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Post by allspeeds on Aug 2, 2020 0:01:24 GMT 1
Im cool as well, forget it ill send you a pm
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Post by allspeeds on Aug 1, 2020 23:50:29 GMT 1
f**k me i can't be arsed you win the forum splitting hair war if it makes you happy sorry i questioned your post, I like 2 strokes that why i am here. Akai paint scheme Barry Sheene, so f**king what ?
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Post by allspeeds on Aug 1, 2020 23:20:23 GMT 1
Chill out ,its just that particular paint scheme has been done before you did it ,so what?no biggy ,its Saturday night with beer on board I have no particular point to make I am not trying to wind you up or upset you ,you made a post I replied this is the purpose of a forum don't take it the wrong way.have a beer who gives a f**k? not me
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Post by allspeeds on Aug 1, 2020 22:51:32 GMT 1
So who is ripping off who? ( I am beer induced confused ) but this is not exactly something new that you dreamed up at art school ,to put it politely it was inspired by another original colour scheme before you invented it.
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Post by allspeeds on Aug 1, 2020 22:09:44 GMT 1
Are you talking about the Akai rip off paint scheme ?
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Post by allspeeds on Jul 25, 2020 18:44:53 GMT 1
I had forgotten how nice the blue 3 stripes looked.
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Own up
Jul 24, 2020 20:13:35 GMT 1
Post by allspeeds on Jul 24, 2020 20:13:35 GMT 1
So who has the small can microns on sale on ebay for £1000 ?
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Post by allspeeds on Jul 18, 2020 12:04:49 GMT 1
On the 5th of June he posted a picture of a batch of boxed tanks in Retro packaging saying ready for delivery so I would hope he is or will be doing another batch as he seems to have plenty of interest and he has done the hard work in setting up production I would imagine.
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Post by allspeeds on Jul 18, 2020 8:58:21 GMT 1
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Post by allspeeds on Jul 18, 2020 8:57:14 GMT 1
If you click on the FB link that says retro its translates into English and he says he is putting the tanks into production already and taking orders. There are also some vids of the tanks they look bang on.
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Post by allspeeds on Jul 9, 2020 19:44:54 GMT 1
I've got both and deffo prefer riding the valve, but if i was building a hybrid I would start with an Lc for 2 reasons they are iconic and you can get parts easier,tanks panels etc.I would put a pv motor in ,both great bikes so why split hairs.
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Post by allspeeds on Jul 1, 2020 18:02:43 GMT 1
Its a great ring tone but I can't get it to sync on to my iPhone ,probably because it doesn't involve apple making any money out of it, even though I have a MacBook a iPhone and a subscribtion to iTunes I am starting to really hate apple as a company all they want to do is rinse me.
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Post by allspeeds on Jun 19, 2020 20:49:42 GMT 1
I actually don't think its not that far off the mark ,there is a guy on facebook selling German imports at around £3k and people are snapping them up ,the German ones have a different spec and even a different model and frame number to the Uk bikes, genuine Uk rd50m are very rare now and that bike will be worth the asking price pretty soon, its looks to be a good honest one. Bit pissed off I sold mine for £35. Doing a restoration on a uk one now and its chewing cash.
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Post by allspeeds on Jun 15, 2020 16:36:18 GMT 1
Powervalves are the connoisseurs lc everyone knows that(except veg who is probably in denial). How about a sticky on funds for her ,giving his address etc. Also the how to spot the scam bikes on ebay for beginners sticky.
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Post by allspeeds on Jun 12, 2020 22:56:59 GMT 1
I had Allspeeds on my Rd125dx in 1983, its about the only thing I can remember from 1983 as I spent a couple of years off my tits around that time.
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Post by allspeeds on Jun 11, 2020 22:04:57 GMT 1
Did anyone make any in roads on the Jap made 31k repro tanks? they were looking good.
