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Post by raychappo on Jul 12, 2012 16:43:43 GMT -5
I have an orange M that I'm rebuilding at the moment and one that I've stripped for spares and will be scrapping the frame as its been chopped to bits by the previous owner to make it into a hideous custom.
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Post by HGH 770N on Jul 13, 2012 2:14:29 GMT -5
I have a 1974 UK Blue M that i ride when i can ,
1 us bike I'm rebuilding
3 us bikes fore spares.
How many "UK" bikes out of the 109 sold are still on the road ?
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Post by pieman on Jul 15, 2012 13:06:29 GMT -5
hi i live in rugby warwickshire i have a english re5 on the road also i know of two more in rugby one of them is english but its in about ten boxes
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Post by mike500 on Jul 15, 2012 13:17:26 GMT -5
didnt know they had made an english re5 ? lol
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Post by HGH 770N on Jul 15, 2012 14:23:55 GMT -5
Mike
My RE5 has lived in the UK since 1974 and still speeks Japaneze.
It stuggles to understand me when i am cussing it.
LOL
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Post by mike500 on Jul 15, 2012 18:07:14 GMT -5
i know that feeling lol mine gets cursed alot i did tt this year ran perfect till i got ferry back then was a pregnant dog to start to at at ferry in douglas then would not start in liverpool but has started first time ever since so it did not want to leave the island but i still love the re5 to bits lol did over 200 miles in last week and it ran perfect giving nearly 40mpg with a 125 main jet this week i will drop jet lower and see what happens.i can now ride at 2800 and up to 3200 rpm without the dreaded flat spot did 110 miles today without a miss or a bang
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Post by gts1000 on Jul 16, 2012 9:27:56 GMT -5
I think it is that some bikes get sea-sick. I used to live in Southampton in the mid-70s and went across to the Isle of Wight several times a year. My two-strokes (Jawa 350 and Suzuki T500) would have to be pushed off the ferry or bump-started down the ramp, but the four-strokes (mainly Triumphs) were fine. Wierd!
Biggles
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Post by tom93gts on Jul 16, 2012 9:36:05 GMT -5
Welcome to the re5 club from another GTS owner. Your looks quite nice, you put a lot of work into it!
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Post by gts1000 on Jul 16, 2012 14:08:19 GMT -5
Thanks Tom.
We reckon in the UK GTS owner;s club that there are less than 80 GTS's in the UK, and I have owned eight of them (one of them twice!), so I am a bit of a fan. The picture is of my first one, which I have owned for over 13 years. Every winter I do a bit more to it, and it is pretty much as I want it now, except for getting a matched pair of wheels made. Then I will make it pretty. There is only really the frame and front-end that is standard now. It is nearly to the point that the bike should have been when released, in my opinion.
Biggles
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