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Post by colinjay on May 20, 2008 21:56:13 GMT -5
Hi all, Just thoguht that I would post a picture of a bike one of the mates in Broken Hill is building. It isn't a SR500 but at least it is using a TT500 frame!  The owner of the bike is Chris Fraser from the Silverton Hotel, some what famous for his V8 LSR bike. Chris has done most of the work and Rob Wilson from Premier Sidecars has been doing some of the work with the mounting of the engine into the frame. The night I was there, (drinking homebrewed "vegimite" beer , more than helping in anyway) was the first time the engine had been bolted up problery and the boys are now working on trying to get the 4 expansion chambers to fit. The engine, if you don't recognise it is a Yamaha TZ750. Chris's aim is for the bike to be a loose replica of the famous Kenny Roberts TZ750 dirt tracker. He is still trying to find a set of forks to replace the leading axle one currently fitted, plus numerous other bits needed to finish the bike. CJ |
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Post by aero on May 21, 2008 2:53:25 GMT -5
Mad as a box of ducks on acid......but nice!
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Post by wmd on May 21, 2008 4:45:09 GMT -5
that will be one kool bike when finished  love it wmd |
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Post by milkman on May 21, 2008 8:00:31 GMT -5
I suppose when you've ridden this:  , a TZ750 replica seems like a nice run around? |
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Post by malakiblunt on May 21, 2008 10:15:56 GMT -5
Oh coincidence i was just thinking about the kenny roberts bike today and how bonkers it was,  its looking realy good how much hp does that engine make on the pipe(s) |
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Post by solo2racr on May 21, 2008 11:04:23 GMT -5
Depending on the state of tune, 120HP at the crank. I had the opportunity to work on a TZ750 back in their heyday. It was for Greg Smrz in 1983. His tuner, Phil Flack, is a good friend on mine. He ended up 3rd at the end of the season when the AMA still had a Formula one class.
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Post by malakiblunt on May 21, 2008 11:24:49 GMT -5
oh that just shows what a crazy world we now live in when off the shelf R1's are makeing 180, 120 dosent sound so much any more well untill you compare it to 30bhp  |
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Post by solo2racr on May 21, 2008 12:00:18 GMT -5
oh that just shows what a crazy world we now live in when off the shelf R1's are makeing 180, 120 dosent sound so much any more well untill you compare it to 30bhp I can't say I have ridden an R1 but I can tell you when you get to 7000-7500 rpm on the TZ, you are WELL aware of 120hp. ;D |
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Post by malakiblunt on May 21, 2008 12:17:43 GMT -5
LoL yeah i havent ridden either , but im certain your right that the power dilvery of a 750 2 stroke in a bike that i dont imagine weighs much more than an empty f*g packet would be umm stimulateing ;D
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Post by StewRoss on May 21, 2008 17:29:32 GMT -5
Yes there are a lot of mad guys out in Broken Hill. Must be all the minerals in the air...heh, heh... My brother was there recently talking to some SR guys...there's a few SRs there being worked over for Lake Gairdner. He came back impressed. They would not have been happy about it being off this year! Guess my brother and I will have to take up the challenge as well...family thing. TZ750 trackers...take it to Morgan and put it on the mile! You'll have to remove the rear brake though... SR  |
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Post by colinjay on May 21, 2008 17:40:32 GMT -5
I am not sure if Chris is going to ride the bike in any kind of "anger". When we were drinking and talking about it the night I took the picture, there were many mentions of another freind, Jimmy Horgan doing the test riding. Back in the late 70,s Jimmy used to race a speedway sidecar with a TZ700/750 engine. Although I don't think Chris would have much trouble on the bike considering some of the things he has ridden and the fact that he has won a couple of Aust longtrack sidecar titles (1/2 and 1 mile dirt oval racing). In the early 80's I helped him fit and setup a Suzuki RG500 Mk8 road race engine into a Suzuki GT750 chassis for longtrack, It is very scary as a passenger doing jetting runs/plug chops on public roads on a sidecar that does 130mph with no brakes. He eventually built another longtrack outfit with twin RG500 engines (a rectangular 8?), which he also ran at the Pondee sand drags in the late 80's in solo form!!
CJ
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Post by marlon on May 22, 2008 5:00:39 GMT -5
Sillier than a bum full of smarties.
I love it.
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Post by milkman on May 22, 2008 9:47:58 GMT -5
I love that sort of thinking - a rectangular 8!
must have been awesome
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Post by colinjay on Nov 3, 2008 3:38:44 GMT -5
I was up in The Hill over the weekend and dropped out to the Silverton Hotel to see Fraz and check how the beast was comming along.  As you can see it is comming along nicely, with only a few minor detail bits to do to be finished. I told Fraz, that I DON"T want a ride on it when its up and sorted, call me a chicken if you want and I will happily don the yellow feathered suit! CJ P.S. Stew, I meet up with Glen out at Silverton and we had a bit of a chat about your Salty ambitions. |
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Post by StewRoss on Nov 3, 2008 5:12:52 GMT -5
Hi Colin,
Yes he told me about it...might be interesting out at Gairdner in a while...the SR underclass!
It should be fun, hmm, not sure About the TZ...wonder if it'll wind the frame up when the power goes on...dirt only! Seems like a fun thing to try...maybe...heh, heh...
SR ;D
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