This channel was opened to post "Non-"Romaurie Effect" video clips.The refrigeration company I worked for kept calling me back from breakdowns to record the latest projects they were building.
As I no longer work for that company I feel no obligation to host their projects.
But as my channel, "romaurie" was and is primarily to show developments in vacuum-enhanced" aquariums I am slowly moving clips not connected with that to here.
When I arrived here in 1985 I was riding a Yamaha SR 250 SE U.S. Custom.One of the best bikes I have owned.
If I had realised that Yamaha made a TW 125 at the time I bought this Van Van, I probably would have opted for the Yamaha.But having read a few reveiws, it seems more people go for the Van Van.I always bought Yamaha in the U.K.I remember the last bike show I attended there in Birmingham 1987.While I was travelling back to London by train, I got to talking to a few other folk who had attended the show.All had their own favourite Japanese motorcycle company and all had good reasons to support their favourites.I ended up buying a Yamaha XT 350 and shipping it to a place that is "not flavour of the month " at present but the bike ended its journey in Eilat.
Big mistake! The ambient temperature in Eilat in summer can reach 46 degrees in summer.The Yamaha had a plastic air duct to channel over the single cylinder head.If I rode north into the desert, the prevailing wind came from the north.Within 1 hour, my right inside leg was burning! The popular bike available here at that time was the Suzuki 250 X watercooled bike.I thought the power-weight combination of the XT would be better for me than the Yamaha XT 500 or Suzuki 600 .
Because at that time the Arab trade boycott made only Suzuki available as an official import, lots of people wanted to buy the bike.I stubornly held on to it until my son was 1 and a half before selling it.
I am really very impressed with the Van Van.
And "Her-Indoors" likes it too.
Hi, nice VanVan & nice music choice :)
greetings from Germany...
VanVanGER 1 year ago