Ponoka

Post by **oldjapanesebikes** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:56 pm

This past weekend was the CVMG Ponoka Rally in Alberta, and for the most part we had great weather. About a dozen Buffalo's showed up (along with their owners

) plus several other Suzuki and Kawasaki smokers as well as many non-smokers. The high point was the club challenge on Saturday which our club organised this year - it was a good time.

Photos of many of the club member's bikes on display, as well as of the club challenge can be found here.

Enjoy !

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:00 pm

Ian.
Thanks for the great pictures and the exposure for all to see. The Suzuki two strokes were definitely well represented throughout the weekend. Lots of fun to hear the hotrods run, and catch the ear of the unsuspecting audience. I always enjoy that event every year, I hope you did too. BTW, John, Darcy, Art, and I followed Wolfgang on his Laverda with no charging system, all the way to Red Deer. Janice picked him up there, and followed him all the way to Calgary. Thats one seriously tough battery he has on that thing, considering he lost charging at Cochrane on the way up. Cheers.
Fred

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:08 pm

I like the black GT750 w/red rims, a few others I like also, this one rings my bell though.

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:15 am

TLRam1 wrote:I like the black GT750 w/red rims, a few others I like also, this one rings my bell though.

That happens to be my beast. Thanks for the compliment. It is long, low, and evil. The pipes definitely emit a hell of a howl. It is an interesting project with many pieces from other Suzuki's. Katana 650 forks, calipers, and rotors. RE5 front rim anodised Red. Gs 11 swingarm. Custom 4 inch wide rear rim also anodised red. GS 1000 rear hub and disc break. All stainless spokes. Tomcat pipes ( he did a street port job to match the pipes). Carburation has a long way to go to feed the monster. Thats why the intakes were canted 15 degrees to make room for bigger carbs. The madness continues!! Cheers.
Fred

johnakay · Post by **johnakay** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:45 am

About a dozen Buffalo's showed up (along with their owners )
gee did the owners came with their buffalo's

johnakay · Post by **johnakay** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:01 am

I to like the yours.you've done a good job and it looks more upto date. this some thing that I should have done instead of all that chrome.
I'm sure Iwould have kept it.
saw this at the vjmc show. this what I should have some thing like this but better. this was up for sale about £1000!

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:20 pm

Buffalo-guy wrote:
TLRam1 wrote:I like the black GT750 w/red rims, a few others I like also, this one rings my bell though.
That happens to be my beast. Thanks for the compliment. It is long, low, and evil. The pipes definitely emit a hell of a howl. It is an interesting project with many pieces from other Suzuki's. Katana 650 forks, calipers, and rotors. RE5 front rim anodised Red. Gs 11 swingarm. Custom 4 inch wide rear rim also anodised red. GS 1000 rear hub and disc break. All stainless spokes. Tomcat pipes ( he did a street port job to match the pipes). Carburation has a long way to go to feed the monster. Thats why the intakes were canted 15 degrees to make room for bigger carbs. The madness continues!! Cheers.
Fred

First time I have seen your bike Fred, hope you don't mind

I had to save the photo of your bike, nice job and from the sound of you, still in progress.

How does it run? I will take another look, elaborate further what you did with the carbs and intake.

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:11 pm

How does it run? I will take another look, elaborate further what you did with the carbs and intake.[/quote]

Terry.
I wish I could take credit for the way the bike turned out, but I can't. My friend Ron built this bike after he rode a hotrodded GT that I built for myself out of a 72 basket case. I did a lot of experimenting on that bike, and it turned out to be a very nice piece, and It inspired Ron to build this one. I sold mine two years ago, and Ron became disenchanted with the beast after numerous electrical foibles that left him at the side of the road a few times. He tried to sell it on line a few times, and was inundated by scammers, so he made me an offer that I couldn't refuse. And here it is. I did contribute some vested interest in it, by building the engine for him, and completely debugging the electrical system. The melt down cost him two Boyer ignitions before the problems were corrected. (the whole problem traced back to the original fuse holder starting a chain of events that killed the entire charging system and ignitions. Pitty)
During the engine build, it was decided to modify to accept 34mm carbs for better breathing. I had a set of 34s that were one of those prejetted upgrade kits for buffalos back in the day, but they never worked very well for the guy I got them from, so we went with 32mm carbs from a J model that were set up to the same specs as my former bike had worked well with. No where near enough breath with the Tomcat pipes and the mild porting he did. The bike makes as much power, or more, than my original hot rod, but the top third of the throttle does nothing. Not enough fuel or air getting in I suspect, so I am determined to make the 34's work. The 34's are physically taller than the 32's, and need the 15 degree angle to clear the transmision hump. The intake stacks were milled off, and the 1/2 inch plate was bored, welded, mated, drilled and tapped for the carb adapters, and anything up to 36mm carbs will fit like factory. I'm confident I'll be able to get the beast woken up with the bigger carbs and proper jetting. The journey has sure been entertaining up to this point. I'll be tapping into the vast knowledge bank that is this forum when I get it back on the bench for further experimentation. When it happens, you are invited to come up and take it for a rip. Hell, Texas is only 4 or 5 inches away on the map. How far can that be? Looks like I,m getting long winded on this one, so this is me signing off. Cheers.
Fred

markj · Post by **markj** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:20 am

Interesting read Fred. That's a cool bike.

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:35 am

You nust be on the 500 mile per inch scale! Now, what if I called your bluff and came up for a ride.

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:08 pm

TLRam1 wrote:You nust be on the 500 mile per inch scale! Now, what if I called your bluff and came up for a ride.

Terry.
You have no idea how that would please me. The invitation stands for the rest too. My bikes are not sacred relics to be hidden away. I like others to enjoy my bikes as much as I do. Like I heard in a movie once, "You can take that to the bank". Cheers.
Fred