What's Your Mean Machine?

[waverider]

O'k channel hopper & rolfw have got me started on this one!.....(see page 2, on razors 'Irish Wizard'.........rolfw is an ex Beetle owner and enthusiast!........while hopper claims he owns this blue beast of a car (could be a G.R.P kit car with a Robin Reliant engine in it!).......lets see what anyone can post here!.......it can be wild and whacky or a down right envy machine............o'h and by the we may ask for proof of ownership too (if we get jealous!)..........lol.......waverider............ .

P.S i nominate: channel hopper, rolfw, jimbo, razor and myself to be the judges......

[Channel Hopper]

Horses for courses Waverider

The car is only as good as the traffic in front of me

I would have to say the VF1000R pictured elsewhere in the forum is the prettiest of the vehicles I own, and could be classed as mean, but its not the sharpest handling thing in the garage.

The Ducati 900SL undergoing an engine rebuild at present is the quickest from A to B

For day to day transport Ive picked a winner with the XBR500 from Ebay a couple of months ago and its definitely a good alrounder

[Razor]

I have to say…I still have a soft spot for the first car I ever bought…A Triumph Toledo.

It was stolen on me and never saw it again.

Also as my father-in –law worked in Jaguar( Coventry ) all his life, the Wife is always on at me to get one.
Might do it one day.

[rolfw]

about 12 years ago, I acquired a Datsun 280ZX and spent £2,500 on it for bodywork, respray and mechanical work. Unfortunately, the guy that I bought it from had used a private plate on it, but when all of the records were transferred from local offices to Swansea, he was not using the vehicle and didn't reply to their letters.

The upshot was that the registration lapsed, he couldn't find his documentation and I could find no record of the car's import, so had to get type approval.

The car sat in storage for a few months, but unfortunately, when I went to pick it up with a trailer, the thing had been nicked and that's where the dream ended .

[Channel Hopper]

Life can be a real bitch cant it

I had a motorbike stolen when I was transporting it back from East Europe. Id parked up at a B+B overnight, and then had to catch a poor mans version of National Express back to the channel.

Not fun

[Razor]

Wonder what my old Toledo would be worth now if I still had it.

It was a 1971 model and was 5 years old when I got it, after a while I took out the 1.3 engine and put in a 1.5 from a Dolomite / Sprint ……Happy Days.

[jimbo]

Razor's Toledo still going strong.

[jimbo]

I had this passion wagon

[waverider]

Well chaps three years ago my pride and joy was a 1984 Porsche 911 Targa in guards red....... mint condition.......never drove it much in the winter as i could'nt bare to see it get dirty...(sad git!)......one summer's weekend wife an me decide to blast down to my native I.O.W for the day.........when we arrived back home....i was P*s**ed off so much that i could'nt go much over 65mph cos of our fantastic M25 car park, i realised there was not much point in owning a car like that......so decided to sell it!.......today i have a Suzuki TL1000 SV which give's me great delight in paying back those driver's..who slowed me up in my Porsche!.....:-)

[Razor]

A Zodiac Jimbo...you don't sound like a Zodiac man. Would have thought more like a FIAT 124

[Channel Hopper]

today i have a Suzuki TL1000 SV which give's me great delight

Im not surprised, theyre shit off a shovel, hope youve put some carbons on .

[waverider]

Yep sure did hopper.....Boss carbons....and she has a power commander fitted too :-)
trouble is i have a bit of trouble keepin the front wheel on the deck!.......how do you get your photos' posted on here hopper?......if i knew i could upload a picture of the bike!.....P.S Honda's make sweet bike's the VF1000R is one of me fav's....

[chris]

I've got a Seadoo XP jetski. Does about 75 mph over the water.

