Archive for August, 2009
1974 TM400 project
August 23rd, 2009 | 
Author: All bits are together again… only thing is to maybe replace the number plate graphics.
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1974 Suzuki TM400 Test
MOTOCROSS ACTION TEST……
Ever since that first orange tanker hit the tracks in 1971, people have been buying, racing and falling off 400s in mass‑ production numbers. They bought ‘em ’cause they were far and away the cheapest way to go big-bore racing; they raced ‘em ’cause, “Lookit what that Belgian dude does on one;” and they fell off because the Cyclone had to be the most evil package of raw power and horrible handling ever produced. So the bike became a legend in its own time, and the legend was a horror story. Rosy-cheeked farm boys could always be counted on to enter the Transylvania Grand Prix on Cyclones, with the Marquis de Sade as their sponsor. Blood City was the result, and Billy Dracula cleaned off the course.
Why so? Is the legend of the TM400 for real? And, if so, is it still valid in 1974? Read the rest of this entry »
1975 CR125 Racer Resto Progress
The parts have all come back from being restored and now ready for reassembly.
TM400 Update
The tank has had a professional respray with new decals and remaining small fittings have ben replated, ready to be put back together.
