Comments on: Motorcycle Rider Training in 1959 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:34:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Big Sven http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/comment-page-1/#comment-255961 Big Sven Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:35:30 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/#comment-255961 The 250 Perak is one of the best bikes ever made. The '87 alloy-twin 350 4-port I later had was crap in comparison. Great design, but what good is that if the quality of materials and manufacture is crap. My 350 broke down 3 times, deep in Europe, once I stripped the engine on site, in the rain, and managed to fix the gearbox so I could slowly ride home. They are good that way, simple design. Another time I rode 500k's on one piston, another time the chains fell apart. German chains got me going again. The Perak was made by Jawa, in local cottage-industies and assemble in Tynec (small factory) CZ actually made all the later engines (big factory 80 miles south). The Russians bought all the bikes at a price they set, so no-one at CZ cared about quality (Jawa were actually quiet good with the rest of the bike, no other problems there). 'Bought' - ha! - a trainload of rotten bananas is payment!? That actually happened, I'm not joking. A lot of Jawa workers are also farmers, they used the bananas as fertilizer. Another time it was a trainload or Russian bearings, but they could at least sell that for scrap and use the money. I knew a Swedish army engineer who was in charge of procuring the Swedish army bikes they bought, and have been to the factory in Tynec twice. I know. The Perak was very solidly made, you couldn't break or wear them out, they were made from melted-down German tanks and Messerschmitts, not Russian crap. About 13bhp at 5,000, did about 60mph, you could cruise at 55mph 24/7 in all weathers without getting tired, 65 miles per Brit gals. Wish I had one now. The only change I would do would be to fit the superb '87 teles and 12V 200W AC generator, Koni dial-a-rides and Metzeler tyres. On with a German windshield and panniers and you could ride the world on one. I once met a Brit guy who rode one over 100,000 miles, only changed plugs, a couple of rings, clutch-plates, chains. And it was still going strong. New is not better. The 250 Perak is one of the best bikes ever made. The ‘87 alloy-twin 350 4-port I later had was crap in comparison. Great design, but what good is that if the quality of materials and manufacture is crap. My 350 broke down 3 times, deep in Europe, once I stripped the engine on site, in the rain, and managed to fix the gearbox so I could slowly ride home. They are good that way, simple design. Another time I rode 500k’s on one piston, another time the chains fell apart. German chains got me going again. The Perak was made by Jawa, in local cottage-industies and assemble in Tynec (small factory) CZ actually made all the later engines (big factory 80 miles south). The Russians bought all the bikes at a price they set, so no-one at CZ cared about quality (Jawa were actually quiet good with the rest of the bike, no other problems there). ‘Bought’ – ha! – a trainload of rotten bananas is payment!? That actually happened, I’m not joking. A lot of Jawa workers are also farmers, they used the bananas as fertilizer. Another time it was a trainload or Russian bearings, but they could at least sell that for scrap and use the money. I knew a Swedish army engineer who was in charge of procuring the Swedish army bikes they bought, and have been to the factory in Tynec twice. I know. The Perak was very solidly made, you couldn’t break or wear them out, they were made from melted-down German tanks and Messerschmitts, not Russian crap. About 13bhp at 5,000, did about 60mph, you could cruise at 55mph 24/7 in all weathers without getting tired, 65 miles per Brit gals. Wish I had one now. The only change I would do would be to fit the superb ‘87 teles and 12V 200W AC generator, Koni dial-a-rides and Metzeler tyres. On with a German windshield and panniers and you could ride the world on one. I once met a Brit guy who rode one over 100,000 miles, only changed plugs, a couple of rings, clutch-plates, chains. And it was still going strong. New is not better.

]]> By: Hopkins http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/comment-page-1/#comment-121924 Hopkins Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:55:27 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/#comment-121924 Teaching robin how to ride the bat-cycle. Teaching robin how to ride the bat-cycle.

]]> By: ROHORN http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/comment-page-1/#comment-121844 ROHORN Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:14:22 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/#comment-121844 Maybe Herr Instruktor is showing Frau Instruktor why the back seat bars aren't those new fashionable clip-ons..... Maybe Herr Instruktor is showing Frau Instruktor why the back seat bars aren’t those new fashionable clip-ons…..

]]> By: Sean http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/comment-page-1/#comment-121835 Sean Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:45:04 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/#comment-121835 "What're you rebelling against?" "Whaddya got?" “What’re you rebelling against?”

“Whaddya got?”

]]> By: hoyt http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/comment-page-1/#comment-121825 hoyt Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:06:29 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/03/13/motorcycle-rider-training-in-1959/#comment-121825 "man, I can't wait to get into the sixties....get this clown off the back and take her for a ride she won't forget." “man, I can’t wait to get into the sixties….get this clown off the back and take her for a ride she won’t forget.”

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