Hello from Indonesia

[Dominick]

Piskada:  Welcome to the site.  You'll be sorry though.  I checked above and I have, 16 days, 7 hours and 44 minutes logged in on this site.  I gotta get a life.  This mechanical stuff is addicting.  Dominick

[Alto Mare]

Welcome!

[redsetta]

That's the good old Fin Nor Tycoon 7.5...

Love to see a few more pics at some stage, if you're inclined - looks like a cracker bit of gear.
Cheers, Justin

[Piskada]

Piskada:  Welcome to the site.  You'll be sorry though.  I checked above and I have, 16 days, 7 hours and 44 minutes logged in on this site.   I gotta get a life.   This mechanical stuff is addicting.  Dominick

Hahaha you're right, Dominick, no shot invented against it, yet!

[Piskada]

Thanks Alto Mare!
I'll look for a picture of the reel, Redsetta, and post it here.

[Piskada]

Here's a few pictures of the Tycoon 7.5.

[redsetta]

Nice - cheers mate!

[Piskada]

To shift gears you have to push the safety tab and pull out the handle, at some point there is a detent, then you turn the handle to another opening and push it in. That takes some getting used to, but once mastered you can shift pretty quick. The Tycoon 9.0, if not mistaken, has even 3 speeds, shifting is the same way.
Another thing that's unique is the drag lever and adjustment. Turning the little knob increases or decreases the drag and to activate is like operating a miniature lever drag, but with a very wide range.
It is built like a tank and the finishing is superb, I think this series of Tycoon reels has broken lots of world records.
I do change the handle bar, it is not the original, as you can see in the picture. The original is a small old fashioned t-bar, not nice to hold and use, although I've never used the reel

[redsetta]

Great info - cheers Piskada.
I recently customised a decades-old Daiwa Ventura with a similar pre-load adjustment, here: http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=3463.0
Catch ya, Justin

[Dominick]

I don't see where you step on the clutch.   Dominick

[Piskada]

Hahaha no need to step on the clutch......semi automatic