N_Tart

Why is it that just as I decide (but haven't got enough money) that a guy comes in our shop today with a mint condition RD500 that's for sale??? #-o

That's ok. With a bit of luck it won't be long before I'm asking you daft RD questions... Probably along the lines of "do you know where this bit goes"

Peter Green wrote Black Magic Woman and it's on the English Rose album. But santana covered it in 1970.

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Very nice! Don't think I can wait I'm off to buy a scratch card!

Well one of 'em will be coming gonna have to save up a bit more cash tho!

Polishing looks cool but it's a ba***rd to keep it looking good!! Lot's of time taken up!

Now that's very true Bazz but I'm not going to upset him just yet. I put the RD500 question to him (expecting his usual "what do you want one of those F***ing things for rant) and got "that could be interesting but what about an RG?" Well you can't have everything! Actally years ago my friend had one and I did quite like it. It handled well but they always seemed a bit more "delicate" than the RD's.

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Good idea! That way I won't have to fix it either!

Now that I like. I'm defeniately gonna start saving my spare cash. All I need to do know is persuade my other half that one of his suzukis will be better of living in the garden!!

I'd only just got here then!!

No, no no real power rangers don't wear any sort of protection. We're all invincible aren't we :wink:

Money mans back now

True... maybe I'll think about the 500 I always wanted. There's a guy comes in the shop who bought one to do up he's promised me a ride when it's done. I'm looking forward to that!

Better get them on here we're going to be short of yamaha owners soon

Speaking of sliders... got anymore info yet?

Lately I've been toying with the Idea of buying another but I'm worried that I've been spoilt by all the new technology that I've been riding in recent years and won't be able to appreciate the raw edges anymore!

Yep my first proper bike was RD350LC. The proper one not the ypvs (in my opinion anyway). When I was 16 it was all I wanted in the world! When I turned 17 my dad tried to persuade to do my car test I wasn't having any of it so in the end he said "pass your car test and i'll buy you an LC" I think he thought that i'd forget about bikes! But I didn't! Anyway he grudgingly helped me find one, which I kept standard for a little while. It wasn't long though til it went to Stan Stephens and had a stage 2 tune! I put hand made Pete Lomas pipes on it painted and polished it and loved it for 11 years when someone nicked it :cry: I met my crew through the lc. They had a collection of 250's, 350's and 500's ( i always wanted a 500) It's also how I got my name Nutty Tart!

As we get stung on petrol, roadtax, insurance etc etc it's only right that we get ONE thing that no one else gets!

Cheers for that guy's Dez will be pleased. But not as pleased as me coz I was right and he was wrong!!

My mate Dez is restoring one. It came with the worst paint job you have ever seen :shock: and he wants to repaint as it as standard. However we can't find any pics and we are arguing about the stripe up the tank. Don't s'pose you guys can remember seeing any on your internet travels? It's a 1985 one. All the one's Ive found so far have had paint jobs and there's no acounting for the tastes of some people!! :shock:

That's a shame. I personally love the smell of two stroke oil in the morning!

After 3 ex wives, 4 kid and 2 step kids you'd have thought he'd learn his lesson!

I haven't heard that but I might be able to get some insider info as I know one of the mechanics. I've heard some rumours that petronas could be getting completely new engines (know two people working on them but they're not allowed to say anymore)