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[Barton]

Rolling back the years. http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1555.l2649

[Rickwoo118]

God, I havnt seen these on the road for years. Remember riding on one in 1990. It was a fast bike at the time.

[2GOOD]

That's not yours is it? I had an 83 one (Y reg'd) Black/Red, it was near enough new mind! Never seemed to have the same following as the original Elsie, had a 250 before hand (at 17) & loved it! Still get excited when I see one now over 30 years later & realise that I've turned in my Dad It's just that my bikes weren't old British things

[Barton]

Yes I loved the one I had, very collectible now and demand silly money once brought back to their former glory.

[Barton]

I had the MK 2 with the bikini fairing and belly pan, loved it! I bought this F2 to do a full refurb but have had a change of heart.

[Barton]

The bikes are that good and retro it deserves a double post.

[Barton]

I might strap Wolfstone on it for a laugh!

[hairy]

A strap-on Wolfstone ?

[2GOOD]

My 83, the first year of the YPVS, came with belly pan & small nose fairing as standard, it did however gain some rather nice Allspeed exhausts, boysen reeds & was tinkered with by a man with called Stan in Kent*, then it use to go off the clock in 4th! *Stan Stephens I think, was quite a 2 stroke tuner in his day

[Barton]

Yes I had allspeeds and Harpower reeds with K&N filters, Stan Stevens was defo the best tuner in them days, although Bob Farnam left him and started up his own company. stan tuned a CR250 motoocross bike for me and it was silly quick.

[Mike (Cliffie)]

My 83, the first year of the YPVS, came with belly pan & small nose fairing as standard, it did however gain some rather nice Allspeed exhausts, boysen reeds & was tinkered with by a man with called Stan in Kent*, then it use to go off the clock in 4th!

*Stan Stephens I think, was quite a 2 stroke tuner in his day

Stan Stephens is still a formidable 2 stroke tuner and a very famous one as well. Based at Brands Hatch.

I used to work with his son, Harley.

[2GOOD]

My 83, the first year of the YPVS, came with belly pan & small nose fairing as standard, it did however gain some rather nice Allspeed exhausts, boysen reeds & was tinkered with by a man with a beard, called Stan in Kent*, then it use to go off the clock in 4th!

*Stan Stephens I think, was quite a 2 stroke tuner in his day

Stan Stephens is still a formidable 2 stroke tuner and a very famous one as well. Based at Brands Hatch.

I used to work with his son, Harley.

He was a very well known tuner! It was between him & a guy called Terry Beckett (again IIRC), this was near enough 30 years ago!

My only mildly tuned 350YPVS was mental afterwards, I'd say that I never bonded with it in the way that I had with my 250LC & kept getting asked if I'd sell it?
So, I did & bought a Honda VF750F, which was slower!

Edited by 2GOOD, 18 February 2013 - 07:29 AM.