Dimensions

Seating Capacity:

2

Length:

2.72m

Width:

1.12m

Height:

1.04m

Dry Weight:

255kg

Fuel Capacity:

54 litres

Storage Capacity:

21 litres

Engine

Engine Type:

Two stroke, twin cylinder Rotax™, R.A.V.E.™ exhaust

Displacement:

951cm³

Compression Ratio:

6.1:1

Bore × Stroke:

88mm × 78.2mm

Carburation:

Twin Mikuni BN 46 - 42

Horsepower:

135hp

Drive Unit

Propulsion System:

Bombardier Formula large hub pump with trimming nozzle

Impeller:

Stainless Steel

Hull

Type:

Semi-V, hyperbolic, multi-angle deadrise, fibreglass reinforced.

But it's a bit to cold this time of year to use!!!

[waverider]

Nice one Chris i own something a lot slower!!....22ft Seal sailing cruiser......top speed (according to wind conditions etc) 7.5 Knotts!......but i can sleep, cook & relax on it lol!

[Razor]

Shiver me timbers m8y, get aloft you old sea dog. Always wanted to say that.

[Razor]

Have you got a patriot?

[waverider]

LOL...heh heh.....top of the evening to yer....and enjoy yer Guinness....:-)

[Channel Hopper]

P.S Honda's make sweet bike's the VF1000R is one of me fav's....


Engine a dream, fairing and electrics typically Hondas and Japanese finest. Brakes, handling and corrosion of the combstibles is its downfall

If only theyd put this engine in the standard VF1000 (I have two of them as well) it would have been the one to beat in 1984. As it was the GPz900 waltzed it on cost and handling.

[auxr6]

My current car here in Tasmania (Australia) is an AU series Ford Falcon XR6 sedan - 4.0 litre straight 6, various performance mods, approx 220kw, top speed around 235kph.
This is an Australian designed and built Ford which has been modified by Tickford Vehicle Engineering in Melbourne (since renamed Ford Performance Vehicles).

Cheers

[Channel Hopper]

Australian house cars (and bikes) have been ignored by almost all the press up here, but they do have a cult following from those that keep in touch via the film industry.

Some good and some best left in the can

I shall be watching 'Stone' tonight on VHS, just to see what all the fuss is about

[jimbo]

@auxr6

Lovely job......I guess you can 'put it though its paces' where you are.

[waverider]

Sweet number auxr6.....what engine mods did you have?.....i.e camshaft & head work etc.......0-60...how quick?

[T_G]

My favourite ride currently is an 1100 S. It has chiptuning, Laser exhaust, wide carbon inlet ducts, lots of other carbon parts, k&n filters, superbike handle bar conversion, low seat and some other stuff. It has a Safari paintjob now. Does not belong to me, but sits there ready for me whenever I need it. This is the perk of working for a bike specialist

[T_G]

But I think my favourite car was this:
1974 (?) Plymouth Fury 3. Electric windows, chairs, central locking, electronic ignition, disc brakes,adjustable steering, V8 engine (I think was 7.2 L) automatic trans... I just loved it. Funy thing is despite the size there was not that much room sitting in the rear, but then who cares....

At the same time (around 1989) I also owned a 1960 Vespa 400 Car. That was a funky car with a 2 stroke engine. Sadly I don't have a picture with both of them at the same time, actually I am not sure where I got the pictures from that time. But I found these on the internet . So the bloke in the car is not me...


TG

[auxr6]

Sweet number auxr6.....what engine mods did you have?.....i.e camshaft & head work etc.......0-60...how quick?

Thanks - yes I love it

I'll try to list the mods:
Tickford (post Ford production-line) - camshaft, bigger inlet & exhaust valves with heavier springs, modified computer mapping profile, lowered approx 20mm with stiffer shocks, adaptive shift auto transmission.

My mods - lowered further 25mm with progressive springs, extractors, 2.75" exhaust with high flow catalytic converter, high flow air filter, custom Ford Racing Div'n air intake ducting, bigger cold air intake, Unichip, cleaned up the dual length intake runners and matched to head. Dyno tuned.

Original 0-400 metres around 15.5 sec.
Have only run some unofficial times since mods and these seem to be around the 14.7 ~ 14.8 mark. Never tried to do any 0 - 100 kph times.

Guess there's plenty more to do - just need the necessary $'s .... it's a bit of a battle between the car and more satellite gear