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I tried the rest, returned to the best !
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-- Edited by Longman on Thursday 9th of September 2010 05:14:44 PM

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I hear a few doors slaming in the distance nono must be more sheep.

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You forget young Doug, I had one for a year and a half. In my learned opinion, they make a great trail bike.smile

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nonono

 

But mr Rob, did the HONDA XR650R (kickerwink) really get an honest crack of the whip???smile



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Yeah man.

The Honda was a great bike (the sale finishing at 9.20 on ebay tonight) I have done a lot of laneing on it and kept up with the KTM boys no problem. But with my back problem, I could not ride on the road for more than 30 mins. without problems.

So my long distance ambitions are shot. Hence the return to the laneing god, that is the KTM.biggrin


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clap.gifWelcome back to the bright side!!! My long friend.clap.gif


Long Live KTM!!!!!!


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Arh, a friend in deed, is a friend with 'A KTM' (NOT WEED)

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Longman wrote:

Arh, a friend in deed, is a friend with 'A KTM' (NOT WEED)



For KTM owners;

all my friends need .. to carry spanners on their steads ...
and the cost of maintenance makes their hearts bleed ....

Did I just say that?? Ooopps!! wink

 



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Nice.

Year?

CC?

Bleet!

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Late 06-07 400 by my guess

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400cc, '07 the last off the 400 before the reintroduction.

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Nice, so when can I buy it off you biggrinwink

Spent 4hrs sprucing the van as soon as I got it home. She's gleamin' now smile
Insured it today, bit of a sting in the tail in that there seem to be few insurers that'll allow you to use you car NCB on a commercial vehicle. The big insurers do (Aviva etc...) but you obviously pay more with them. It got upped by nearly £100 as a result! cry Oh well, cest la vie, I'm happy aside from that. Thx



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Yeah, I only found out about the difficulty transferring NCB when I sold the van to you.no

You can have the bike in 6 months (only joking)biggrin

AND SLICK, YOU CAN SHUT IT (in a nice way, you understand)biggrin


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nice bike robmiester.

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so just out of interest,

by trying the rest..... what other bikes did you try?

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no way have you tried them all !
beware of pride before a fall ?



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Most likely thats why your back is playing up, if you have tried them all thats an awful lot of riding

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I lied, only ridden the the lanes on,  KTM400/450, XR400/600/650, Kwaka 250 4t. So what do I know ! smilebiggrinnobiggrin

The back problem stems from almost snapping myself in half in a RTA 17 years ago (dam those Kawasaki ZXR750R's and an indestructible attitude)





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Your ZXR750R was a class bike Mr Longman smile.gif

I had the H2 - the one with the hoover pipes going into the tank. Loved it, nearly ended in tears on several trips out with the indestructable attitude smile.gif

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Mine was the H2, cracking bike but I snapped it in half on a larda car. Years and years of ridding bikes and that was the only time I got it wrong nosmile

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Hell pearcy man, you can get into trouble on a plastic bin - the potential for disaster on one of them is incomprehencible (how do you spell that confuse)

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so you are getting a lambretta ,biggrin 

do they come with trials tyres biggrin 



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Yeah Nick biggrin,back to the fold........smile

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lambrettas are real fun on UCRs

particularly for the less lankey legged

best fitted with knobblies

only downside is they are 2 stroke

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Torr wrote:

lambrettas are real fun on UCRs

particularly for the less lankey legged

best fitted with knobblies

only downside is they are 2 stroke


2 strokes are lighter, more powerful per cc, and less complicated than their peers.

Bit like me - or so the missus saidno

 



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Good choice of bike mate, just what the doctor ordered I reckon wink

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Thanks Phil smile

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Wankell?

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He is a bloody big bloke to be calling names Mr Torr.

Just because he rides a KTM I think thats a bit strong. - mind you, JT and Phil400 ride them. biggrinbiggrinbiggrin


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I had a KTM and it was a 2 stroke....... Ok for leggy fit twentysomethings !




















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Well I think it looks bloody lovely Rob. Shame you can't road ride anymore but I do know what you're on about. I liked your big red device would have been nice if you could have kept them both.......

Still not as nice as a Husky though......




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Torr wrote:

I had a KTM and it was a 2 stroke....... Ok for leggy fit twentysomethings !




See I keep telling them I'm not a fat 40+........


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Looks very nice.

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I like to Wankell, do you ?



Don't no what your on about Torr biggrin



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Isn't a Wankel a no stroke?  Missing the point entirely.  (In the way our teutonic bretheren seem most ably equipped )wink KTM built by austrians!

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Pete Mate : I don't know what you just said, but I like it. biggrin












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wankel.jpg

Wankel..... invented by an Austrian

is it a 2 or 4 stroke?
So famous in engine design that any motor vehicle produced in Austria should be called a Wankell

Like not all vaccume cleaners are Hoovers etc etc

like the word for motorcycle in Swahilli is "honda"...................

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Wankel  - must be a three stroke if it's anything but I'm sticking with a no stroke myself cos it's a rotary and my specs are no longer powerful enuff.ashamed

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Although to be correct, all motorcycles holding such engines should be called Norton's smile.gif

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Norton

My Top Trump cards said Van Veen!

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Not only Norton, Rich.  Suzuki built one in the 70s.  Old f@rts like me remember that sort of stuff.

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Chris, Van Veen made a fine looking twin disc wankel too [no less] does this mean I'm an old f@rt too?


http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/van_veen_ocr_1000_1977.php

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About time Longmiester,

I felt shattered just thinking of you kicking that machine over!

great to see you back on the bestsmile

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I'm afraid you need other qualifications such as being dog slow in the lanes and listening to music other than (c)rap.biggrin

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PeterBc wrote:

Chris, Van Veen made a fine looking twin disc wankel too [no less] does this mean I'm an old f@rt too?


http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/van_veen_ocr_1000_1977.php


Pete: Here,

http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/van_veen_ocr_1000_1977.php

Whatever you all say, you can't beat a good WANKEl !

 

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hurry up and buy your next beauty so that i can have a look biggrin



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So Nick, you like the KTM or is it the XL600LMF.

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Yeh, but Norton overcame all the problems of trying to make a small rotary powerful & reliable.
They were better than the 4T's but couldn't stack up against the 2T's if I remember rightly.
Still, I'd like to see a rotary lane riding tool...

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Longman wrote:

 

PeterBc wrote:

Chris, Van Veen made a fine looking twin disc wankel too [no less] does this mean I'm an old f@rt too?


http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/van_veen_ocr_1000_1977.php


Pete: Here,

http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/van_veen_ocr_1000_1977.php

Whatever you all say, you can't beat a good WANKEl !

 

Thanks Rodders

 


Clicked on your link now firefox has bloody pop ups left right and center...furious

 



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Zwei Wankels kann nicht ein Vonkel machen .wink

But it may put a teutonic furioussmile on your facebiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

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