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moto magazine's Kurt Nicoll's 87 & 88 SR500 feature

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kwakman:
just got a copy of moto magazine issue 53, march 2010.there's an 8 page spread of these bikes in their current, mint, as last raced back in the day feature.over here, we get motocross action a month later than the issue date so i assume it will get to the us of a in 4 weeks or so.i dont got a scanner otherwise i'd put it up for you,and i've just checked the website, www.motomagazine.co.uk,(cant do proper links dont know how but im sure the kxriders tooth fairy(ies) will make one appear)but there's no sign of it yet. it's a good read, and one of the most interesting pieces of info says
 'and while the crankcases look like stock items, they've been machined to accept double main bearings'. it goes on to talk about the usual factory frame and tapered swingarm, two different pipes and two different powervalve setups,using different valves to give different powerband characteristics.(this is about the 87 model)Kurt came second in the world championship that year to georges jobe,(the guy the 87 SR500 had originally been built for)winning the last GP in the season,and won the british championship on it too.it goes on then to do a simillar piece on Kurt's 88 SR500, and a page on the ill fated Dave Thorpe/perimeter framed SR500 of 1990.dont know if any of the other guys on here who live in england can get a copy and scan it up?or keep checkin moto w/site.K.

RoostDaddy:
come'on Kwak, why you teasing us.  Sounds pretty interesting hopefully someone can scan it for us. 

Below is a link that I've seen a while ago, but still interesting if you're into the true "works" bikes.






http://www.vintageworksbikes.com/1988KawasakiKX500.html

Larry Wiechman:

--- Quote from: kwakman on March 19, 2010, 04:45:11 AM ---Kurt came second in the world championship that year to georges jobe,(the guy the 87 SR500 had originally been built for)winning the last GP in the season,and won the british championship on it too.
--- End quote ---

Georges Jobe at work.

 
And that's about all there is to say about that....
 
Larry

kwakman:
jobe using 84 sr5 as the good lord intended.i wasnt trying to tease you,(much)i was just makin sure you lot in yankland are aware its on its way and dont miss it.jobe really should of won in 86 and would have if he'd had better luck.it does say (WRONGLY) that he snapped his 86 frame clean in half at one race but it aint so.he was using lightweight factory triple clamps,and the bottom one shat itself(after seeing him at work in the above pic, its not hard to see why, is it?)effectively snapping the beast in half.I'll go down to the library on monday and if their scanner is operational i'll bang it up.For those of you that cant wait.........

kwakman:
roost, its the same bike.although i will say that there are probably more than one from that year,as it says in the mag feature that the featured bike was built for the last 3 races of the season with new frame, engine and god knows wot else...and it says the owner is a guy called gary senior, yet on youtube there's a vid of a walkround of the same 88sr5, but owned by dave king,so i dont know how many there are about.it says the guy is also awaiting an 86 sr5 clearing through customs, yet a guy called lee jackson owns Jobe's 86, so who knows?
I'll try and get it scanned up...

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