your very first yonex racket

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  1. Neil Nicholls

    Neil Nicholls Regular Member

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    Yonex RY-700 bought around 1994 I think.
    Carbon shaft, Aluminium head.
     
    #41 Neil Nicholls, Aug 30, 2005
  2. DinkAlot

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    A high school kid saw my NS7000 and was like "OHHHH! AHHHH!" He said it was his favorite racket. I replied, I enjoyed the racket as well but it was too fragile for me, that I had already cracked two and didn't want to crack the 3rd one. The kid asked if I was willing to sell or trade it and I said depends. He offered me 5 old rackets and I said "No, thanks." He became very depressed. For the next two hours, I saw him eye my NS7000 and I just decided to trade him even though I knew I would never use any of those rackets. You should have seen the joy on his face as he showed his high school friends his new racket. :D
     
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    hehehe where do u play, on what days and have u got anymore racquets your *not* willing to trade;)
     
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  4. DinkAlot

    DinkAlot dcbadminton
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    Sorry, I'm in the US. :p Your best chance was when a group of fine Lads came over to see the WCs from Liverpool. :D
     
    #44 DinkAlot, Aug 30, 2005
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    Cab 21sp back 1989... I remember it vividly because I'd asked a friend who went back HK to pick up a Cab 20 for me and he was persuaded by the shop keeper to buy a 21 instead. Still I ended up using Cab 21s for over 10 years before I switched to Cab 25s. Nowadays I've ended full circle and playing with Cab 20s:)
     
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    hehe i know ur in the us:p

    that was really nice of you:D
     
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  7. Javalina

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    I am a newbie to the badminton world. I got my first racquet in 2003 and it is Yonex MP-77.
     
    #47 Javalina, Aug 30, 2005
  8. red00ecstrat

    red00ecstrat Regular Member

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    u are a good man :)
     
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    May be the 5 old rackets include Boron 2, Boron 200, Iso 800 Blue CN, Iso slim 10 old logo CN and AR 110 old look CN........................ :D

    Just Kidding. What are the 5 old rackets?? May be I am interested on them. :)
     
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  10. DinkAlot

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    Yonex:
    Blacken
    Choice of Champions
    Aerotus 77
    Cab 9

    Carlton:
    Boron (I think)

    Sorry, all are spoken for. Sold two, gave away two and kept one, the Blacken and added a bunch of lead tape, that's my warm-up racket. My Blacken is now a -3U. :p
     
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  11. Joseph

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    My first racquet happens to be a cab23. Then I moved to a ti-10.
     
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    My first racket was a blacken.
    That racket was indestructible.... wish I still had it..

    Over the years it has been cab8's and even a Boron Classic
     
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    Boron Classic is also a very good racket. Other than those low end Yasaki rackets, Boron Classic is my first racket.
     
    #53 forrestyung, Sep 1, 2005
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    I had Blacken as well. Broke 2 of them.
    Was it known as Blacken 8100 ?
     
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    Broke two of them?! :eek: :eek: :eek:

    What did you do? Hit the concrete ground with them? I'm holding my Blacken right now and there's no way that stainless steel monster is going to break. :p
     
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    My blacken says 'BLACKEN' on the shaft and 'B-8100' on the cone
     
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    first racket was an old old ooooooooooooooooooold cab8. broke that like a day after i got it :crying: then i got a cab8200 and now i'm using an at500 :)
     
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  18. roby2003

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    I think I smack 1 against the steel post that held up the net. I was a beginner back then. :D
    The other was from a clash against another Blacken. It snapped the shaft (where shaft meets the cone).
     
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  19. DinkAlot

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    OK, that makes me feel better because the Blacken is a beast. :D

    When I pull out the Blacken, people run for the hills. :p
     
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  20. red00ecstrat

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    of coz. especially on doubles. no one wanna be your partner :D . except the one with a carlton 3.7X :D .
     
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