Date:         Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:59:33 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
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Things you ride ON
CURRENT:
none
PAST (not in chronological order):
Honda SL100 (later bored to 145 & then 165) RATbike
CB100
XL175 K1
CR250M3 with XL250 K1 Motosport engine & lights
CB250RS with XR500 engine
VT250 with XR500 engine
CB400T
CB450
CX500 Euro
CB750 K2 with 900 kit (x2)
CBX-Z
Yamaha RD350 (1974)

Big singles are evil under power on tight bends... the power pulses
cause the rear wheel to walk sideways and can break traction
entirely. But that RS was FUN around town... could hardly keep the
front wheel on the ground!

Things you ride IN
CURRENT:
1984 Toyota Sprinter 1.8 diesel liftback CE80 FWD
1989 Corolla 1.8 diesel van/wagon CE96
1989 Corona 2.0 diesel sedan CT170
1992 Corona 2.0 diesel 4WD sedan CT190
1992 Toyota Estima Lucida (narrow-bodied Previa) 2.2 turbodiesel
VW Type 2 1984 Caravelle (now awaiting SVX conversion)
PREVIOUS:
1957 VW panelvan 36hp, later single-port 1600
1966 Kombi 1600
1968 Kombi with Corvair drivetrain, LHD
1975 Kombi 1800 with 1916 kit; later fitted with 3.6 Toyota V8
1957 Beetle
1964 Beetle 1.6
1975 Golf 1.1
1974 Passat 1.3, later fitted with 110hp injected 1.6
1967 Hino Contessa 1.3
1984 Mitsubishi Sigma 2.0 FWD
1970 Toyota Crown coupe MS51 with Holden 3.3 six, later Chev 327 &
Toyota 5-speed & Mustang diff
              (and if I'd fitted a Toyota V8 instead, I'd have kept it!)
1977 Toyota Corona 2.0 RT104 sedan, later with 2.0 18RG and 5-speed
1986 Corolla CE80 1.8 diesel sedan
1988 Nissan Skyline Passage GT-D 2.8 diesel hardtop sedan (a disaster!)

I managed to carry both the CB450 & SL100 simultaneously in the 57
van, and the 900 got a trip or two too.