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[Pigmy Pony]

The scariest 2 stroke I ever owned by a long shot.......A beast and a bloody pig to ride.

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I loved my wee Suzuki X7 though.

I thought the little X7's were great, I had a T-reg one in red, and though strictly NOT a touring bike I once did an overnight run from Preston to London to go to Earls Court (this was before bike shows went to NEC). Took a while.

But I think if I had the cash for it now I'd still look for an RD400, in white with red speed blocks. And I'd wear Doc Martens, a studded belt and a bomber jacket to complete the look

[Haselsh1]

Ooh I had one that colour, kept it 9/10 years, always regret selling it,happy days indeed

Yeah, massively quick, 120 odd bhp and around 190kg. I really enjoyed this bike after a good few years of riding Ducati's. The FZR was much more forgiving and slightly more 'loose' on the handling. Great memories.

[Pigmy Pony]

Yeah, massively quick, 120 odd bhp and around 190kg. I really enjoyed this bike after a good few years of riding Ducati's. The FZR was much more forgiving and slightly more 'loose' on the handling. Great memories.

A decent power to weight ratio. A quick (rough) calculation shows that a Vauxhall Astra would have to make 5-600bhp to be on a par. But on a bike all that power goes through a contact patch about the size of a cigarette packet

[Haselsh1]

A decent power to weight ratio. A quick (rough) calculation shows that a Vauxhall Astra would have to make 5-600bhp to be on a par. But on a bike all that power goes through a contact patch about the size of a cigarette packet

Oh hell yeah. The number of times though I have had the rear wheel step out on acceleration making the old bum twitch a bit. Goes to show how much grip there is in a motorcycle tyre, talking of which, back in the day I always used Metzeler or Michelin. They were the only ones I used back then that wouldn't follow grooves in the road and throw you around the bloody place. Also of course the braking in comparison to a car. Three drilled and grooved discs for 200kg of weight compared to a car. Love it but I don't think I shall be going back there any time soon.

[Pieoftheday]

Yeah, massively quick, 120 odd bhp and around 190kg. I really enjoyed this bike after a good few years of riding Ducati's. The FZR was much more forgiving and slightly more 'loose' on the handling. Great memories.

Not much happened below 7000rpm but then .....

[Haselsh1]

Not much happened below 7000rpm but then .....

LOL hell yes. The bloody thing must've topped out at 12k.

[Ian7633]

The scariest 2 stroke I ever owned by a long shot.......A beast and a bloody pig to ride.

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I loved my wee Suzuki X7 though.

I had a mate who had an RM250 and that used to frighten me so the 400 must be a monster. I had an X7 and it was absolutely brilliant. It went like stink, handled OK but the brakes were very 70's and had fragile electrics. Massive grin factor though.
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[Haselsh1]

Suzuki GSX1400 in Cleethorpes Lincolnshire by Shaun Haselden, on Flickr



Suzuki GSX1400 at the seafront in Cleethorpes by Shaun Haselden, on Flickr



Fabulous modified Suzi GSX1400 outside the Hawaiian Eye Cafe on the seafront in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. I started going in here during 1976 when I started riding bikes. The place has barely changed. The whole seafront area of Cleethorpes isn't hugely commercialised but is still based around money of course. This parking spot for bikers is a blessing from how it used to be way back in the 70's.

July 7th 2019 Sunday lunchtime.

[alphaGT]

I had a mate who had an RM250 and that used to frighten me so the 400 must be a monster. I had an X7 and it was absolutely brilliant. It went like stink, handled OK but the brakes were very 70's and had fragile electrics. Massive grin factor though.
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I started riding a Suzuki 250 when I was only 12 years old! I can’t recall the name, it was before the RM.

Russell

[struth]

I had the gt250. Went like stink lol