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Xbjelly9s
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 12:05 am: | 
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Just happened to see this today! Uncle had one, second streetbike i had ever ridden. Ahh...i really need a bigger garage.
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/740961829.html
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Irideabuell
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 06:22 am: |
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1973 Honda CL350 was my first bike. It had the high slung exhaust and the tips would always rust out.
I replaced my tips by cutting them off with a hacksaw and replacing them with the exhaust tips of a VW Bug - remember those two skinny pipes that came out the back.
I got lots of compliments back then on that modification!
That bike would run and run and run. I was only 16 and remember coming home one afternoon from work on a weekend. I pulled up in the garage and my dad asked me if I'd ever checked the oil on the bike.
What? You're supposed to check the oil? This thing has oil in it? Isn't it bad enough that I have to pay 37 cents a gallon to put gas in it?
It didn't even register on the dip stick. That was my first lesson in mechanics! |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 06:53 am: |
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that was the scrambler is what i was told. that was my oldest brothers first bike and the first bike that i got stopped on for running a stop sign when i was maybe 17. he had the red and white one. |
Irideabuell
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:03 am: |
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That's the one Neil. Mine was red and white too. I think I paid $500 for it in 1980.
Great bike! |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:04 am: |
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What does UJM stand for BTW? Not an Aussie term. |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:11 am: |
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my brother bought his brand new at a honda dealer in mckeesport pa i think in 74.
ujm = universal japanese motorcycle |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:18 am: |
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UJM was a derogatory term coined by Euro and American-brand riders to refer to an inline-four, double-overhead cam, chain driven motorcycle from Japan. Essentially, the brand was unimportant, the implication being you could change the logo on the tank and no one would notice the difference.
That was FAR from the truth, but that was the belief by those NOT in the know. Just try and convince a Kawasaki Z1 owner that there was no difference between his bike and a CB900F and see where that got you! |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:19 am: |
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We just said Jap Crap. |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:24 am: |
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that's why they probably put so much plastic on them now so you don't see the metal rusting away. mine started to rust within months of purchasing. but they are what they are. |
Gjwinaus
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:25 am: |
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What does UJM stand for BTW? Not an Aussie term.
Dave, dunno about where you lived in Aus but I've known the inline 4s as UJMs since the early '80s |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:27 am: |
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My XS1100s were great bikes. It was what we could afford.
I turned a SR500 into half a XLCR because that was my budget. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:29 am: |
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42 years Sydney, Newcastle, Gold Coast, Perth, Hobart. Always with motorcycles - Never heard the term. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:41 am: |
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I'll tell ya's something else too.
I did a series of articles where I got a classic and follow it's model path to it's current equivalent
I got a showroom condition K2 750 and did a side by side comparison of a new Hornet 900.
I had 67 and 2004 Bonnevilles side by side and a few others as well - Ducati Hailwoods and stuff.
The old models were all in as good condition as you could get them - and compared to the late model units they were bloody 'orrible.
Lead clutches, skinny wheeled underpowered and nowhere near as joyous as the modern counterparts.
Old days schmold days. |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:44 am: |
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that's why i say they are what they are. in general you can ride the piss out of em, do what you wanted to them, for the most part affordable to ride and at the time were more reliable than a harley. couldn't ask for more than that. when i went to buy my 550, there was a harley dealer next to the honda dealer and the guy that took me to get it rode a sportster and even tried to talk me into the sportster but i just didn't know that much about harleys and everyone else i knew had rice burners so i went with what most of the people had. because we all know that "you meet the nicest people on a honda"
of course the new saying is "you meet the greatest people on a buell"
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Gjwinaus
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 09:11 am: |
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I turned a SR500 into half a XLCR because that was my budget.
I rode an XT with SR running gear and let me tell you that there was not a lot of difference in performance to the CR so you didnt't miss much |
Honu
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 01:09 pm: |
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My 78 Suzuki GS 1000-E, in 1979. $2400.00 Out the door in early 79.
