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From: Hog on 1 Jul 2010 13:06 Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > Champ wrote: > >> On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:32:14 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" >> <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Cool, think I'll do a little happy dance then. It'll live here as a >>> spare for L when she comes over in the car, so I'll get to play on >>> it lots. >> >> Yes. All jap sports 400s were fantastic exercises in minature >> engineering, so I don't expect it will have responded well to >> standing idle for 8 years. >> >> I see much swearing at carburettors in your future... > > That's ok, it's a joy working on things in the new garage, & I get my > jungle sorted out in exchange. I can't think of any spannering job I'd > hate more than gardening, so it's all good. Someone, Wrecked Ferret? used to turn up at OSM's on an FZR250-4 I seem to recall? It struck me as a rather wonderful idea. -- Hog
From: Pip Luscher on 1 Jul 2010 15:00 On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:14:48 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >[1] Imagine what a 4-cyl 400 built with modern materials technology >would be like nowadays 20,000 rpm redline? 85bhp? hubba hubba. Whatever happened to the 400 class? -- -Pip
From: Champ on 1 Jul 2010 15:23 On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:00:08 +0100, Pip Luscher <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:14:48 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > >>[1] Imagine what a 4-cyl 400 built with modern materials technology >>would be like nowadays 20,000 rpm redline? 85bhp? hubba hubba. >Whatever happened to the 400 class? I think the domestic Japanese legislation that had spawned it was changed, allowing Jap riders to ride bigger bikes more easily. TOG might be able to give a more informed answer. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Lozzo on 1 Jul 2010 15:44 Champ wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 12:41:49 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" > <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > > > it appears I part-own an FZR400 as of 2 minutes ago. Been sat > > in a garage unused for 8 years, but it was free so I ain't > > complaining. Are they any good? > > Thay can be. 400 racing is still alive an well in some places > (despite most of the bikes now being 15 or so years old[1]). A 'well > screwed together" FZR400 is as good as any of the other marques, and > they had a rep as being one of the sweetest handling 400s. Olie Linsdell was still winning Manx GP races on his FZR400SP three years ago, by a clear 13 minutes IIRC -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: ogden on 1 Jul 2010 16:38
Hog wrote: > Someone, Wrecked Ferret? used to turn up at OSM's on an FZR250-4 I seem to > recall? It struck me as a rather wonderful idea. That was Tallbloke, wasn't it? Sold it to the Bonwicks. If you're going to get a sports 250, there's only one way to go, and it ain't a four stroke. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250 |