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JEB
06-02-2005, 02:59 PM
Hey, what's in THIS room? OOOOOOOH, BIKES! Me like bikes!

I'm Jason (JEB), I've lurked on the HAMB for years, here's my intro over there: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=713308#post713308

I've got about twelve old japanese bikes and one lonely old Triumph. My favorite is the GB500TT, it's a little Honda thumper that looks like a Norton or a Matchless and goes like stink. Here's mine in the Dallas Cycle World show last fall:
http://home.comcast.net/~bellboy17/my_gb.jpg

Besides the GB, I have a 65 Yamaha YGS1T, a 65 Honda CL77 Scrambler, a 69 Yamaha CT-1 vintage MXer, a 71 Yamaha R5, a 74 Honda CB750K4, a 74 Suzuki TS250 and a bunch of old Honda XL/XR dirtbikes.

Oh yeah, and the Triumph. It's a 1971 frame, stripped down and rusty as hell. The motor was taken apart in the seventies, so it's gonna need a fresh crank and a full rebuild. Here's some OIF inspiration:
http://home.comcast.net/~bellboy17/bobber.jpg

I got the pic from egay, it's the only OIF Triumph I've seen that looks right with a hardtail. If you have any other OIF pics, send em my way.

So anyway that's me, a little heavy on the japanese stuff, but I hope we can all get along here. Doesn't matter what you ride as long as you're ridin. If you're in the DFW area, send me a PM and we'll go for a spin.

jabber
06-02-2005, 03:13 PM
Mines starting to look like that.....I think it looks decent for a OIF.

http://img78.echo.cx/img78/7121/dscf04349kz.th.jpg (http://img78.echo.cx/my.php?image=dscf04349kz.jpg)

Jabber

Truth
06-02-2005, 03:46 PM
heres one for you...

JEB
06-02-2005, 05:12 PM
heres one for you...

That sits just right in the rear! The knock on OIF frames is the tall top tube (also, it's too big to fit the tunnels on most tanks), but that one looks about right. Where's it from? Got any more? <I dig your site, BTW>

Jabber, yours is looking good. Where did you get the hardtail?

gringo
06-02-2005, 05:22 PM
heres an oif almost finished...my bud JasonN's
http://antonyl.brinkster.net/mahoney/sin1.JPG

destructo
06-02-2005, 07:21 PM
Hey Gringo, what kind of front end you runnin on that?

hatch
06-02-2005, 08:41 PM
Should be done in a coupla weeks....gettin REAL anxious:D

Truth
06-03-2005, 11:35 AM
That sits just right in the rear! The knock on OIF frames is the tall top tube (also, it's too big to fit the tunnels on most tanks), but that one looks about right. Where's it from? Got any more?

Jabber, yours is looking good. Where did you get the hardtail?

Sorry, thats the only one I have of that bike...

baytowngreaser
06-03-2005, 08:20 PM
Welcome! I never realized how good oif bikes look!

Jabber's bike is going to be a nice looking bike.

Larry T
06-03-2005, 08:55 PM
Hey Gringo, what kind of front end you runnin on that?
I'm not Gringo, but those are FL legs in WideGlide trees. I think they are the one's with 3 degree rake but I can't tell for sure (need a new computer. lol)
Good looking scooter.
Larry T