15-09-15, 11:31 PM
(15-09-15, 11:28 PM)dazza link Wrote: Ahh yes, owned an old air cooled 490 many years back. 4 speed box and could be a bastard to start.
Thing was like a coiled spring just waiting to hurt you. Flipped mine in 3rd gear too, just remember seeing the rear mudguard shatter as I slid down the road behind it looking at the sparks.
Even rode it off road for a while with a knackered shock, that was challenging. :lol
Everyone should have a spin on a twostroke once in their life. I had a 250lc with a YPVS lump fitted, passed everything except petrol stations
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!