Random 1980s racing pictures

[onformula1]

Do you know what happened to the Simons UDX forks?

Did you find the front brake caliper you needed.

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[3WW Star-John_Neary]

OC250r has our UDX KTM, he and i confirmed it is our old bike. Its the "chopped Honda" some guys gave him crap about a few years back in some long forgotten thread about it i only found by google search on Franks three wheelers.

I have the caliper, its the Grimeca front master cylinder that was stolen off the Rotax for one of my Quad racers in 86. Same time it lost its number plate and gear shift...was hard getting parts back in those days living in the sticks so kinda had to recycle bikes like that at times. You know how it is.

I need the front brake version of this -



But i can not even find pictures of it on the internet let alone a source and it was something i never saw besides on Kelvin's bikes. You can see it in the photos of my Rotax a few pages back, square brake fluid reservoir with a silver top.

About the best shot i have of it.

[phantomtracer]

John, a little off topic, but can you explain the reasoning for the very small rear fenders.
It seems like they offered no protection.

[3WW Star-John_Neary]

result of wanting less drag on the 1/4 speedways and not being able to put the fiberglass back on for the other 95% of the tracks :P

[onformula1]

OC250r has our UDX KTM, he and i confirmed it is our old bike. Its the "chopped Honda" some guys gave him crap about a few years back in some long forgotten thread about it i only found by google search on Franks three wheelers.

I have the caliper, its the Grimeca front master cylinder that was stolen off the Rotax for one of my Quad racers in 86. Same time it lost its number plate and gear shift...was hard getting parts back in those days living in the sticks so kinda had to recycle bikes like that at times. You know how it is.

I need the front brake version of this -



But i can not even find pictures of it on the internet let alone a source and it was something i never saw besides on Kelvin's bikes. You can see it in the photos of my Rotax a few pages back, square brake fluid reservoir with a silver top.

About the best shot i have of it.

I did not know that was your trike, pretty cool.

[3WW Star-John_Neary]

couple shots from Saddleback, Indian Dunes and Riverside world championship



Someone buy this and lets make a 3B Lightning replica



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-YZ-/1...m=141761058388

[3WW Star-John_Neary]

when Tri Motos attack, tonight at 10 on Discovery



got my o-rings and gaskets from Tony so can put the engine back together tonight, notice the 32 year old magnetic drain plug still doing its job and holding onto those metal bits. they are a must have imo



just one of a few stacks like this of photos ive got plus George's albums so more pics yet to come

[fabiodriven]

John thanks so much, well everyone who has posted actually, for these pictures. I've been bedridden for far too long now and this stuff is great.

I don't mean to hurt any feelings, think of it as a term of endearment maybe... But that XR500 conversion I'd be hard pressed to call handsome, haha. As long as it held it's own though which obviously you all are the experts on! Every time I see it with the other bikes it looks like someone on a Segway pushing a wheel barrow around or something, haha. I don't know. Not trying to be a smart arse or anything...

[3WW Star-John_Neary]

@fabiodriven - No hurt feelings, those early bikes of ours with the cut fenders and weird tire sizes are "unique" looking to put it nicely, in that last set that is my funky little 200 that has the big rears and the little front so we had weird looking bikes to spare

[El Camexican]

Shot in the dark, but is this close?

[3WW Star-John_Neary]

@El Camexican - Yeah ive found a few Grimeca front brakes like that one but they are all 1995 or newer and i am trying to stay period correct on the obvious stuff.

So far this is as close as i have found to at least looking correct.

http://revivalcycles.com/products/ku...aster-cylinder

or this one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAVERDA-GUZZ...item33a7228e6d

since its something i can put on at anytime i am waiting till the bike is back together before deciding on the off chance ill happen across the exact type i am looking for, as low as those odds are seeming atm

[Joseph Farrow]

Still good stuff. Keep it coming.

John it appears there are several cc bikes on the line.....At your local races did they line up all the classes at the same time and run them all together?

[3WW Star-John_Neary]

i am not sure really, #55 was a pretty good rider so its not the 200 class combined with the 250 amateurs like they sometimes did

could of just been a small turn out and he was the only 250 that day

[3WW Star-John_Neary]

couple more pics

San Jose flat track nationals in 82,#29 is Mark Amero and i am on the #10.We where always close on speed and had lots of close races over the years and i had a lot of repect for him as a rider. I had bike problems all weekend with a unknown engine issue that we never did resolve and placed well out of the top 10. I moved to a 200x not long after this and my Nicholson was retired.



#17 and 18 are my friends Bobby and Matt, wish i could remember #55's name.



Curtis Sparks out front as usual with #475 Dan Lamey in tow on a extremely trick Yamaha Tri Moto 200 fourstroke that Rob Selvy built with a chromoly steel frame and long travel suspension.The #143 and #178 are brothers Greg and Scott Hunsucker with me bringing up the rear. I do not recall what track this is from. Everyone but Dan is on a Nicholson frame 200 Honda.



Motley crew mix and match of home built bikes. Before the 200x came out the 200 class always had a wide range of unusual entries.

[Orangecnty250r]

Sorry, I have periods of time where the days/weeks seem to get away from me and I don't check this thread. Here is the master cylinder. For the chain buffer I used a green orthotic material that looks pretty good...not sure how durable it is compared to the original.