Real racing thread

[supa]

Haven't watched quali yet. Watched practice last night. Def gonna be a fun race. Yeah, this season is awesome.

@Boost. More details on your vintage racing please. I assume your into early cb750s and stuff?

[DoubleJ]

Haven't watched quali yet

try and catch it b4 the race. Q3 at least.

plus there's a sting in the tail

[boost]

Haven't watched quali yet. Watched practice last night. Def gonna be a fun race. Yeah, this season is awesome.

@Boost. More details on your vintage racing please. I assume your into early cb750s and stuff?

cb350. It is my first bike... pretty good size to learn on for the street and track. I have become friends with a large group of vintage bike racers/riders, and I really can't wait to settle back in Chicago so I can really dig in. There's a pretty healthy group of guys in the 175 or 200cc class that all run cb160's. The 160's are tiny motors, but it looks like a ton of fun running on the track with a full pack, and you really can work on technique at a comfortable speed.

Here's a pic of my cb350, which is sadly very far away from where I currently am living. I completely rebuilt it, and did almost all the work myself. I did a lot of the welding, but had a friend help out and guide me with that, and I had a shop do the powder coating on the frame and a few small bits. I rebuilt the motor, painted it, formed the seat myself out of sheet from an old computer case, etc etc...



Most recent pic I could find, but that's more or less how it sits today.

[PlayToWin]

cb350. It is my first bike... .

Hey Boost - That looks like a nice bike. I bet it would be a lot of fun to race.

Since we're on the subject of vintage racing, here are a couple of mine. The BSA 500 single-cylinder handled great, but the motor had trouble finishing races.

I still have the '72 Yamaha 250 but my racing days seem to be over. They're not the best pics, but it's all I could find quickly.

[supa]

cb350. It is my first bike... pretty good size to learn on for the street and track. I have become friends with a large group of vintage bike racers/riders, and I really can't wait to settle back in Chicago so I can really dig in. There's a pretty healthy group of guys in the 175 or 200cc class that all run cb160's. The 160's are tiny motors, but it looks like a ton of fun running on the track with a full pack, and you really can work on technique at a comfortable speed.

Here's a pic of my cb350, which is sadly very far away from where I currently am living. I completely rebuilt it, and did almost all the work myself. I did a lot of the welding, but had a friend help out and guide me with that, and I had a shop do the powder coating on the frame and a few small bits. I rebuilt the motor, painted it, formed the seat myself out of sheet from an old computer case, etc etc...



Most recent pic I could find, but that's more or less how it sits today.

No idea how I missed this the first time around. Nice bike. Mad respect for working on the bike yourself, it's something that I think not enough people do and puts you in a league above the standard 'motorcycle enthusiast'. Looks like a bunch of fun too. Nice work. I came really close to buying a cb750 on the cheap about a month ago but didn't want to spend all summer screwing with it so bought the bandit instead to feed my instant gratification.

Speaking of summer and motorcycles, we gotta meet up before you split Cali. Get your bike sorted yet?

@Play, more pics of the yammie plz.

[PlayToWin]

@Play, more pics of the yammie plz.

Here's one from the track. I've haven't ridden it more than a dozen laps in three trips to the track! Never got it sorted for various reasons. It did feel good...very light-weight, but it had gearbox issues among others. It should be ready to go now, but I haven't tested it yet.



I'd like to restore it to original paint scheme, white with a red stripe down the center of the tank and tail-piece. Here's what it should look like. Note the massive front drum brake. It's the best drum brake ever made (all the vintage racers want one). After this model, disc brakes and water-cooling were used.

[PlayToWin]

Despite not having great luck with vintage bikes, I did quite a few races on my GSXR 750. Much excitement was had.