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[scotty]

Anyone doing it? Sent off for a form but my PE175 needs complete top end! poss whole engine (noisey as hell)
plus some decent rear shocks plus fork seals so proberly looking at around £500 min!!!
rang the guy up unfortuatley wont allow my 81 it175 as it hasent got twinshocks! thats a real bummer as the IT 175 is ready to race!

[ksithumper]

Scotty, I will hopefully be be there, but probably not riding due an op the week before. The course is tricky , very little flat out stuff so your rattly ol' PE will probably survive if you nurse it a bit.

Very laid back bunch, you'll enjoy it.

[dirtrider]

I'll be there on my big thumper. First time out after the winter rebuild (still in progress so got to get a move on!). Also hope the operation on my old leg is fully recovered by then!

KSI thumper, is there any development on the enduros you mentioned a while ago?

[ksithumper]

dirtrider, on Feb 7 2007, 03:38 PM, said:

I'll be there on my big thumper. First time out after the winter rebuild (still in progress so got to get a move on!). Also hope the operation on my old leg is fully recovered by then!

KSI thumper, is there any development on the enduros you mentioned a while ago?

yes, watch this space...

[Johnnyboxer]

Is my bike eligible??



Not twinshock, but of the right era??

[dirtrider]

Lovely bike, but its got to have twinshocks I'm afraid.

[Johnnyboxer]

dirtrider, on Feb 7 2007, 10:48 PM, said:

Lovely bike, but its got to have twinshocks I'm afraid.

Maybe if I hang one on the nearside.............it'll qualify

.........I'll get me coat ........

[scotty]

STOP PRESS!!! Not sure i can make this as 1, the pe175 needs a full engine rebuild!
2, the pe also needs new rear shocks (as there knackered!)
3, rough cost of both £600.00 thats me out!!!
4, Ive got an 81 yam it175 but its not allowed as its not a twinshock!!! (its the best bike out of the two!) this is a right bummer as in vintage MX , yz's are allowed with suzuki(twinshock) rm's of the same year? oh well better get saving!!!

[dirtrider]

I appreciate what you are saying Scotty but this is a very sensitive subject in the club. There is a strong body of opinion from some long established members that allowing bikes from the same era such as yz's would be the start of the slippery slope. Ahh the dreaded monos!!!

The club is a classic club and it wants to encourage the use of bikes from the classic era (whatever that is) by making sure they aren't swamped by more modern bikes. Currently the enduros and hillclimbs attract a very good mix of bikes from the fifties through to the late seventies/early eighties. This must be a good thing.

It's also a simple and effective way of having a cut off that's obvious to everyone.

So good luck with the rebuild. It'll be well worth it.