Why I am Nostroke
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:57 pm
Hi. My name is Ely and I'm an addict.
I just got an awesome 750 GT. It's a 73' that, 40 years ago, a friend hired me to put 32mm Dellortos on, replacing the Amal Concentrics. I also rebuilt the top ends, bore and valve seat work, and swapped the Lockheed grabbers out for Brembos way back then as it was the thing to do; all the buzz around the Rock Store and so on. Anyways, he gave me a good deal on it because I had skin in the game, having done that work on it back in the '80s. After a bit of fiddling around, it runs perfectly. What a sweet running twin! Now just waiting for dryer and warmer weather here in Southern Oregon.
I raced a 750 F1B in AMA Superbike for a few years back in the late '80s. I had some of Jimmy Adamo's Gia Co Moto goodies bolted on.
I qualified and finished the Daytona 200 in 1987 on a home built 73 Triumph 750 twin barn find. Qualified at 151 mph with no fairing.
I built a bike called the Duconda back in 1990 for Battle of the TWins at Daytona. I grafted two Honda HRC race barrels and heads onto an Alazurra bottom end donated by Pro Italia in LA . Long story.
I currently make one off race electric bikes at my shop in Southern Oregon, three so far, working on #4 now, called the LightFighter, that we race vs gas bikes in the US.
The addiction is eternal it seems. Get over it.
I just got an awesome 750 GT. It's a 73' that, 40 years ago, a friend hired me to put 32mm Dellortos on, replacing the Amal Concentrics. I also rebuilt the top ends, bore and valve seat work, and swapped the Lockheed grabbers out for Brembos way back then as it was the thing to do; all the buzz around the Rock Store and so on. Anyways, he gave me a good deal on it because I had skin in the game, having done that work on it back in the '80s. After a bit of fiddling around, it runs perfectly. What a sweet running twin! Now just waiting for dryer and warmer weather here in Southern Oregon.
I raced a 750 F1B in AMA Superbike for a few years back in the late '80s. I had some of Jimmy Adamo's Gia Co Moto goodies bolted on.
I qualified and finished the Daytona 200 in 1987 on a home built 73 Triumph 750 twin barn find. Qualified at 151 mph with no fairing.
I built a bike called the Duconda back in 1990 for Battle of the TWins at Daytona. I grafted two Honda HRC race barrels and heads onto an Alazurra bottom end donated by Pro Italia in LA . Long story.
I currently make one off race electric bikes at my shop in Southern Oregon, three so far, working on #4 now, called the LightFighter, that we race vs gas bikes in the US.
The addiction is eternal it seems. Get over it.