Left Mon. had planned a few more days of leisurely riding but the entire W. US. was forecast for rain and thunderstorms so hoping to beat the weather......
Don Thanks for the trip report, I enjoyed it. Did I miss it, what m/c were you riding this trip? Your DR? And yes, it looks like you returned home before the...
I noticed Suz is going to bring their 'retro' TU250 to US for '09. Another interesting bike is the monster style, SV650 Gladius. Obvious comp. for the Kaw ER6n...
  Don, I saw both of these bikes online a few days ago. The TU250 looks like a pretty cool little thumper, and is fuel injected, and based on the same...
Hi Jon, as you know, most all the Japan Co. have cont to offer their simple little thumpers first seen back in the 80's (or earlier) in Japan and Europe, etc....
Here's the problem though Don. Those little thumpers got no poop to be on the freeway. Those little bikes didn't sell well in the US because we are a...
Which one do you think will revive my old Ariel 500cc Red Hunter?? Larry ... From: don beck <dbeck13@...> To: nwtt@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October...
Jimbo, I was looking at the idea that many new riders are buying scooters in 50cc-250cc sizes. For approx the same price my hope is they just might want to...
Don I thought that the UK was already importing Asian 2 wheelers under the Ariel name. I seem to remember finding a web site with such vehicles. Frog...
  I'm with ya there Don. I also have an XT225, and, though its a "small" motorcycle, I enjoy riding it very much. It kind of brings back the fun I used to...
Larry, I bite my tongue saying this, but with all the Americanized names the Asian scooter co. are coming up with, could Red Hunter be the next Yangzuu 50? :)...
Pics??????????? You can't just come out and say you got a Red Hunter and not provide pics. It violates all rules of common decency. Jim Whipple Phinney Bay...
I may be old, but a 250 was neither a thumper or a tiddler. To be a thumper it had to THUMP. Older guys (than me) called the 250 lungers as in One lunger. ...
Jim, Here is what is being called an AJS or a bike by AJS these days: http://www.ajsmotorcycles.co.uk/new_AJS/docs/main.htm they also have scooters, and a...
Actually.the definition I heard in my ill spent youth, was a four stroke, 500 single. I've always considered any single four stroke to be a thumper though. ...
Sigh.. As my dear old sainted Father once told me upon my return from Marine Corp Basic Training, "It just ain't the same Corp." Jim Whipple Phinney Bay...
I really sorry if I gave the impression that I still had the Ariel. I bought this '58 500 from a friend in 1964 and rode it on the street and in the woods...
This weekend is the Motorsports 2008 show in the Tacoma Dome. Hot-rods, Vintage motorcycles, Dragsters, Vintage Hydroplane, etc. Sat 10 AM TO 9 PM Sun 10 AM TO...
I didn't get up to the show last wkend. So, wondering how the Suz TU250 retro thumper looked. Also, the Naked Ninja 650 and Suz Gladius. thanks, don...
Don I only dropped down for a couple of hours on Fri and was supposed to go back on Sun which didn't happen. With that said, I did look at the 3 you mention. I...
<<I didn't get up to the show last wkend. So, wondering how the Suz TU250 retro thumper looked. Also, the Naked Ninja 650 and Suz Gladius. thanks, don >> ...
Still can't wrap my head arond a 250 being a thumper (unless you are talking about the rabbit). We used to call those one lungers. The vintage guys call...
I really enjoyed the show. I was dissappointed that BMW had no presence - not even a dealer! Triumph also had pulled out but Cycle Barn represented Triumph...
That's cause a 2 fiddy ISN'T a thumper. You're right. It's a tiddler. Might be a four stroke single.but it ain't a Thumper. Bu the way. Just drug a 52 G80s...
BMW did not show up because there were not enough people at the show. Possibly related to the amount of publicity that the show organizers do ahead (to bring...
Tom Myers
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Who says cars are always faster than bikes on a road course? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeP0_aLvc0I...
And a 625 smc KTM would annihilate both of them on that track. Just a little dirt bike. Jim Whipple Phinney Bay Machine Works Bremerton, Wa 360-710-5394 ...
I skipped the last three or so shows. Didn't go this year either. Smaller and smaller. You can't BUY a bike there. You can't put a deposit on one there. I...
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