G'day from New Zealand

[GSF]

Hi everybody,

Reporting in from Auckland, New Zealand.
I've been riding for a couple of years now, I have just signed up to DTT now because I've bought a 1981 SR500 and I'm sure that there are plenty of SR owners and modders here to share information with!
I spent a bit of time working at a motorcycle shop that specialised in customising Hinckley Triumphs and Yamahas, that's where I caught the Yamaha bug.

Very excited about my new Yamaha, I now own two bikes (my wallet is not excited about that though).
I'm planning on whacking on a new pipe, clip-ons or flat bars, relocating the ignition and decompression, making a fibreglass seat and maybe a new Mikuni TM34 flatslide.

Here are my two machines, a 1992 Suzuki Bandit 250 and a 1981 Yamaha SR500!

 

[wab]

Wow your SR looks like a fantastic start! Leave that one alone and chop the bandit around.)

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[VonYinzer]

Welcome to DTT! Great bikes ya have there.

 

[GSF]

Cheers guys! I'll be selling the Bandit unfortunately, I simply can't afford to run two bikes.
I haven't planned anything radical for the SR yet, I'm just going to ride it for a while and see where it takes me.

The SR is very different to the Zook, I've never owned a big single before - the Bandit revs to 18,000 and is smooth as silk, the SR tops out less than half those revs and man does she like to shake rattle 'n' roll but I love it! Still getting used to the difference in power delivery and engine braking. She'll need a little bit of love though, battery is practically bricked and she's wet sumping pretty bad (got a big scare when I checked the oil and pulled out a bone-dry dipstick).

 

[Moa]

Hello and welcome, that's a nice tidy SR you picked up there, it's good to see an Aucklander on here too.