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General => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: OZZYSBIKES on April 08, 2020, 08:37:50 AM

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Post by: OZZYSBIKES on April 08, 2020, 08:37:50 AM: HI All,

Well I am not exactly a new member but I have not introduced myself and have not been using the forum so it's about time I did !

My username is Ozzysbikes, comes from one of my many adolescent nick names because my family name is Austin and I have been motorcycle crazy since owning and repairing bikes since I was eight years old (more than fifty years) and I have never been more than a couple of months without at least one bike to this day,

I have a Honda CB550 K3, Honda NS400R, Kawasaki ZX6R track bike, Yamaha 350 YPVS F2, Yamaha RD350 A, and a Yamaha Majesty TY200 trials bike.

So hello and regards to all.
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Post by: OZZYSBIKES on April 08, 2020, 08:39:20 AM: PS I am in Tingley West Yorkshire
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Post by: cooleronthecoast on April 08, 2020, 08:49:18 AM: Morning Ozzy, welcome to the house of fun!
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Post by: Nurse Julie on April 08, 2020, 09:00:31 AM: Welcome to the Forum.
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Post by: Rozabikes Tim on April 08, 2020, 09:07:14 AM: Welcome mate. Fab collection of bikes you have there. Plenty to fettle during lockdown :P
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Post by: Laverda Dave on April 08, 2020, 10:26:16 AM: Welcome along to the forum. Let's see some photos of your stable, we may not be able to ride our bikes at the moment but we can still look at them :)
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Post by: Greg65 on April 08, 2020, 12:14:57 PM: Welcome to our wonderful community of nutters, you don’t have to be one but it does help! ;D
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Post by: Johnwebley on April 08, 2020, 12:48:08 PM: welcome,

enjoy,
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Post by: mike the bike on April 08, 2020, 12:53:12 PM: Welcome Ozzy, let's see some photos of your bikes. It saves us having buy bike mags.
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Post by: OZZYSBIKES on April 08, 2020, 05:50:58 PM: Thanks all, I'll put some pictures on when I figure out how to put them together and post them
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Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on April 08, 2020, 06:10:32 PM: There’s a FAQ in the new members section.

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Post by: Woodside on April 08, 2020, 07:40:10 PM: I'd be interested in seeing the majesty.
I have one here that is very original but was stored in a damp concrete shed ......
Somthing else on my list of things to do...
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Post by: OZZYSBIKES on April 11, 2020, 01:48:01 PM: Hi

Well I am just rebuilding it ready for sale, I have just completed the 200 conversion, I have made and fitted the extended gear lever shaft bush, new alloy gear lever and a brand new alloy tank from holt works that I am painting yellow with new black Majesty Yamaha decals, you cant see in this picture but I have also fitted Suzuki RL250 forks as the standard TY175 forks are not very good, it's been a labour of engineering love and I have more invested in it than I will be able to sell it for, I'll do you another picture when the tank is fitted,

Regards Jeff
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Post by: OZZYSBIKES on April 11, 2020, 02:03:09 PM: While I am on with it, my 550 and NS400R
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Post by: OZZYSBIKES on April 11, 2020, 02:06:28 PM: PS the picture of my NS400R is in the posh garage of the bloke that I bought it off ! My garage is the cramped one with the 550 in
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Post by: cooleronthecoast on April 11, 2020, 07:44:57 PM: Lovely NS Ozzy, one of those bikes I would certainly have liked to have owned.
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Post by: OZZYSBIKES on April 12, 2020, 11:16:25 AM: Thanks,

It is cosmetically very good and was allegedly mechanically good but £1200 later it's ready for a test when I can get out on it ! Repairs include crankshaft overhaul, gearbox bearings, Nova racing gears, piston rings, stator rewind and three new ignition coils, it's a fabulous thing but I dropped a goolie when I bought it !
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Post by: philward on April 12, 2020, 10:02:44 PM: Welcome Ozzy - interesting collection - enjoy the forum!