Guys, you have done a marvelous job modding your bikes. JonnyC, do you have a before shot?
Orsm vids Keltex and Suncoaster. Makes you want to get out there and go. 650 Kwakas arenāt worth that much either.
Sweet, do love me some āwater buffaloās!ā :bigsmile:
One bike from that time period that I really coveted, but never got to ownā¦ loved the sound of that tripleā¦looked at one that had stinger expansion chamber pipes on it*ā¦couldnāt swing the $$$, someone else got the buy.
- and the sound of that particular bikeā¦hellaciously sweet and nasty.
This is a somewhat before shot, although I had a few mods on it already.
where is this ?
They do sound nice. Unfortunately, they lose power with a 3 into 1.
When the weather gets better, Iāll be selling mine but Iām asking top dollar. Itās been a couple years since Iāve seen a good one with title on ebay so I should be able to get it.
Never saw a 3 into 1 on a two strokeā¦ wasnāt stock individual pipes?
this was the old style expansion chambers w the stinger muffler endsā¦ as I said, the sound was incredible. Not snowmobile like at all.
Good luck w the sale, spring is here soon enough.
You wrote āstinger expansion chamber pipesā and I took that to mean a single chamber and three inlet pipes :~. They lower power but weigh 50 lbs or so less than stock which is why they were somewhat popular for these heavy bikes. For compactness, 3 (or 2) into 1 exhausts are often used on 2-stroke snowmobiles and watercraft.
The buffalo has 4 heavy mufflers (the middle pipe splits into 2) and because of itās mild porting, it has a nice linear 4-stroke like power band. Adding individual chambers and porting, makes it run more like a 2-stroke should. The TR750 racer with 50+ more hp was based on the GT and it weighed 326 lbs compared to the 500+ lb tourer.
Itās a 2004 Goldwing FBG (Fat Bottomed Girl). Itās needed to get across the U.S. in reasonable comfort.
For that aerial view we saw earlier ā Iām gonna guess Beartooth Pass? Thatās where Iām headed with this modest little machine.
This should be called Comfychair. 
its always interesting to think back and reflect on the bikes that were personal favorites or high on the wish list. The same guy who owned this watercooled triple for sale also owned at the same time a RE-5 (?) rotaryā¦ only ever saw one of those on the road.
At relatively the same time I made an offer on a K1000 kawi, the one that had the driveshaftā¦was mint, but seemed very heavy on the road. My interest: my father had an early KZ1000; the year or two after they upgraded from the KZ900. Always had a soft spot for that one too, though I owned a few UJMs after that that history treats better than the āwish bikesā.
New member here thought Iād try to post some piccys of my bikes as per request
Hope this works
FireBlade has had Micron removed(way too loud) and swapped for later RRW stainless full system
Yamaha has had exhausts changed for YPVS F2 pipes as old ones looking tired
Have a look here for posting your pics. The Lc almost brought a tear to my eye.
Heres a couple of my RD I bought in about 1981. It was a 1976 model. It was written of soon after I got my licence and rebuilt many times. If anyone knows the whereabouts of it now I'd love to know. l owned it for about 12 years.
I bought my LC in 1987, my first bike was a Yamaha DT50 (learner legal in UK at 16) after a while the gudgeon pin came loose and put a nice groove in the barrel before it seized on me
That was an introduction to how a 2 stoke comes apart , as by law it had to be a 50cc with 2.5bhp, I replaced the barrel and piston with a 60cc racing setup which doubled power to a whole 5BHP
At 17 I got a CZ125 a Czechoslovakian made pos which was only just faster than the DT, it was soon replaced with a Honda CB125 tdc twin, that was a great little bike at 17 years oldyou could chuck down that far youād scratch the exhausts while being silly ahh good fun.
While still 17 I passed my test then bought the LC from my pictures Iāve had it ever since, it requires some TLC now though as I found out I wonāt beat a mates Suzuki TL1000 on faster stretches
A piston broke up then on way back up the broke bit got stuck in exhaust port and smashed out the side of the barrel ooops.
So now it sits in the garage with that Iāll get round to it one day thing going on, kids and life are getting in the way nowadays though.
Are those the DG radially finned heads? I had a ā76 350 with rearsets, S&W shocks and Toomey chambers. The heads wouldāve been next if the bike didnāt get stolen. :_(
Hereās something I recently saved from a trip to the graveyard. It supposedly only needs batteries.
Bastards. Yes they are DG which I machined the squish band clearance to 20 thou. The chambers Iām only guessing at are Proto Pipe. I did have about 4 different brands on at different times including a mongrel set made by me. The mods I made on this bike were endless over the years.
The CZ is worth about a bazillion dollars at this point .
Boaz, amazing video, Iāve not seen that before. 
I had this for a while, heavy but solid, overshadowed by the fours but when I put a 3-1 on it rejetted the carbs and put some slightly higher bars on it it made for a lovely medium/fast cruiser that howled, Iāve had all sorts through the years - a lot faster and some a lot slower but that Yam never missed a beat.