I had the 250 Kawasaki in green (obvs) with yellow stripes paid extra for the mags wheels. brand new. 6 weeks later head on into a Ford RS2000. here to tell the story though .
Well I would say emissions but with modern technology it’s theoretically possible, but there is a blanket ban on the engines in some states for example so could they make a profit Who knows It is plausible however
I had a Suzuki GT250A in 1977, and I used to knock about with guys on the other 250's of the day. One of them bought a brand new KH250, it was a lovely looking thing and for 3 months it went like a rocket. Straight line drags it saw off me on my Suzuki and friends on RD250's, we were well impressed. Then it was like it just gave up! It was running right but for some reason it's performance just faded away to the point where we could all beat it in a drag race. Never known another bike like that, it was very strange how it went off the boil. Eventually after trying everything he could he gave up and traded it in for an RD.
The khs for some reason always fouled the middle cylinder cleaning the spark plug helped for a while but after 1000 miles you had to replace it. Decoking the baffles helped as well.
Yeah, I owned an SIC too. Much smoother and prettier than the RD's. Nice candy blue paint job. Then I owned an S3 400, 1974 model and that was quick in its day. Memories eh?
I was lucky enough to own the slightly faster S1C 250 and the S3 400 Kawasakis. I chopped a 1976 250 Yamaha DX in for the S3. Never, ever liked Yamahas although they did make a nice DT trial bike.
great video, I've never seen footage of a Motobecane triple before - nice looking bike. It'd be great to view an Italian classic sporting middleweight video, Guzzi V50 Monza, Laverda Alpino, Ducati Pantah (and / or 500 vertical twin, 350/450 single), Benelli 500/4, Aermacchi 350 etc.
Hello fellow motorbike enthusiast, after much consideration, looking up bike reviews and watching your videos my 21 yr old daughter came home with a 75 Suzuki GT 750 with only 5000 miles on a fully overhauled engine. She loves it and now she can keep up with mum and dad.
Saw a 955i recently - still looks impressively fresh and has great features such as the dzus fasteners, allowing the bodywork to be removed in a couple of minutes.
Awesome! I love 3 cylinder bikes. Hard to find a better sound short of an inline 6 and some V4s. This is perfect watching while the (internal) morning fog dissapates. Thank you. Oh, and the Motobecane was righteous! I've seen their bicycles here in les États-Unis, but didn't know they even made notorcycles, let alone beautiful 2-stroke 3 cylinder beasts!
Thank you for the triples, I would like to see something on big singles. My Grandpa often spoke about a Francis Barnett with a 900 thumper. I would love to learn more😊
I miss those fantastic 2 strokes in the late 60s and early 70s! So much fun! But with the gas prices of today, I probably would only use them on a sunny Sunday once in a while!! Lol! They could be quite thirsty!
In the USA the Triumphs fiberglass fuel tank deformed due to ethanol fuel. I have seen them grow so much that they interfered with the steering and worse the fuel pump plate assembly would fail to seal the gas tank. The latter metal tank and fuel pump will fit if you can find and afford it.
True here BSA Starfire had the same problem but fibre glass tanks would be banned in the uk on safety grounds in the late 60s My 69 BSA had a metal tank Fibre glass tanks were popular on the machines from a number of companies But not for long
@@bikerdood1100 the handling was rubbish too, and bit used to fall of it. brand new it was.. with full body race kit, looked the part that was umm where it ended. but sound was good. swapped in a TS250 for it hahah. long time ago now..
Kind of makes me wish Triumph would introduce a new Trident in their classic range. For the record, the Motobécane 500 was never produced and only 760 of the 350s were ever produced under both the Motobécane and Motoconfort brands. I find it debatable to claim that the 350 was an engineering masterpiece, it certainly was no more so than the Japanese two-stroke triples it was up against and for their cheaper price the Japanese gave you excellent gearboxes and high-quality switchgear totally unlike the Motobécane and it's moped switches. The Motobécane did have a halogen headlight and an enclosed chain, but it also weighed 30lbs more than the Kawasaki S2. As I remember it from my teenage years spent reading motorcycle magazines from different parts of the world, nobody at the time (not even the French), thought it was any better than the Japanese triples.
@@bikerdood1100 Why ? By the 1970s Motobécane was a huge manufacturer that cruised along on the large sales of its mopeds. It was as reluctant to evolve as the bulk of British manufacturers a decade before and would have suffered the same fate was it not for the success of their various Mobylettes. Incidentally, the EFI 500 triple never existed. A few 350 prototypes were built (the Motobécane Club de France says around 10), including one that was shown at the Paris bike show with "500" badges. Yeah, the so-called EFI "500" was actually a 350.
Fun video as usual. I would like to see a video on 90cc bikes. All 4 Japanese companies made 90cc bikes. I had 3 of them Yamaha HT1, Kawasaki G3, but my favourite was my Honda S90 because the four stroke engine sounded so much more civilized than the buzzing two strokes. But all were really fun :-)
I have own a few triples and LOVE them , the 955i Tiger 2007 model , - I loved that bike and the engine . 2011 800 Tiger - to be honest a bit dull and then a 2014 1050 Sport - a fantastic power bike ( very light rear end ) so felt better in handling loaded up or a pillion BUT handled fantastic anyway. I also had the LAST of the Italian made 1130 Trek triples. It to this day was the best handling bike I have ever owned , great brakes and suspension and comfortable. Only down side was fuel consumption.
I'm half French and have been to France hundreds of times, but have never seen those Motobecane.They do sound very nice..Excellent video and very informative...Andre.
On test according to cycle magazine, that’s instead of pub talk mph which is so often much higher for some reason Besides much over 80 on a nacked bike are you become a human parachute
Had a Suzuki GT380A with a piper 3 into 1 exhaust. Choked the performance a bit but the sound 😍🥰😇. Followed by a GT750B. Great long distance cruiser. Great memories. Great videos 👍
Always enjoy your content, very rare for any inaccuracies to creep in to your vids, but I believe it was 71, not 81 that the change to 125cc limit for learners was introduced in the UK..
My mistake, I was thinking about the change from 16 to 17 years of age for 250cc licensing. At 16 it was 50cc no 250's till you were 17.@@bikerdood1100
