More printed matter ( again )

FWIW, I’ll be going to the YSS factory store when I’m in Bangkok this winter. I’m curious to chat with them about their fork mods and shocks. They have their own version of the Race Tech Emulator. The prices in Bhat are quite reasonable and I’ll be bringing back shocks and a fork kit for my ADV 160.
 
Alzero said:
FWIW, I’ll be going to the YSS factory store when I’m in Bangkok this winter. I’m curious to chat with them about their fork mods and shocks. They have their own version of the Race Tech Emulator. The prices in Bhat are quite reasonable and I’ll be bringing back shocks and a fork kit for my ADV 160.
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I’ve just fitted a set of YSS pd valves to my Yamaha forks. Well made and seem to work. They are made from annodised aluminium instead of brass like racetech but half the price.
 
Alzero said:
FWIW, I’ll be going to the YSS factory store when I’m in Bangkok this winter. I’m curious to chat with them about their fork mods and shocks. They have their own version of the Race Tech Emulator. The prices in Bhat are quite reasonable and I’ll be bringing back shocks and a fork kit for my ADV 160.
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My mate, who frequents Bangkok for his own personal reasons, took his 1975 DT400 forks to YSS to be rebuilt. Oddly, he didn’t mind when they said it would take a week.

Came home with said forks, new rear shocks and the pox 😳
 
chrisk said:
My mate, who frequents Bangkok for his own personal reasons, took his 1975 DT400 forks to YSS to be rebuilt. Oddly, he didn’t mind when they said it would take a week.

Came home with said forks, new rear shocks and the pox 😳
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I’ve just fitted them to DT400/ MX360 ‘73 forks- exact same forks! What a coincidence…except for I didn’t get the clap!
 

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chrisk said:
My mate, who frequents Bangkok for his own personal reasons, took his 1975 DT400 forks to YSS to be rebuilt. Oddly, he didn’t mind when they said it would take a week.

Came home with said forks, new rear shocks and the pox 😳
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As is the case, the thread quickly went off-topic....🫣🤣🤣
 
Not to mention our very own ( admittedly stillborn ) Laverda 350 V3 Lesmo ............. Which Massimo always seemed at pains to point out was named after a double bend ( cough ) at Monza racetrack ......... so you can stifle those sniggers at the back , if you don`t mind ............

If you`re into suspect / embarrassing sounding names , as well as Lesmo , there was the Suzuki Gladius ( a gladiators sword apparently ) ....... Yamaha`s Thundercat / crap ( I`d leave it for ten minutes If I were you ..... ) ...... Velocette`s Vogue ( strike the pose as Madonna used to say ) .........

...... and Suzuki`s FreeWind ( come on , they`re just taking the piss now ........ ) ............


And as for Moto Rumi`s Junior Gentleman ......... " Wot bike you got mate ? " ........ " Well actually , I ride a Junior Gentleman ... " ...............
 
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sfcpiet said:
Obviously didn't care much for research! Forgetting the immediate pre- and post-war DKW triples is somewhat half-assed for a bike mag.

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A tour around Sammy Miller's museum tends to impress upon you that whenever the latest new mechanical marvel comes out, in some shape or form, it has already been done in the '20s, 30s, 40s. 50s. 60s in some shape or form.
 
Latest ( May ) issue of Classic Bike has Rick Parkington giving his impressions of a Laverda Jota ......... ( Kosher version ..... Silver paint / black frame / thin webs / Cerianis with twin horns in the right place etc etc ) .........

The reg plate is shown for all to see , so is it one of " ours " ?

Only flies in the ointment are that I don`t believe steering was " sharpened up " by fitting SFC yokes as standard fitment as the article seems to suggest ....... and the mention of " nudging towards the red " , instead of ignoring it completely , makes me think that although Park Rikington is pictured riding the Jota , he didn`t really ride it ..... If you get what I mean ........

Other features include an interview with Bike mag founder Mark Williams ( Felix Dennis / Julian Ryder / Richard Branson / money laundering / three years in prison / Jota enthusiast ) ........ and Godin selling a 1980 registered unmolested looking Jota for just £8995 ..... Bargain !

Plus a feature on the NW200 , with this pic of Robert Dunlop on his Norton reading his pit board on his way to victory ..... ( He was so far in the lead he could afford to showboat a bit ( a lot ) ............

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rocketonarail said:
Latest ( May ) issue of Classic Bike has Rick Parkington giving his impressions of a Laverda Jota ......... ( Kosher version ..... Silver paint / black frame / thin webs / Cerianis with twin horns in the right place etc etc ) .........

Only flies in the ointment are that I don`t believe steering was " sharpened up " by fitting SFC yokes as standard fitment as the article seems to suggest ....... and the mention of " nudging towards the red " , instead of ignoring it completely , makes me think that although Park Rikington is pictured riding the Jota , he didn`t really ride it ..... If you get what I mean ........
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Steering was made more stable/heavier on the 3cE by fitting the SFC yokes, but definitely wasn't standard on Silver Jotas.
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Dave Minton's 'The English Way' 3cE Roadtest

I'm with you on "the red" bit. I remember being peeved by Charlie Deane's "Road Test" , when he didn't rate the Triple as particularly fast, but admitted to "occasionally letting it slip into the red".
Motivated me into getting 'Bike Magazine' to ride with experienced Laverda Riders so that they see what a well-ridden Triple could do. Dave Calderwood, the editor, was up for it, but broke his leg in an accident.
Jim Lindsay was deputised and the October '80 'Hic, Mine's A Triple' article resulted.
 
Always enjoyed that " Mine`s a Triple " article ....... tales of cruising at 120 mph , Jim Lindsays Slater supplied 3CL ( or was it Jarama ) with an almost bald rear tyre ( " you`ll be ok on the corners though " ) ..... blitzing a group of unfriendly UK registered riders on the motorway .........

The 6500 - 7500 red line seemed to catch out the uninformed ........ If they got the bike from Slaters then they would have been told I guess ............... but if not , the road test in some cases would seem to end at 6500 rpm , which misses out on a lot of the excitement ............

The official story is that the red zone signals the red line is " on the way " .......... Pity there was not anything on the ND shelf which would have been more suitable ............ Even one with no red zone / line at all may have been better .

Although some ND instruments had the Laverda logo on the faces earlier on in some cases I think ........ If they could stick the Laverda logo on , you would have thought they could have done something about that red line / zone at the same time .........
 
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