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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=15.625% BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="home.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="welcome"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="harleys"><U>Harleys</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="triumph"><U>triumph</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="bsa"><U>BSA</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="motoguzzi"><U>Motoguzzi</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kawasaki"><U>Kawasaki</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="yamaha"><U>Yamaha</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="honda"><U>Honda</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="tech"><U>tech tips</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="classifieds"><U>Classifieds</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:hippie_1620@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:hippie_1620@yahoo.com"><U>e-mail</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="links"><U>links</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="memories"><U>in memory of...</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Missing Children"><U>Missing Children</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="chat"><U>Chat Room</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="add a link"><U>Add your link here</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Scoot"><U>My Project</U></A></div> <div><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Anastasia"><A href="http://www.sturgisrally.net/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=hippie1620&page=http://www.sturgisrally.net/spycams/cam2/001.htm"TARGET="_new" TITLE="live stugis cams"><U>live sturgis cams</U></A></FONT></div> <div><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="6" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="2cf3e3c0.gif" border=0 width="574" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="175" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="86250GP"><U><IMG SRC="125fab40.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="180" ALT=""Grandpaul's" 1968 yamaha 250 grandprix" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></U></A></div> <div> 1968 YAMAHA 250 “GRAND PRIX” </div> <div>    PAUL ZUNIGA, LAREDO, TX </div> <bR> <div>    MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN </div> <bR> <div>    SOLD NEW IN U.S. FOR APPROXIMATELY $400.00 IN 1968 </div> <bR> <div>    250CC, TWO-STROKE, PARALLEL TWIN </div> <bR> <div>    6:1 COMPRESSION RATIO, 25+ HP, 100MPH TOP SPEED (APPROX) </div> <bR> <div>    4-SPEED, SIMPLEX FINAL DRIVE CHAIN, WT.- 325 LBS. (APPROX) </div> <bR> <div>    THE BIKE IS A CONGLOMERATION OF A 250 CATALINA AND A 250 BIG BEAR </div> <bR> <div>    CYCLE COLORS ARE SILVER, RED & WHITE </div> <bR> <div>    ESTIMATED VALUE $1,000.00 </div> <bR> <div>    THIS BIKE WAS ACQUIRED IN A TRADE INVOLVING SEVERAL OTHER BIKES IN EXCHANGE FOR A CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. AT THE TIME, IT WAS JUST A YAMAHA YDS3 CATALINA 250 FRAME & WHEELS WITH A GRAND PRIX FAIRING, GAS TANK & SEAT. I PURCHASED A DS6 BIG BEAR 250 ENGINE AND EXHAUST PIPES, AND PUT THE WHOLE MESS TOGETHER INTO WHAT YOU SEE. USING A LITTLE INGENUITY AND AN ARC WELDER, I INVERTED THE ORIGINAL FOOT CONTROLS INTO A REAR-SET POSITION WITH NO MAJOR MODIFICATION.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="76rd400"><U><IMG SRC="12cfab40.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="180" ALT=""Grandpaul's" 1974 rd400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></U></A></div> <div> 1976 YAMAHA RD 400 </div> <div>    PAUL ZUNIGA, LAREDO, TX </div> <bR> <div>    MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN </div> <bR> <div>    SOLD NEW IN U.S. FOR APPROXIMATELY $850.00 IN 1976 </div> <bR> <div>    400CC, REED-VALVE, TWO-STROKE, PARALLEL TWIN </div> <bR> <div>    6.2:1 COMPRESSION RATIO, 40 HP, 120MPH TOP SPEED (APPROX) </div> <bR> <div>    6-SPEED, SIMPLEX FINAL DRIVE CHAIN, WT.- 325 LBS. (APPROX) </div> <bR> <div>    THE BIKE IS UNRESTORED, BUT IS MODIFIED </div> <bR> <div>    CYCLE COLOR IS WHITE </div> <bR> <div>    ESTIMATED VALUE $2,000.00 </div> <bR> <div>    THIS BIKE HAS BEEN OWNED PREVIOUSLY BY TWO OF MY BROTHERS. MY OLDER BROTHER BOUGHT IT NEW AT KASSON YAMAHA IN AUSTIN, TX IN 1976 AND SOLD IT TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER A FEW YEARS LATER. WHILE HE OWNED IT, WE INSTALLED EXPANSION CHAMBERS AND AN ELECTRONIC IGNITION, AND PAINTED IT BLUE. I BOUGHT IT FROM HIM, RODE IT A WHILE, PAINTED IT WHITE, THEN SOLD IT TO A FRIEND WHO LET IT SIT FOR MANY YEARS. I RE-PURCHASED THE BIKE IN 1990, REPLACED THE (FAILED) ELECTRONIC IGNITION WITH ORIGINAL POINTS, AND INSTALLED THE FLAT SLIDE MIKUNI CARBURATORS. I ALSO HAD THE SEAT RE-COVERED.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="82xj560rj"><U><IMG SRC="133fab40.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="180" ALT=""Grandpaul's" xj650 seca" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></U></A></div> <div> 1982 YAMAHA XJ560RJ SECA </div> <div>    PAUL ZUNIGA, LAREDO, TX </div> <bR> <div>    MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN </div> <bR> <div>    SOLD NEW IN U.S. FOR APPROXIMATELY $1,200.00 IN 1982 </div> <bR> <div>    650CC, DUAL OVERHEAD CAM, FOUR-STROKE, FOUR CYLINDER </div> <bR> <div>    ? COMPRESSION RATIO, ? HP, 120MPH TOP SPEED (APPROX) </div> <bR> <div>    6-SPEED, DUPLEX PRIMARY DRIVE, SHAFT DRIVE </div> <bR> <div>    THE BIKE IS ORIGINAL & UNRESTORED </div> <bR> <div>    CYCLE COLORS ARE ORIGINAL SILVER W/ BLUE & GREY STRIPING </div> <bR> <div>    ESTIMATED VALUE $1,500.00 </div> <bR> <div>    THE SECA i HAVE NOW IS EXACTLY LIKE ONE I PURCHASED NEW IN 1985, (PIC)</div> <div>    BUT WAS TOTALED BY MY OLDEST SON IN '94. THE SECA IS ONE OF THE</div> <div>    SMOOTHEST AND BEST HANDLING BIKES I HAVE EVER RIDDEN.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>