Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
11-05-2012, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 9,265
later models of R-series
just to add to the Yonex fund of knowledge, I too have seen a later composite version; this one of the metal R-2, the composite version also called a Rexplay 2.
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
10-17-2012, 02:22 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,345
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
10-05-2012, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 6,289
Is this the Euro model FPK
I've just picked up a Wilson Ultra Firebird - its a tapered beam racquet with a nice amount of flex/feel - is this the Euro Ultra 95 model referred to? I've seen a green Silverbird somewhere too, ...
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Forum: Other Equipment
09-26-2012, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 5
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I am starting to collect classic racquets, and...
I am starting to collect classic racquets, and have already struck the obsolete grommet issue, so wondered exactly the same thing.
I'm pretty sure you should be able to find someone who can do it...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
09-21-2012, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,097
Boron and Ceramic racquets
I'm starting to get the bug for collecting, and was gutted the other day when someone withdrew one of those gorgeous cherry-red PK Ceramic Destinys from an online auction (I have a mint Graphite...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
07-19-2012, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,950
Nostalgia aint what it used to be!
(postscript to the acquisition of my red Glaflex)
man, that is one beast of a racquet - so head heavy it makes the Wilson Hammers look like my PSC 6.1.
I tell you, the swing was so much like a...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
12-18-2011, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,950
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
10-09-2011, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,082
I've just seen someone advertising something...
I've just seen someone advertising something called a Destiny Lite - looks like all the others in the Destiny mould, dark burgundy & midnight blueish pj - anyone ever played with one of these and can...
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Forum: Racquets
06-08-2010, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,708
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Forum: Racquets
04-26-2010, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 8,519
re PSC stiffness
I now own a well-preserved PSC (early edition, no "6.1", white butt cap) with the 16x18 pattern, and it would seem to be the same as some posters have discerned of the 18x20 in the stiffness level,...
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Forum: Racquets
04-01-2010, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,215
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Forum: Racquets
03-31-2010, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,215
best "value-for-money" sleeper?
OK, just for us curious racquet-tinkerers, has anyone ever had occasion to test-drive one of the mid-range/budget models available and thought "gosh this is a heck of a lot better than I expected"?
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Forum: Racquets
03-11-2010, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,699
Prostaff flex
Yes I agree the ROK was a keeper; - wish mine hadnt cracked! the cost of a thinner beam, I guess .. also agree it was a slightly atypical PS, but once I added a bit of lead to the ROK to help it...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
11-23-2009, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 7,667
I wanna play!
this coloured font stuff (or colored font if you are from the wilder colonies) looks like fun!! :)
but seriously folks ...
I have a graphite destiny that I really like the feel of, but the strings...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
07-13-2009, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,950
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
07-12-2009, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,950
thanks for the pics, Soundog!
... that's the beast , all right, like I said those pics may just be the only ones on the net!
I'll have to keep my eyes out for one myself, just to see how time has treated it compared to the...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
07-07-2009, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,950
almost right , Plasma!
its a glaflex, one eff! I remember it now, and yes it did look like the OPS metals - you'll have to let us know how it plays.
The Graphlex is a more recent (budget?) Yonex, hence my confusion -...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
06-26-2009, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,950
thats ok data, I'd like a YFG as well! :-)
Yo...
thats ok data, I'd like a YFG as well! :-)
Yo Soundog, I thought it must be a Carbonex 8! any chance of a photo for my wishlist collection? I couldnt find a phot on the net anywhere, so they must be...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
06-24-2009, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,348
Duece I have to say that your signature line...
Duece I have to say that your signature line about ignorance and confidence betrays you. You seem to be unable to tolerate opinions that differ from yours.
statements like
"You can disagree with me...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
06-24-2009, 12:45 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,950
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
06-18-2009, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,950
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
06-17-2009, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,574
Hey this is a great idea, but no need for age...
Hey this is a great idea, but no need for age constraints
after all the difference in player abilities would more than make up for that of the racquets
You just need a "chief handicapper" (with a...
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
06-02-2009, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,660
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Forum: Classic Racquet Talk
05-30-2009, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,648
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Forum: Racquets
05-28-2009, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 6,005
no votes for the carbonex 8 , then :wink:
(hey , It's what i learned to play with so it must be good)
can't even find any pics of one, ANYWHERE!
it was a fibreglass version of the ops racquets, if thats any help, looked like the carbonex...
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