjabba on Jan 9, 2015 9:53:41 GMT 1
Its because you could ride them to the limit everywhere and get away with it, usually. But try riding like that on a modern bike and you just cant do it.
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Post by bazzer5115 on Jan 9, 2015 10:30:27 GMT 1
It"s like sticking two fingers up to all the bureaucratic bullsh#it,red tape,environmental and health and safety none sense that is being rammed down our throats everyday!!
Two strokes are all you need!!(mind you the wife would want a few more!!!)
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Post by Norbo on Jan 9, 2015 10:35:59 GMT 1
they are small light and you don't have to go 160mph to have fun wether you trucking about on the back roads or racing they allways put a smile on your face . #
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Post by seang14 on Jan 9, 2015 10:44:07 GMT 1
Yep I agree with all the comments too!? Bring on The Summer and get rid of the Kids!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2015 12:13:43 GMT 1
Chasing women,doing wheelies,stoppies,the smell,the noise very addictive I'm still doing all those things  |
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Post by jackjabba on Jan 9, 2015 12:28:27 GMT 1
Chasing women,doing wheelies,stoppies,the smell,the noise very addictive I'm still doing all those things Yeah but the women are now milfs and the smell is now farts and the noise is just heavy breathing climbing the stairs.  |
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Post by bigkenx on Jan 9, 2015 15:59:54 GMT 1
Ha ha
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Post by gibba1008 on Jan 9, 2015 18:02:07 GMT 1
Gilfs......
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Post by liffy16 on Jan 9, 2015 18:51:44 GMT 1
nostalgia yes !!!! your old man wont get it british diesels!!!,your kids wont get it cars n playstation!!!!
we get it sweet spot of motorcycle design by yamaha affordable,light,tunable, character
it didnt last that long but we didnt
think we were going to either
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Post by liffy16 on Jan 9, 2015 18:51:59 GMT 1
nostalgia yes !!!! your old man wont get it british diesels!!!,your kids wont get it cars n playstation!!!!
we get it sweet spot of motorcycle design by yamaha affordable,light,tunable, character
it didnt last that long but we didnt
think we were going to either
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Post by kostas on Jan 9, 2015 18:55:59 GMT 1
The smell, the sound and the fact that something so old can be so fuc**n cool does it for me.
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Post by bigkenx on Jan 9, 2015 19:00:38 GMT 1
The design is timeless
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Post by justyr on Jan 9, 2015 19:01:43 GMT 1
Do you remember the very first time you saw one, heard and smelled it at tickover, saw the first wheelie of one. Heard one being banded, and thought 'gotta have one'.
Hooked.
I've never come across a modern bike that comes close. A 675 is as close as it gets and it's not even halfway there.
It's also about the time, the bike scene at the time and what these bikes meant to us then.
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Post by bigkenx on Jan 9, 2015 19:18:54 GMT 1
One of my mates had one when I was at school he was couple years older he had a sidewinder on it and it was in coca cola colours he was lethal on it looked mint sounded mint ive never got bored of looking at them not many bikes are like that
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Post by 1966baz on Jan 9, 2015 19:28:02 GMT 1
You've all just about covered it above , they are still one of the best fun and best looking bikes ever made. Roll on the spring.
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Post by seang14 on Jan 9, 2015 21:58:19 GMT 1
I remember first one I saw when I was on Bus on the way to High School, guy 1 Year older than n me on L Plates! I thought gotta have one of them when I'm 17! What happened? Government changed the Law so I was 1 of the first to ride 125's b*****ds eh!!!!!! Sean G
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