Member Contributer FotoMoto Posted February 1, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted February 1, 2009 A friend of mine recently bought H-D's new XR1200 flat-tracker replica from an area dealer way up the road in the Texas mid-coast city of Victoria. He needed to take it back for the break in check so I tagged along as I was looking for an excuse to get in a good long ride. Weather reports were looking excellent (low 70's/no wind) but it cleared out overnight and this morning I was greeted with this: YIKES! Well, I added another layer or two (no electrics) and hit the road at 8 a.m. sharp. A few miles down the road, I quickly determined that I can add my name (again.........) to the failed thermostat list. It also happened on my last VTEC on a trip but at least with my 4gen I don't have to worry about an FI system reverting to cold start mode thus killing mpg. Bike ran fine and really seem to love the brisk air. After dropping off the XR, we grabbed some lunch and headed over to another dealer who sells Polaris atv's and Hyosung bikes but really has roots as an independent shop since the 70's. David, the owner, has been an avid rider, mx/flat track racer, mad-man, pack-rat, wrench, and crazy modder. Here's a link to some old pics and such on his shops' website: http://www.bosartspolaris.com/gallery.htm He gave us a tour of his place and the amount of "stuff" he has collected/amassed over the years is bewildering. Here's a "few" pics that don't come close to showing everything and a couple of trivia questions thrown in for good measure. A Hyosung 650 race bike that's been a very capable winner in the twins class. Interesting pipe design he came up with. I bet it's LOUD! Jota single anyone? Not quite a basket case but certainly needs some luv. If the vintage Jota needs more help in the motor department, you can pick up one of these from the parts department. Pardon the low quality pic, it was in a cloudy plexiglass case. Next, we headed into the first of three warehouses/shops chocked full of stuff. Most of it is pre-2K. Fenders. Need a Honda tank? How about some vintage shocks? Side covers, most of which haven't been available from the factories for many, many years. Seats? We gotcha' seats right over here! Motors, motors, motors. Carbs and more carbs. Wheels, cylinder heads, whatever you need. LOL Cranks, rods, and piston assemblies. Handlebars in virtually every bend. And now on to some of bikes, too many to count. Vintage dirt bikes tucked away in this corner. Santa watches over them. Cool old Whizzer. His personal mid 70's custom CB750 with a period trick bodywork kit. Don't see many with custom hydraulic clutches. I don't know if he machined the calipers his self or just engraved them. That was a sportster fender at one time. 60's Honda CL (?). Check out the pipes! Tucked way in the back of the second, bigger building I found not one but two VF1000's. An F model here. And a 86 R model with custom paint here. It's parked right next to a John Deere. I let you draw your own conclusions........ After spending a couple of hours there, we went back to the pick up the XL. Even in a pack of Harleys', which bike did one of the faithful spin around and check out? Yeah, you can't resist the power of the dark side. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer FotoMoto Posted February 1, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 1, 2009 OK, trivia quiz number one: Name this bike. Number two: name this motor. Number three: name this bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Ha! Love the 'power band'!! :cool: And that little carbon shorty happens to be exactly the kind of exhaust I'm building for my VF750F... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer FotoMoto Posted February 3, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 3, 2009 Any guesses on the trivia quiz? :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Um, I'll hazard a guess at an Elsinore? I'm still a bit young for most of that stuff... :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vfrurknee Posted February 3, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted February 3, 2009 That first bike looks like an MR 50, Honda. It was 2 stroke and Soichiro hated 2 strokes. The engine looks like a CX500, the horizontal 500 twin, but they also made it a 650. The last bike is NOT a Harley. Got no clues on it or its origin. Of coarse I could be wrong on all three! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer Madness Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 with Seb on #1, or a JAWA! :huh: I agree with Thee, VFRURKNEE!!!!! A transverse V. :fing02: It might be ME for #3..... :fing02: Found in the shed of a log house we rented in the fall. SR500 beside it. Apparently a Turkish company bought all of the moulds and still produces them? Former Czech Company??? :blink: 250cc single ring dinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted February 3, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted February 3, 2009 MZ is a former East German company, it originates from 1906 where in 1917 the brand name DKW was established . in 1929 DKW was the largest mc mfgr in the world. The Soviets took the factory apart after WW2 and moved all stuff to the Motherland (yeah, payback is a biatch..) Russians still like 2 strokes.. East Germans build a new factory and started producing again. After the wall came down, MZ did sell ETZ patents to a turskish company and they moved on to 4 stroke engines The comnpany now trades as MuZ http://www.muz.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer Madness Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 WOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did we win?????? A Fully 'equipped' Ducati?? Do me and Dutchy get to split the prize????? :fing02: Note: Dutchy, I'll break her in first..... and I promise I'll ride 'er hard and put 'er away wet! :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer FotoMoto Posted February 4, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2009 OK, VFRURKNEE wins on #1 and #2. :huh: :blink: Yes, that is an old mister 50 (MR50) sans a lot of parts. I thought my off angle composition and it missing one cylinder head might fool many on the CX500. The 500 turbos and all the 650's were black BTW. Umm, I don't know what #3 is. I hoping for an "expert" to answer. :fing02: :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer oyama Posted February 4, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2009 Number three: name this bike. Yep, this is German MZ. They were smoky, some says unreliable, but almost the only bikes available in Hungary back in the days. Actually, I took my motorcycle test with one of those about 20 years ago. Gush, I am old... :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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