Hello.

"B.J. "Jazzy Joe"" (kuyabj) 06/20/2019 at 15:18 • Filed to: Introductions, W124, Pike car, Kawasaki ZXR750, KTM RC390, Nissan S12, Suzuki TU250X

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Just wanted to say hello to everyone. Long time lurker on here, but never put a post up until now. “Jazzy Joe” is a silly nickname a friend of mine calls me after a Thai DJ he saw, anyways...

I’m 24 and are from the land of Koalas and giant Rabbits. Love my cars, but adore motorbikes even more to which many, many things happen when I see something rare and awesome.

Currently got on the road a 1991 Mercedes 300CE-24 named Kylie (after Kylie Minogue) and a 2017 KTM RC390 named Kimberly (after the pink power ranger), as well as a 1988 Nissan Be-1 that needs some time and love to get back onto the road.

I’ll probably be posting the odd car/motorbike related things, plus old racing video game things. Hope to have a good time here. Some extra pics of other stuff I’ve had:

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > B.J. "Jazzy Joe" 06/20/2019 at 16:13

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That C124...I can’t get it out of my head.

punkgoose17 > B.J. "Jazzy Joe" 06/20/2019 at 16:13

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Hello!

Klaus Schmoll > B.J. "Jazzy Joe" 06/20/2019 at 16:17

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Looooo ve the C124! Friend of mine dailies a W124 which he inherited from his dad. Welcome and greetings from Gemany!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > B.J. "Jazzy Joe" 06/20/2019 at 16:34

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Hmmm... a M ercedes named after Kylie Minougue...

Censored > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 06/20/2019 at 16:35

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I see it, what you did, I see it.

B.J. "Jazzy Joe" > Klaus Schmoll 06/20/2019 at 16:41

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Cheers mate. Do need to go to Germany someday! See some of my family’s history you know, plus do a proper Oktoberfest.

B.J. "Jazzy Joe" > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 06/20/2019 at 16:43

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:) I know the feeling

B.J. "Jazzy Joe" > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 06/20/2019 at 16:46

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Haha I didn’t even know she was that until this year :P

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > B.J. "Jazzy Joe" 06/20/2019 at 16:49

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Kylie's a bit of a gay icon.

Longtime Lurker > B.J. "Jazzy Joe" 06/20/2019 at 21:35

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Hello! how was the Tu250?

Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's > B.J. "Jazzy Joe" 06/21/2019 at 02:03

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You’re home now, welcome! That Mercedes makes me yearn for ridiculous German engineering...

pip bip - choose Corrour > B.J. "Jazzy Joe" 06/21/2019 at 07:39

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GIB the gazelle!

another queenslander, i’m in vic

B.J. "Jazzy Joe" > Longtime Lurker 06/21/2019 at 14:46

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For a first bike that I had for about 30000km’s, they’re brilliant! Very simple bike, no fuel gauge, no rev counter. O n gravel roads, it’s lightness and linear but meager power made for some fun riding. The only thing which was annoying is the vibrations once the engine is revving.

If your looking for a fast entry level bike, look elsewhere.  On stock gearing, took around 10 secs for 0-100kph (0-62mph), and has a max speed going downhill of 140kph I found.

I did remove the secondary throttle butterfly on mine, which made it perform a bit better than stock. Do recommend that, as I believe the electronics opens it up too slowly and maybe not even open fully at high revs. The only issues I had was a speedometer cable that snapped and the clutch cover gasket that leaked horribly later in its life.

B.J. "Jazzy Joe" > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/21/2019 at 14:56

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Hi mate :)

Suprised you knew it was a Gazelle! P eople usually said  “nice AE86".

B.J. "Jazzy Joe" > Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's 06/21/2019 at 16:04

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I’ve had some expensive age/mileage related issues, but I agree. T heir whole range before the mid 90's   were pretty robust and well designed for mechanics , albeit a bit more technical.

Although it’s strange having no cup holders in mine , and that my head can almost hit the roof...