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Brumbear
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 06:38 pm: |
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Laugh if you want but memorial day I wrecked the xb12ss and while I am putting her back together I am currently riding a 77/78 kz 1000 I will post pics ASAP the bike runs and sounds great but it doesn't habdle like a Buell thats for sure |
Honu
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 06:58 pm: |
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Brumbear,
No laugh here. When I bought the zook, my buddy bought a 78 Kaw K-1000.
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Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 07:41 pm: |
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i ended up using my brothers 78 or 79 kz1 ltd for awhile. he let me take it back to pittsburgh from midland michigan back in 1979. first time i was over 100 on two wheels riding the pa turnpike. i must have look stupid as sh!t wearing that back pack the whole way. didn't have a whole lot of choice in the matter. |
Gjwinaus
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 11:32 pm: |
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I had a 79 Kwaka (Kawasaki) Z1000 ST shaftie, It was a great bike, no dirty chains,put it away wet, no problem, ready to go when you wanted to go, but ultimatly there was no sentimental attachment so away it went |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 04:53 am: |
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I asked Brian this afternoon - Do you know the term 'UJM'.
'Yeah of course'
So I fessed up 'The Buell guys online were talking about it - I've never encountered it'.
'You're sniffing glue.' |
Cowboy
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 06:06 am: |
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Hey guys I am having a hard time with this thread. It is nostalgia and you all keep talking about all this modern stuff from the late 70's and 80's. My 1st bike was a 1947 Harley--2nd was 1953 Indian chief those were used bikes My 1st. new bike was a 1956 Harley(FLH) It was as slow as old Honey on a cold morning traded it for BSA, that was my 1st. meeting with new British Bikes. (I had been riding about 15 yrs) when I saw my 1st. Honda I said thay want last damn was I wrong. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 06:23 am: |
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We'll type slower for ya great-grandad. :-P |
Cowboy
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 06:39 am: |
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Dont slow down on my acount I still I have another few yrs left in me, I have a friend that ownes a GSXR 750 And GSXR 1000 he lets me ride them whin I feel I need more than my X1 or V-Rod can give me. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 06:57 am: |
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Nice work. |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 07:40 am: |
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so cowboy, how did it feel when they finally started putting rubber on those wheels back then. |
Cowboy
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 08:11 am: |
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Was a great improvement every time you would slide a stop the wooden wheel would get out of round, you would have to do a burn out to true it up but gas motor was the best invention you should try to ride and keep a fire going for steam. |
Nevrenuf
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 08:17 am: |
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Cowboy
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 08:39 am: |
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Sorry I cant play any more today (4th july) I have to fire up my pits do N spare ribs. every one enjoy the holiday. lol |
Dynasport
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 08:53 am: |
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Never had a UJM, but compared to what I had I wish I did. My first street bike (rode dirt since I was 8 or so) was a 70-something Honda CX500. A v-twin with the v the wrong way. Slow, heavy, didn't handle, seat fell apart, the list goes on. At the time it was my main mode of transportation, though. Then one day I loaned it to a friend who proceeded to wreck it. I ended up selling it for scrap. Bad end to a bike and a friendship.
Still riding a v-twin all these years later. |
Brumbear
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 10:02 am: |
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was that the silver wing model? |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 10:07 am: |
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In the states we only got two versions of the Honda CX, the GL "SilverWing" and the "L" model cruiser. I saw a very eye-catching sport version of that bike in Canada, and that was my first inkling that we generally DON'T get the good stuff in the States...
The next was the GORGEOUS metallic ruby-red version of the plain, dull grey XJ650RJ SECA that I owned. I didn't even recognize the bike at first when I saw it on the floor at the Yamaha dealership in Montreal. It was next to a SMOKIN' Yamaha RZV500, a V-Four two stroke sportbike that was also never made available in the States (along with the Suzuki RG500 Gamma). Somehow a couple of people managed to "Gray market" those two bikes into the States because I remember seeing them a time or two at Marcus Dairy. |
