03-10-2015, 02:03 PM
Memories. My first cycle was a 1972 R5C; which became the RD350 the next year. And so on...the one I had was pretty beat up when I bought it, 1985...it had gone through the hands of a Polish immigrant, and then his kid; and his kid had left home and bought a car. To both of them, a motorcycle was something you owned when you couldn't afford a car. Which of course is how it was in the Old Country.
Anyway...I bought that one for $150 in 1985 money. It ran; but not overly well...prone to overheating and the throttle slides would stick open on occasion. There were neither double-cabled throttles required back then - or kill switches. So I had a few wild moments.
I found out what a new Y cable would cost, the throttle cable that would branch out to the two carbs and sliders...and said, helwifit and bought a "new" bike. A 1981 SR 500; still new and unsold in 1986.
Both of those machines were UJB chassis; but more unlike machines from the same manufacturer, ever were. The thumper versus the high-revving smoker.
Nice work. Just watch those sticking sliders!
Anyway...I bought that one for $150 in 1985 money. It ran; but not overly well...prone to overheating and the throttle slides would stick open on occasion. There were neither double-cabled throttles required back then - or kill switches. So I had a few wild moments.
I found out what a new Y cable would cost, the throttle cable that would branch out to the two carbs and sliders...and said, helwifit and bought a "new" bike. A 1981 SR 500; still new and unsold in 1986.
Both of those machines were UJB chassis; but more unlike machines from the same manufacturer, ever were. The thumper versus the high-revving smoker.
Nice work. Just watch those sticking sliders!