vintage racing

[Garywc]

I am thinking of building a vintage race bike for next season so i figured i would start planing now. maybe an old Harley from the 20s or 30s or maybe even a twin from the 70s
but what would be some good ideas for bikes that are not to ard to find parts for? and something fun to ride

[Super Dave]

 

Well...

Vintage racing is probably more about love than expense and parts are not hard to find.  Ten years into my H1, I'm not done.  But I had about eight production bikes in there that I needed to have ready to go all the time for schools and racing.  Made it hard to think about the vintage bike.

I think the Yamaha RD's are cool.  18" wheels front and rear.  Opportunities with different engine configurations, similar parts, etc.  Also had a relationship with the TR/TD/TZ bikes, so some racing items will work on the RD's or at least make it look like a GP bike. 

With some of the early 70's and 80's bikes coming into age for vintage superbike stuff, seems like KZ's, GS's, and CB's are cool.  Always liked the CB900F and the KZ1000.  Twins?  What are you thinking about?  BMW or Ducati? 

[tug296]

I strained my back a couple of weeks ago, 3 hrs to get out of the bathroom etc, still dealing with it.
I had a big plan for this year with a new bike etc, now fizzled?

Now that I can't even walk straight up, maybe start thinking about the Vintage thing again when the back improves.

I raced a 1981 900F {Melissa the Viper} from 1981 to 1986, that thing was fun as hell with not too much money in it, of course the Interceptor's came out and it was not as competitive as far as Honda's went, had a chance to buy Roberto Pietri's CB 750F, but that didn't work out.

I had 48,000 miles on her when a cylinder stud  broke, fell into the cam chain and broke it going into turn 1 with 5 minutes to go in a 6 hr. endurance race at Daytona, bent all valves.................

After a race I'd get it street legal and take a trip to the mountains with some friends, more than a few times.
Probably half of those miles were race miles, the only problem it had was front rotors warping, went through 4 sets.

I watch them on e-bay, some cheap ones out there, plenty of parts etc..
If I'm lucky enough to get back to strength, definatley would consider the 900F again for Vintage events.

A friend built a Honda CR 750, I was going to race it for him, then it won 1st. at World golf Village show in 2007, 2nd. in 2008 in the Race Bike Class, now I can go look at it when he uncovers it in the garage if I'm lucky.

[Ducmarc]

in AHRMA there's a class for everything so you can almost pick anything . i always wanted a TD 250 yamaha ever since i worked on them in the early 80's . you can buy the tank and bodywork for the honda 750s and make a daytona replica too.there's still a lot of those out there.

[Garywc]

thanks for the input ,I am not too sure about most bikes other then Harleys is where i have a history of building mostly street and did the drag bike thing for a while. but then found out corners are more fun then straight lines.
would love to build an older HD I like all twins just love the sound.
but as far as other bikes I dont even know what they are. and there are some cool looking ones i see from time to time in pictures.

[Super Dave]

thanks for the input ,I am not too sure about most bikes other then Harleys is where i have a history of building mostly street and did the drag bike thing for a while. but then found out corners are more fun then straight lines.
would love to build an older HD I like all twins just love the sound.
but as far as other bikes I dont even know what they are. and there are some cool looking ones i see from time to time in pictures.

Well, how much you looking to spend?  You could do a KR...or a Sprint, but that wouldn't be a twin.  Walt Schaefer has a way cool Harley vintage racer.  I don't think he's had it out in years.  Knows a whole lot about them.

[Ducmarc]

a buell should be your natural choice

[Super Dave]

a buell should be your natural choice

LOL!  Oh, that's cold...