Members Bikes 8

Howdy Terry, Here are some pics to go on the members bikes site. It is a 79 Model, picked it up in Melbourne. I had a new 650 special in 1982, kept it for 5 years. I also had a XS 650B at the same time for a couple of years. Sold a 1994 Virago 1100 to my Brother only 2 years ago, thinking that my bike days were over due to lower back pain. Couldnt stand not having a bike in the shed as have had bikes all my life, from about 10 yrs old anyway. Discoverd Ebay and found this gem. Had to have it! It does sit around in the shed a lot but it is a pleasure to take out every now and then. Luckily my wife dosen't mind what I do as long as she gets her holidays every year.

Matt has a tale of woe that goes back years, he spent a huge amount of money building his dream bike only to have it fail shortly after getting it going. It turns out that the people he entrusted his dream to had done a less than great job on his motor.

In fact they had done such a terrible job that Matt felt his only option, when they wiped their hands of their responsibility, was to sue them. After getting some help from another of our club members and compiling a list of the things they had fundamentally screwed up on the original build a judge agreed with Matt and awarded him the total cost of the original build.

So now Matt is trying again to build his dream bike with the proceeds from the court case.

Crankcases and barrels are HPC coated as are the pistons. Motor will be 840cc Nitrous Oxide injected.

Matt's dream has finally hit the road. After all the hassles the first time round I hope you enjoy it all the more.