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cregnybaa

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  1. 6 hours ago, cregnybaa said:

    Just found this, the first one to be sold in Shropshire. me taking the keys for my first gsxr in 1985.  it was a race bike as soon as I had 600 miles on it, the start of a journey that continues to this day.

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    That same bike later in the year at the manx gp.

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  2. 2 hours ago, dupersunc said:

    Gotcha. :)

    So the short F arm is the arm of choice at the TT?

    I don't know what most of the others run today, but I have got one 1100 with elongated chain adjusters and it does turn quicker with no side effects and I have used the short swingarm in the 750 with no problems.

  3. 7 minutes ago, dupersunc said:

    I'm not racing at the TT sadly.

    Didn't say you was, what I was trying to point out was most of those bikes were the ones with short swingarms and they had very good results. this is on the most demanding circuit in the world on both man and machinery and being ridden by some of the best riders of the time and believe me you don't win races on the IOM  with a substandard bike.. I have had oil cooled gsxr's from when they were first released and raced them continually to this day and have to say that there is such a load of negative shit printed about them it makes you laugh, they were pritty much the first jap bike that you could buy to go racing with that you didn't have to go looking for a aftermarket frame. back to your swingarm why don't you just elongate the adjusters in the swingarm to move the wheel forward.

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  4. 7 hours ago, Oilyspanner said:

    I'm with modern rubber and suspension calming the F down. A mate of mine bought an F when they came out (I was very envious !), he was so concerned about the bike's handling when pushed  - he traded it in for an RG500 ! which he loved, apart from the shocking fuel consumption..

    If you have any problems it'll probably be due to s.arm flex, which was noticed with the tyres when racing, even back then, some fitted 1100  s.arms, which are 1.6 times stiffer (from a P.Bikes article by John Robinson ).

    Short swing arm never bothered these below

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  5. 2 hours ago, YoshiJohnny said:

    sorted now thanks..

    new stanchions were £60 each

    had a word with a couple of proper engineers who just said to carefully peen the end over... stretching the metal slightly in the process...

    It was actually a piece of piss to do and is every bit as good as the original now as the holders are held tight and square as you peen the end over and seat it..

    pussy

    :D

    They are very good shafts apart from the pissing about.

  6. On ‎09‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 10:09 PM, Gammaboy said:

    Pussy. Proper flatslides with an accelerator pump aren't an issue, and if it's too heavy on your precious little flappy wrists, maybe you should ride a Gurls blouse.

    I'm running a R6 throttle tube in Bandit switchgear to get a quick turn.

    Pussy hey? would love to see you out brake him at the end of the railway straight:D.

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  7. 3 hours ago, Madb said:

    ^^^^^^ OLD SKOOL SUZUKI AT IT'S BEST ^^^^^  If this picture does'nt inspire or make  you take a sharp intake of breath then you're un deserving... 

    Hats of to the photographer! AWESOME!!!

    Yes it was a good day finished 12th with a final lap of 120.5 mph and 117mph average for the race that's 151 miles and one pitstop later. used no oil and didn't touch it mechanically the whole fortnight, just suspension tweeks and tyres .

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