Adventures on the Old Girl, and with the Old Girl

bikedoctor99 · Post by **bikedoctor99** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:28 pm

OMG!! Concete has grown all over the grass since I last saw that field!! Honest.
I lived about 3 miles behind you ( as you face the fifi ) on Carr St, #14 if I remember correctly.
There was a busy road behind our house and crop dusters would bomb the fields between Carr St and the flying field. 1958, I was 9 yrs old.

BTW the fifi hasn't aged since my wife and I sat at the controls at Teterboro airport a few years ago, It is also concrete now- so much for quaint flying fields.
Allan

Superchicken · Post by **Superchicken** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:53 am

In my opinion, drum brakes are to dangerous for the street. My wife bought me a brand new Yama FZ-07. I'm totally impressed with it. I had been riding my Yama Vision since 1990, so I said, what heck, a new one won't kill me to buy. Here is a funny part, frame #00062, is also my age!!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:41 am

Allan, FiFi was sitting on my home airport, that's where I work. Carr Street? I'll look it up! That neighborhood has changed a LOT since 1958, let me tell you!

Small world, isn't it?

Happy Holidays!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:42 am

A Yamaha Vision? That was cool bike! I haven't seen one of those in absolute ages!!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:30 am

I brought her home from the Museum today. I meant to do it MONTHS ago, but it seems as we get older the time just gets away from us.

I looked her over before I rode off. The folks at the Museum have been treating her VERY well, she looked just as she did when I dropped her off several months ago. They'd been keeping her clean, and they were kind enough to charge the battery and check the tire pressures before I picked her up.

When I rode her home, I took the "long way around" to do it. The engine started immediately and ran flawlessly, the transmission shifted perfectly, but she handled like, well, an old bike. I've been riding my NT650 a bit, as well as my bicycles, and the Old Girl is pretty wobbly compared to them. She didn't want to go straight, in fact, she didn't seem to have any idea what straight ahead was. The suspension worked, but oh my, the damping and rebound are no where as tight as modern machines. The brakes were a little bit "grabby", but there was no question that they were strong, very strong.

In spite of that, she was a joy to ride! Those lovely analog needles on the tach/speedo, the upright seating position, the fact that petite me can FLAT FOOT at a stop...and then there is that exhaust note and intake honk. Absolutely nothing else sounds like a 305 Superhawk!

I'm hoping for a longer ride in a day or two!

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 1:48 am

She's still a very beautiful "Old Girl"

G

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:00 am

Graham, thank you. She wears her age well!

You must be getting excited about your bike - it's getting close!

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