1976 DT250C Flat Tracker project.

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  1. Hunsta

    Hunsta Have guns will hunt

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    And of course where would we be without a little live footage to show it off.:wink:

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  2. Valleyrider

    Valleyrider I Survived The '60s

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    Sounds great!! Post another video when you can ride it!!
    Well Done!

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  3. Angry Pete

    Angry Pete VK4APV

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    Great job Craig! Next race meeting is August 12th. Do you reckon you'll be up for it? Do you still have the link for the club web site? Catch up with you soon...
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  4. b0mb3r

    b0mb3r Old Git

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    can you post the link db :wink:

    and the bike looks good Craig
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  6. b0mb3r

    b0mb3r Old Git

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    thanks DB :clap
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  7. Hunsta

    Hunsta Have guns will hunt

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    Like the old show my father and I used to watch on a Sunday afternoon,
    "Cause you asked for it"

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  8. theMISSIONARY

    theMISSIONARY hunting and riding!!

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    Poor old Dog :D looks like the he could do with a lay down now
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  9. Hunsta

    Hunsta Have guns will hunt

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    Shes just turned 10. Shes got a dodgey back. But she just loves to follow me around when Im on a bike.
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  10. theMISSIONARY

    theMISSIONARY hunting and riding!!

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    one of mine chases the bike the other runs away :rofl
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  11. Valleyrider

    Valleyrider I Survived The '60s

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    Awesome!! Sounds great. Missed out on being the first to comment on the dog....:rofl
    Thanks for the video and again, Job Well Done!!
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  12. Hunsta

    Hunsta Have guns will hunt

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    Well its was bound to happen. Everything seemed to go way to well. Motor went back together without a fuss. Started and ran nicely.
    But as the old adage says "You reap what you sew" And this was never so pointed out to me today when I took the bike for a tankful full of fuel run. Til now I`d had a litre or 2 in the tank and the runs were rather sedate. Took it for a full-on rap today and found that the fuel cap does not seal well. Actually it sealed very poorly. And to top it off(and this is where the "reap what you sew" comes in) my usually good rattle can spray jobs I can do came undone in a big way. Seems the rather cheap enamel spray cans I used(I repeat Im pretty good at spray can painting) seemed to dissolve before my eyes as fuel poured out of the tank all over.
    Moral of the story.
    DONT BE A CHEAP ARSED BASTARD.
    Some sort of respray(with less cheap spray cans. LOL) is now in order
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  13. Valleyrider

    Valleyrider I Survived The '60s

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    Don't kick yourself too hard!! I've had the same thing happen with decent paint. The crappy gas, that is more chemical than gas, seems to eat just about everything it touches!! Still a very nice finished project!!
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  14. Hunsta

    Hunsta Have guns will hunt

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    Well tank has been resprayed. U-beauty-automotive stuff this time. And now she hits the track for the first time on Sunday for a practice session. Hopefully someone will take some pics of me making a fool of myself to share.
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  15. Valleyrider

    Valleyrider I Survived The '60s

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    A "Nice Guy" like you outta have lots of friends with cameras!!
    The fools are the ones who don't get out and do what you do!!
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    nachtflug I'm not going to talk about that.

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  17. Hunsta

    Hunsta Have guns will hunt

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    Cool pic.74 DT250? Some video of me at the practice day was taken. Just waiting for it to be uploaded to youtube.
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    Wait no more!

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    BTW noice pic 'nachtflug' !
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  19. Hunsta

    Hunsta Have guns will hunt

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    they say the camera put ten pounds on you. Must take 30kph off your speed as well. Looks like Im going alot slower than I was. However I wasnt going anywhere near as fast as the gun riders. Shit they scream past at a quick rate of knots. But in my own defense the practice day was a combined category run (I`ll be in the pre `78) and even though Ive been riding bikes since I was 10 (Im 50 in Dec) it was the first time Id every been on a race track. Most load of fun you could have with ya pants on. Cant wait for the start of the new season.
    Cheers
    Craig
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  20. b0mb3r

    b0mb3r Old Git

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    yer right :rofl
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