grunt
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Post by grunt on Apr 25, 2011 8:31:35 GMT 1
after many months of riding my fzr400rr about, my lucky day finally came! i was at work on saturday when a middle aged guy was interested in my fzr and said he had a bike in his shed that has been in there for 15 years which he couldnt remember the name of all he knew is it was a ypvs he said come around and have a look to see if your intrested so off i toodled after work wondering what the hell this bike was when i got to the house i went round to his shed with him to look at this bike and couldnt see a thing untill he undone 3 cupboard doors to reveal this hiding in dust !   |
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Post by lcowner on Apr 25, 2011 8:36:29 GMT 1
holy god ,i suppose u said casually 'mmmm whats dat a yamaha' ;D |
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Post by Fingermaus on Apr 25, 2011 8:38:53 GMT 1
Absolutley fantasic! ;D
Finding the ark of the covenant would have been less of a surprize.
Brilliant!Congrats.
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grunt
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Post by grunt on Apr 25, 2011 8:43:31 GMT 1
yes i nearly wet myself with excitment matching numbers 13000miles from new not a scratch on it  the most shocking this is because its a carpentry shed the wood dust has absorbed the moisture so the bike hasnt gone rusty ;D the best thing was the bike has stood for all this time i put alittle bit of fuel and checked the plugs then gave it a kick over then got the camera going this is what happened |
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Post by loctite on Apr 25, 2011 9:16:47 GMT 1
did you buy it then,,,, go on then how much ;D ;D
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Post by billymc on Apr 25, 2011 9:40:03 GMT 1
lucky find mate ... hope you bought it had one of these when i 20 and a cracking bike
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butchy
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Post by butchy on Apr 25, 2011 10:34:17 GMT 1
What a find you lucky sod  |
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Post by scoobytoo on Apr 25, 2011 10:41:13 GMT 1
you jammy bar steward !!! was it in Faversham ?
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Post by mellow on Apr 25, 2011 11:32:36 GMT 1
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Post by twostroker on Apr 25, 2011 18:23:17 GMT 1
thats a nice little find,how much did you pay for it?
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Post by Pidz on Apr 25, 2011 18:26:32 GMT 1
Lucky find, well done. But..... Mmm! I saw the video and heard it running 'ruff'. This is due to the 'wood' dust being sucked into the cylinders. But I have a special genuine Yamaha tool, called a 'woodruff' key. This should clear it out.  Now it is completely useless to you, I am prepared to offer you a cash sum of 200 notes for it? Ha ha! C'mon guys, anythings worth a try..lol |
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Post by bubba on Apr 25, 2011 20:22:29 GMT 1
best thing in a cuboard i have seen what a find that is! well done  |
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Post by LC'Adam on Apr 25, 2011 20:29:49 GMT 1
Did he have to knock down the cupboard to get it out lol?
Bet you said "Ah yes..... hmmmm, these don't make much now'a days, I'll take it off your hands"
;D ;D ;D
Nice one mate,
Adam.
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Post by looey on Apr 25, 2011 21:40:06 GMT 1
Bl**dy nice one mate, looks an absolute cracker Sorry I didn't get to talk to you for long the other day. When you came over I had 10 people trying to talk to me, then me phone went off and then u woz gone   . Did I smoke you out on that dual carriage way  Sorry ;D |
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Post by mellow on Apr 25, 2011 21:48:56 GMT 1
Lookin good.mcdonalds was nice m8 ;D U n looey hangin out now then  |
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grunt
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Post by grunt on Apr 25, 2011 22:25:38 GMT 1
yes looey your x7 is a fookin missile haha no mells we done the easter egg run from whitstable the other week this bike is definatly a keeper ;D |
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Post by mellow on Apr 25, 2011 22:29:13 GMT 1
didnt drop any off at mine |
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Post by looey on Apr 26, 2011 14:56:16 GMT 1
didnt drop any off at mine Well we did knock with some but we could hear you using the hairdryer so obviously you couldn't hear the door bell ;D ;D |
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Post by LC'Adam on Apr 26, 2011 15:02:13 GMT 1
Bahaha, brilliant looey ;D |
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Post by mellow on Apr 26, 2011 15:41:00 GMT 1
HA!! ;D
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grunt
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Post by grunt on Apr 26, 2011 18:35:29 GMT 1
after cleaning the carbs and giving the bike a quick clean this is what shes like ready for the big clean and polish ;D
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Post by paddyontour on Apr 29, 2011 11:54:15 GMT 1
Was Narnia at the back of that cupboard?
some people have all the luck! - nice find!
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Post by Norbo on May 4, 2011 8:13:44 GMT 1
That has cleaned up real nice mat good fined . your luckey to get it . and we both know you allmost didnt .
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Now it is completely useless to you, I am prepared to offer you a cash sum of 200 notes for it? Ha ha! C'mon guys, anythings worth a try..lol
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