trip back in history

[fabiostar]

ok lads/ladies/others. iv been on here since getting my vtr.have to say its a good site with plenty of info, but I think il bore the tits of you with a wee history trip as to how I ended up here..

plenty of road bikes since 1980 but decided I wanted to go racing so..

for those oldies on the site ..starting from waaay back sometime in the early 80s heres a we peep what iv been at..

first ever race bike. a Yamaha 200...






next along came a spondon 200 Yamaha.





then I got greedy for speed and swapped out the Yamaha engine and put a hybred Yamasaki 200. revved to near 13,000 rpm..

[fabiostar]

next along came a bike made by queens uni as the development donkey for when queens in Belfast was working with Yamaha. a reverse cylinder 200. before Yamaha put theres into production..




then the chance of a alloy frameded tz350 . if you haven't rode one.and you ever get the chance.TAKE it for a ride...most ill tempered bike I can rem lol






sorry the photos aren't the best but scanner aint he best.


that's me upto the 90s..

then I had the stupid idea of going supermoto racing.for near 13 years that's when the crashing started..a lot..

more to follow folks..

rob

[Gazfirestormowner]

I've got a Tzr 250 reverse cylinder it's a 1989

[fabiostar]

I've got a Tzr 250 reverse cylinder it's a 1989

id love one..il swap you a kidney for it.. that wee 200 I had was the grand daddy of the bikes that Yamaha produced in the end... wish id never sold the dam thing

[Gazfirestormowner]

I've not ridden mine yet I've been rebuilding it for the past year and a half it's running just need a few bits to finish it I will post some pics if I can

[AMCQ46]

Nice hirtory lessons Get the supermoto photos scanned as well, always good to see some racing

[fabiostar]

I've not ridden mine yet I've been rebuilding it for the past year and a half it's running just need a few bits to finish it I will post some pics if I can

buy the best oil you can and use oem Yamaha pistons..everytime....

[Gazfirestormowner]

Yamaha pistons are very rare now I have some in at the moment that came from Japan but will be replacing them with wosner Teflon coated race pistons eventually but I know what u mean about the oil it's not worth using cheap stuff cause engine will go bang lol

[fabiostar]

Yamaha pistons are very rare now I have some in at the moment that came from Japan but will be replacing them with wosner Teflon coated race pistons eventually but I know what u mean about the oil it's not worth using cheap stuff cause engine will go bang lol

is correct. they had a habbit of locking the pistons on the front face when they wernt warmed up before revving them.

[fabiostar]

ok well a few of the supermoto ones. spent some happy years in the irish/scotishand british championships over the years

lord knows what year but its a long time ago. ccm 600. like riding slow setting cement

[fabiostar]

a few of my fav. a wee Yamaha for the 450 class..easy as pie to ride






Honda cr 250. bombproof and such craic to ride




all got a bit serious when this came along an ex team zupin husky.570... like being raped everytime you went near it

.

that's the uprite ones that I can find....il get the oops ones loaded

[VTRDark]

such craic

I read that with an Ulster accent.

Nice pics, it good to see some of these old and new pics posted on the forum recently.

(:-})

[8541Hawk]

Very nice

Wish I could post my old pics but I have no scanner and then all got burned up years back anyways.....

[Redthunder]

What great pictures!

[sirch345]

Great stuff Rob, thanks for posting

Chris.