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YB5 at the Island Classic

 
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Bud977



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 5:03 am    Post subject: YB5 at the Island Classic Reply with quote



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brian



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beaut pics Bud. Wish I could have been there. Must admit I've never seen a yb5 race bike before!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did you take any bikes down to the Island Classic this year Lech?
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Bud977



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No Bimota this time.

I took my 1990 TZ250A and my 1978 TZ350E so it was a two stroke fest for me.

https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12651158_922550821195318_2149964074718278923_n.jpg?oh=1e6a5c975225cd0eebcb89e6964fe4ea&oe=57415660

It was a pretty average weekend. The TZ250A was down on acceleration according to my GPS lap timer and 28kmh down on top speed. Sad I'll pull the motor down this week and see what's wrong.

The TZ350 was a surprise. It needed a full rebuild and the frame re-welded the week before the races and I didn't expect it to last but it did! I hadn't ridden this bike for 2 years. I would need to ride it more often to get the set-up correct. Mal Pitman was very helpful with tweaking the suspension and it was much better by the end of the weekend.

Qualifying in the rain sucks. But at least we went out and did it, unlike the International Challenge competitors (including Jeremy McWilliams, John McGuinness, Ryan Farquar etc). I can't understand why they didn't and it totally mucked up the race programme where they ended up cutting our races to 3 laps. Mad

Regardless of this, Phillip Island is still a great track to race on, just not a great place if you're a seagull.
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brian



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool. I didn't see anything posted on FB Lech, maybe I missed it. As always, your TZ's are looking great in the pic. I really need to make the effort to get down to the Island classic next year. I'd like to get to the Barry Sheene festival of speed too but not possible this year again. Work is really getting in the way of my social life Crying or Very sad
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welshlamb



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

YB5, the fairing and seat unit 'chops' make it look a lot lighter and sportier than the original. could VERY happily have one of those in the shed!!

Lots of big bore and tuning to be had for big FJ's. Several now racing in Post Classic classes in UK.. often beating much younger machinery!
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phil-short



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That Yb5 is just about as beautiful as my heart can stand to see. Thank you for it.
And I have to say also that the tyres are delightfully used on it, stripless as they should be.
Beautiful beautiful beautiful.....
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Bud977



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This bike just set pole position for the Barry Sheene Feature Race yesterday at our Barry Sheene Festival of Speed.

The rider Chas Hern works for the Bimota importer in Australia so we've been having a good chat about all things Bimota.
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Bud977



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is an online article on the beautiful YB5:

http://bikereview.com.au/index.php/2016/03/19/2016-bsfs-bimota-yb5-t-rex-beast/
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:13 pm    Post subject: more ride reviews Reply with quote

and here is another really good review!!
Looks the bollocks!!
http://www.trackfanatics.ca/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=11154
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good stuff. Rex always builds beautiful bikes.
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