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Post by allspeeds on May 16, 2020 8:22:00 GMT 1
The only reason there is so much Chinese product is that it’s cheap. It has its place but it’s a sort of false positive. Admittedly things can work out ok, my present mower gets an oil change if I feel like it and not every season but seems to soldier on and is it really any worse the the old Brit stuff. It seems the house is full of crap at times, quite often when we want something there isn’t much choice, how much of it though is British companies who’s only aim is to make a fast buck or sorry, quid. The name Echo to me is budget, I had an Echo chain saw 40 odd years ago and was only good for light occasional use before it got reluctant to start then discarded. Buy Stihl or Husqvarna if you want it to last, they are more stealable though. Even inanimate objects though are crap. Totally agree, its almost impossible to avoid Chinese components now, and a high percentage of it is just not fit for purpose, its so frustrating that the modern world excepts this crap and proper manufacturers have had to close because their costs are higher because they make the products properly with correct materials and tolerances .I could bang on about my hate of Chinese manufacturing all day, they are progressively de-engineering the world.
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Post by allspeeds on May 2, 2020 12:37:51 GMT 1
Spoke to him last week he is going to do a caliper for me.
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Post by allspeeds on May 2, 2020 10:14:08 GMT 1
I think its mainly the testing that keeps them standard ,I believe in some of the Euro countries modification makes getting an annual test very difficult, if not impossible.I think that leads to a mindset of standard is better? I have 2 imports one is a 125dx from Switzerland and one is a 31K from Australia they both are the same as UK spec as far as I can tell and have all the factory parts they left Japan with, I registered both of them it was fairly easy.
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Post by allspeeds on May 1, 2020 21:56:08 GMT 1
My Dad had a Flying squirrel and guess what he sold it in the late 70s early 80s ffs. They were water cooled parallel twins that pissed all over the 4 strokes of the day 60 years ahead of the LC. One of the bike mags did a ride out with a Scott and a LC. I think Scott were also pioneers of the kick start but I could be wrong as I have been at the wife's gin. I do know that Scott left the company to do other things and after that they stopped being progressive. Even today the bikes are not stupid money.
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Post by allspeeds on May 1, 2020 21:43:06 GMT 1
Opened up my clocks on my Rd50 and changed the rusty cases for some nice clean ones i got from a guy in Germany ,thanks for the info Dusty, it gave me the confidence to attack them.
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Post by allspeeds on Apr 26, 2020 22:46:16 GMT 1
Both my dad and my grandad stopped the day they retired. Dad went on for another 20 yrs and gramps went on for over 30 years both did it cold turkey. When I was a kid everyone smoked and if you rode a bike you were cool and to be cool you tabbed it. As soon as I was 16 on my birthday I started, Now I’m 50 I would slap my 15 yr old if he had a fag. Why did you wait until you were 16 ? I was smoking at 12 never stopped until I was in my 30,s everyone smoked when I was a boy ,when I was an apprentice etc if you didn't smoke the other blokes thought you weren't right, you could have a smoke with an older a workmate and be accepted.Strange now looking back.
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Post by allspeeds on Apr 26, 2020 22:31:36 GMT 1
Great idea you are on a roll now
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Post by allspeeds on Apr 21, 2020 21:47:16 GMT 1
Hi Paul 31k great choice Welcome in mate
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Post by allspeeds on Apr 21, 2020 21:39:34 GMT 1
Bin the power jets and get 31k carbs
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Post by allspeeds on Apr 17, 2020 16:15:13 GMT 1
Fantastic job you have done there ,what a lovely bike.
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Post by allspeeds on Apr 12, 2020 22:34:55 GMT 1
Cool as ,really, really nice I wish I had those skills and the ability to plan and build bikes like that.
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Post by allspeeds on Apr 12, 2020 22:28:39 GMT 1
I used to smoke 30 Emabasy No 1 per day ,smoked from when I was 12 until my mid 30,s thank f**k I knocked that on the head. Red and white Lcs are called faster then the blue bounty ones.Haha Mine has Mars bar stripes on a white tank I think it looks even faster than the black ones.
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ACF-50
Apr 12, 2020 22:22:09 GMT 1
Post by allspeeds on Apr 12, 2020 22:22:09 GMT 1
I use it on the chrome on my air-cooled bikes over winter and various parts on the Lcs ,would not be without it great stuff.
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Post by allspeeds on Apr 7, 2020 16:59:17 GMT 1
Totally awesome ,what a bike.
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