06-08-13, 10:32 PM
(06-08-13, 10:18 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: [quote author=nick crisp link=topic=9259.msg92829#msg92829 date=1375820512]
Ah gawd yes - I forgot about 2 strokes! Another tuned 350 p/valve for kicks! I won't have any more 750 H2s though - too fragile even as standard, and lethal when tuned! Oh, but good nick p/valves are stupid money these days, otherwise I'd be sorely tempted. Stephens stage 3, Stephens/Lomas pipes, some nice light reeds with the stops opened out a little, put some decent suspenders on = major grin factor! I'm not too old to be a hooligan again, y'know! :lol
You met Eugene, right? The bloke on the Aprilia RS125 at Ace Cafe? He has another RS - bored out to 155, a 2 stroke 400, another 125 (I think), and a YBR 125 he uses when all the others have blown up! :lol :lol :lol
And yes, he is a hooligan. And yes, his bikes blow up on a regular basis... :lol
[/quote]Yeah, but I pander after the experience of my yoof! Thing about the Yam 350 p/valve is, it's more of a streetbike, which is the kind of thing that appeals to me these days. Can't use bikes with clip-on style bars anymore
The p/valves were so easy to go silly on. If you've never had the confidence to pull wheelies, the p/valves would have you doing them within a day or two, literally. So easy, so fun to use. And back in the day, so cheap to patch up if you dropped it, which I did a couple of times. Just kick a couple of things straight, and you're back on your way! I traded down and down until a p/valve was all I could afford, and I thought I would get quickly bored with it after fast 4 strokes, but I couldn't have been more wrong. Yam 350 Powervalve = 
Course, it could all be rose-coloured-specs syndrome...