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jabcb
Moto GP
Posts: 4241 Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 69 T350 thru 75 GT750
Location: southwestern Pennsylvania
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by jabcb » Sat Aug 13, 2016 3:52 pm
Cafe Racer Magazine had their annual Readers Ride-In Bike Show today.
Was at a park near their headquarters in Sewickley, PA, which is a few miles west of Pittsburgh.
Turnout probably was a little down because of the rain & heat.
We got wet on the way home. RedZone/GT550 ran fine but the T500 broke down near home. Got the T500 home with problem TBD.
Pics of the entered bikes:
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more
Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
jabcb
Moto GP
Posts: 4241 Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 69 T350 thru 75 GT750
Location: southwestern Pennsylvania
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by jabcb » Sat Aug 13, 2016 3:53 pm
Last but not least, Suzukis owned by forum members.
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more
Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
jabcb
Moto GP
Posts: 4241 Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 69 T350 thru 75 GT750
Location: southwestern Pennsylvania
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by jabcb » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:52 pm
Found some links to a few of the winners.
People’s Choice and Best Japanese Cafe awards: Andrew Frederick’s seafoam green 1973 CB 350 Honda:
Best in Show: Tyler Stepp’s all-white 1974 CB 360 Honda:
Wildest Engineering: Virginian Sean Skinner’s Yamaha Virago:
http://cyrilhuzeblog.com/2016/08/17/9th ... w-winners/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/263343600392002/
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more
Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
jabcb
Moto GP
Posts: 4241 Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 69 T350 thru 75 GT750
Location: southwestern Pennsylvania
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by jabcb » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:35 pm
Just got the October/November issue of Cafe Racer magazine. Its has the ride-in bike show article.
Forum member desmocat / Shoemake Vintage won 2nd place for wildest engineering. Congrats.
The magazine pic is similar to mine show above & here:
The two bikes we took were also shown: Redzone & my T500.
The magazine pic is similar to mine show above & here:
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more
Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
Alan H
Moto GP
Posts: 3172 Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:50 am
Country: England
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 4 x GT550s - J, M, A, B.
Location: The Republic of South Yorkshire
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by Alan H » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:02 pm
Very nice. I think the date may be slightly out though.
It grates that I understand though as I seem to speak the same language!
Think of how stupid the average person is, then realise that half of them are more stupid than that.
jabcb
Moto GP
Posts: 4241 Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 69 T350 thru 75 GT750
Location: southwestern Pennsylvania
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by jabcb » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:38 pm
Oops. 2106 vs. 2016 — I can’t blame this typo on auto spell correction.
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more
Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
jabcb
Moto GP
Posts: 4241 Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 69 T350 thru 75 GT750
Location: southwestern Pennsylvania
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by jabcb » Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:52 pm
The Photobucket policy change trashed the pics. I moved the pics over to Flickr & am reposting them.
Cafe Racer Magazine had their annual Readers Ride-In Bike Show in August 2016.
Was at a park near their headquarters in Sewickley, PA, which is a few miles west of Pittsburgh.
Turnout probably was a little down because of the rain & heat.
We got wet on the way home. RedZone/GT550 ran fine but the T500 broke down near home. Got the T500 home with problem TBD.
(Update: I think the T500 died because the pod filters got soaked in a downpour. Compression was low so we did a top end rebuild with oversize pistons & all is good.)
Pics of the entered bikes:
CRM_2016-08-13_0250 by
jabcb , on Flickr
CRM_2016-08-13_0252 by
jabcb , on Flickr
CRM_2016-08-13_0254 by
jabcb , on Flickr
CRM_2016-08-13_0256 by
jabcb , on Flickr
CRM_2016-08-13_0257 by
jabcb , on Flickr
CRM_2016-08-13_0259 by
jabcb , on Flickr
CRM_2016-08-13_0261 by
jabcb , on Flickr
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more
Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
jabcb
Moto GP
Posts: 4241 Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 69 T350 thru 75 GT750
Location: southwestern Pennsylvania
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by jabcb » Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:53 pm
Last but not least, Suzukis owned by forum members.
CRM_2016-08-13_0262 by
jabcb , on Flickr
CRM_2016-08-13_0263 by
jabcb , on Flickr
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more
Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
Alan H
Moto GP
Posts: 3172 Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:50 am
Country: England
Suzuki 2-Strokes: 4 x GT550s - J, M, A, B.
Location: The Republic of South Yorkshire
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by Alan H » Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:48 pm
Nice pics. Thanks for reposting.
Think of how stupid the average person is, then realise that half of them are more stupid than that.