MT Riders Club

well since moving back to new zealand(lived in edinburgh for 3 years) i have aquired a few bikes
the first one i got when i was back is
the mighty suzuki b120

it was just what i needed when i got back, good on gas, $8 would get me too and from work for 2 weeks, and because its so detuned it never requires any maintance, saying that its only got 6000km (4000miles) on the clock not bad for a 30 year old bike hehe

next one i got was a project bike... a 1972 mini buffalo.... its really a bridgestone 60cc 4 speed powered bike

(yeah the guys who make tyres also made bikes, all of which were rotary valve 2 strokes) it was a basket case, with a seized big end and the top end wasnt much better,

there are no parts available any more .. or since 74, so it was a mission to say the least custom made big end, modified conrod, all new seals and bearings, and huskqarna chainsaw rings
here is the very first time i tryed to start it after putting it back together


the next bike is
a vt250 a crappy honda v twin,

i got it given to me with 2 fuct engines
both big ends gone, good on ya honda for using shell bearings instead of rollers on the crank..
she's been apart 3 times now, and is running finally, but a word to the wise, stay away from hondas with shell bearing big ends, it'll only end in tears

next is another basket
a kh125 of 78 vintage, (another rotary valve)

unfortunatly the barrrel is completly shagged,

i bought another whole bike on ebay uk, and when i was over a couple of months ago i took off the barrel and some other bits and gave the reat of the bike to a wrecker mate just out side edinburgh.... unfortunatly... the new kh125's use a smaller bore, so carrying a barrel across the world in my hand luggage was a complete waste of time.... but i just bought this



this new bike has been sitting out side for a couple of years, so is in a bit of a state, but its only done 7000km and has good compression, so im sure ill get 1 mint bike out of the 2

next is one of my favourite bikes of all time... (fav to look at anyway)
its hondas flagship of the 80's


the mighty vf1000. its absolutly mint, showroom condition bike, ive had to give it a full top end rebuild, as they had a fair few problems, bad top end oiling and soft cams, fortunatly this one just required rocker arm re-surfacing, it was mainly the us models that really suffered,
when this bike came up, i couldnt let it go past, i used to have a pic of it on my wall when i was a kid, and always wanted one. shame it handles like a dog the rear air shock is the worst idea i have ever heard of on a bike , hehe, but a hagon shock will sort that out when i have some cash spare,

and finally my mz/jawa/rotax bastard child.


funnily enough its the only bike i have thought of as a "him" i havn't named him yet,
muzjartax? jarmuz? anyway, he's a dog, and has cost me a pretty penny in parts, floats from germany, a new sprag from the uk, still needs valve clearances done, and i think ill turn it into a flat tracker/street tracker, but that can wait

and this is my fav pic of my old zxr750 fighter in scotland



sorry for the long winded bit. and thats just 1 year of bikes, actually not even 1 year
no wonder my mrs hates bikes, hehe

nice!

Its good to have a hobby

Daj

you'll have to get an MT next, c'mon...

I hear your tears on the KH 125, I once owned a 250 triple, I was advised to carry at least 6 sparkplugs, nobody told me to carry a complete set of tools, two gallons of two stroke, and a centre barrel plus piston every time I wanted to pop down the shops! still at least it was more reliable than my mates 500 triple, that siezed within 10 minutes of starting.

i never thought i would see another b120 again .
brings back memories, ( my very first (field) bike)
nice eclectic mix there.

awesome collection man....

first two bikes are amazing..

Abdallah

it was more reliable than my mates 500 triple, that siezed within 10 minutes of starting.

Yeah but I bet it was running great just before it did

Had a KH250 sounded great pulled well, pitty about the gearbox oil being stored it the exhaust pipes and the middle pots rings preferring to live a good five meters behind the bike

cheers guys, if a mt ever turns up in nz, ill definatly snap it up, for the moment the mz which has the same heart (rotax 500) will have to do,
i really want a decent supermoto next, but ill finish the kh125 first for the girlfriend to learn on.....

Harleyphernalia wrote:i never thought i would see another b120 again .
brings back memories, ( my very first (field) bike)

When we were lads a mate of mine had one of these - our best trick was to all go for a ride in the woods on it - at the same time! 5 people on a B120! You had to see it to believe it!

Morpheus