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benbrz
Twinstar
Joined: Jul 02, 2003
Posts: 257
Location: France
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DonR
CB1100F
Joined: Feb 17, 2009
Posts: 2104
Location: Oz
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Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:41 pm |
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benbrz
Twinstar
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Location: France
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Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:45 pm |
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Thanks Ben.
It's making me feel homesick whilst I'm away from home in Toulouse. Where in France are you?
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I'm in Rennes . How is the weather in Toulouse ? |
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DonR
CB1100F
Joined: Feb 17, 2009
Posts: 2104
Location: Oz
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Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:54 pm |
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Had to look that up. Not close is it? It's fine but very cold, currently zero degrees. Very cold compared to the Summer I just flew away from!
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smurdoch
CB1100F
Joined: Jan 22, 2004
Posts: 3188
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
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Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:37 pm |
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Thanks for the pics, Don and Ben. So many great looking hot rods.
I will certainly be looking for updates over the weekend. |
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benbrz
Twinstar
Joined: Jul 02, 2003
Posts: 257
Location: France
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Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:41 pm |
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[quote="DonR"]Had to look that up. Not close is it? It's fine but very cold, currently zero degrees. Very cold compared to the Summer I just flew away from!
No not close (700 km) but same weather 
Nice pics on http://www.mcnews.com.au (thanks for the link)
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damage
Twinstar
Joined: Sep 02, 2009
Posts: 238
Location: Bunbury,Western Australia
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:33 pm |
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A very excellent weekend.In the photos that Ben posted,the blue CB900 number 43 is me!The bike was started for the first time at P.I. on thursday.After a couple of minor teething problems the bike ran perfectly all weekend.I was still finding lines right up to the end of the last race.(first time riding the bike & the circuit).Forgotten Era was divided into two groups,the fastest 40 went into the Premier class & the rest of us went into the consolation class,I was in the latter group. I qualified 12th out of 18 and finished the weekend with 9th,13th,13th,6th placings and a best lap time of 2.02.I don't know where the lap record ended up at but the best time I saw for the class was Steve Martin (world Endurance Champion) on a Suzuki Katana was 1.39,10 seconds slower than Rossi on a 30 year old dinosaur! |
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benbrz
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Joined: Jul 02, 2003
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Location: France
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:51 am |
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Thanks damage for the update !
Can you tell more about your bike ?
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damage
Twinstar
Joined: Sep 02, 2009
Posts: 238
Location: Bunbury,Western Australia
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:07 am |
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The motor is 985cc,I was going to use the 1187 from my sidecar but I could see potential head gasket problems if I stuck any more compression in it.I have only cleaned & matched the ports,Kibblewhite springs,Tighe Cams ,CRS33mm carbs and around 13.5:1 compression.I'll put on the dyno when I get it back to W.A.
The wheels are 17x3.5 front & 17x4.5 rear wearing Pirelli slicks,Gazi rear shocks.The forks were set up by a guru in Perth with heavier springs and racetech gold valves.At the moment the ignition is standard cb900.Before the next race I'll be installing a set of Carrillo's and new larger valves. |
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1999 Triumph Sprint St 955
1979 CB900f
1992 Suzuki GSX1100G sidecar
1996 Suzuki 1200 Bandit
1970 Honda CB350 P4 race bike
1985 Kawasaki GPZ900 P6 race bike
2012 MV Brutale 1090RR
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benbrz
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Location: France
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thansk ! Any pics of your bike ? |
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damage
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Joined: Sep 02, 2009
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Location: Bunbury,Western Australia
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:18 am |
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My camera won't talk to the computer so the only pics for now are on the sdpics.com site.But I'll be in France in April so maybe we can catch up then. |
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1999 Triumph Sprint St 955
1979 CB900f
1992 Suzuki GSX1100G sidecar
1996 Suzuki 1200 Bandit
1970 Honda CB350 P4 race bike
1985 Kawasaki GPZ900 P6 race bike
2012 MV Brutale 1090RR
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DonR
CB1100F
Joined: Feb 17, 2009
Posts: 2104
Location: Oz
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:45 pm |
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Well that's a bugger Damage. I'm in France now. If we caught up I'd chew your ear off about your bike  I'm going home next week I hope. Great effort at the Island. I'd love to go watch this meet let alone race in it. Looking forward to the Barry Sheene festival of speed at the Creek in April. I'm guessing you won't be there.
For those that don't know, the trip from Bunbury, Western Australia to Phillip Island, Victoria is about 4000 kilometres one way, so hats off to you mate. Great effort. |
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benbrz
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Location: France
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Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:40 pm |
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benbrz
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