How do you become a mod?

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

You boys need a hardtail chop mod.All the excitement you will ever need.
I have more fun on mine than I ever did on my GPz 900!

Just trying to work out what the motor is. It looks like an old FJ/XJ1100 yamaha, but surely not??

[JG52Uther]

Believe it or not its a Yammy XJ650 shaft drive! Apart fro the engine and wheels most everything else is one off.
Had it 20 years...

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

Believe it or not its a Yammy XJ650 shaft drive! Apart fro the engine and wheels most everything else is one off.
Had it 20 years...

Oh well, at least I got the Yamaha bit right!

Looks very nice anyway, although I'd love to know how you cope with our pot-holed roads.

Me, I slipped a disc last year and would be literally scared of the knocks!

The other one's a standard Sportster isn't it?

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Oh well, at least I got the Yamaha bit right!

Looks very nice anyway, although I'd love to know how you cope with our pot-holed roads.

Me, I slipped a disc last year and would be literally scared of the knocks!

The other one's a standard Sportster isn't it?

You learn to avoid the potholes,but there is 2 inches of seat foam to soak up the bumps

The Sportster is a '79 Ironhead model, with an SU carb and open bellmouth.
Don't have it anymore but it was fun blipping the throttle in town and spraying raw fuel all over your leg!

[Ze-Jamz]

lol..brilliant

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

You learn to avoid the potholes,but there is 2 inches of seat foam to soak up the bumps

The Sportster is a '79 Ironhead model, with an SU carb and open bellmouth.
Don't have it anymore but it was fun blipping the throttle in town and spraying raw fuel all over your leg!

Hah! Love it!

I used to get a kick out of revving a worn 350LC in front of some Cavalier SRi Driver, and filling his windscreen with unburnt 2-Stroke!

Ah, the memories!!

[JG52Uther]

I remember a frayed throttle cable on my old ex proddy racer 250LC that resulted in me screaming through a village with the throttle stuck wide open and me hanging on in sheer terror.
It wasn't just the bike screaming!

Ah I'm getting all misty eyed for the old days now...

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

I remember a frayed throttle cable on my old ex proddy racer 250LC that resulted in me screaming through a village with the throttle stuck wide open and me hanging on in sheer terror.
It wasn't just the bike screaming!

Ah I'm getting all misty eyed for the old days now...

Fantastic!!

When I had the old Z650, on the way home from work one day, the main wiring loom burst into flames under the tank.

I jumped off the bike, put my visor down and batted the flames out with my hands (with gloves on of course). After the fire had gone out, I thumbed the starter and rode the thing home about 15 miles, with every wire bare copper.

Although that was nothing to taking a race tuned X7 around Three Sisters go-kart track near Wigan, and at the first bend discovering the front brake had lost all its fluid.

My, that stung a bit.