You're not wrong Nick, the V4 is unbelievable if a little too much power, more then I could ever use. However, it eats up the miles and is extremely comfy and when you arrive, take the panniers off to ride mountain passes and switchbacks.
The Motorbike Thread
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Looks nice Graeme.
........potato, potato, potato,.......Love'em.
Blimmin' lovely that is !!
Always had a love for those early trialies, not the same,but my very first bike was DT 125 in '82
That looks lovely, I had a go on my mates ( much older Fat Boy ) years ago, Outrageous bars on his one , not much ground clearance round tight bends and No One sleeps when he drives by
One of the guys in the shop had a silver one w/straight pipes that would set off the car alarms if he punched it on the back street to work.
XT 250. The first bike I bought for myself as a young soldier 1980, much to the annoyance of my parents. Black & White with gold wheels, wish I still had it.
Having sold my FJ1200,when children arrived, I got back into biking having retired from the Police in 2015. I’m currently on my 3rd BMW GS1250.
My first bike was a ........1979 puch maxi with kickstart ,no pedals yay :smiling3:
Sorry - NOT a motorbike! 'When I get my moped back on the road I'm gonna ride, ride, ride ...' (Apologies to Jasper Carrott)
Steve
I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing you want in here, so apologies if I've crossed a line, but I'm currently working on a CRF1000 "Africa Twin" for a mate.
So far it's had a complete frame swap, so absolutely everything out and into a different one. Tricky when there's so much gubbins packed into such a small space!
Some of the bracketry was different so we've had to chop some bits from the old frame and weld them onto the replacement, which meant me having to match the weird charcoal, satin metallic finish it has.
I've just finished painting all of the bodywork in a satin grey colour, ready for this graphics kit to be applied:
So far it's had a complete frame swap, so absolutely everything out and into a different one. Tricky when there's so much gubbins packed into such a small space!
Some of the bracketry was different so we've had to chop some bits from the old frame and weld them onto the replacement, which meant me having to match the weird charcoal, satin metallic finish it has.
I've just finished painting all of the bodywork in a satin grey colour, ready for this graphics kit to be applied:
I remember when I did my Bike Safe course with Dorset plod. I took my Honda Silverwing! An elastic band powered 'moped'!!!! Should have seen the 'bikers' when plod told me to open it up on a duel carriageway. Copper flew past me and told me to slow down when I passed 120!!!!
But as you say - it isn't a motorbike!!!!! :smiling: But great fun!!!!
Doug's mobile armchair!!! (Well - was)
Yeah, but when you see me moped screaming with funk, you know I’m gonna burn off any motorcycle punk……
Some nice Bikes on here, long term biker, shoot roadside photos for Getapic, toured all over Europe and UK BMW for last 40 years a mix of British Bikes before then
My current two BMW's;
Waiting for the end of Lockdown by Mark Handley, on Flickr
My current two BMW's;
Waiting for the end of Lockdown by Mark Handley, on Flickr
Well, its been a while since I posted anything on this thread, but I did get the CCM sorted out and I've enjoyed using it for commuting to work all summer.....
Nick
Nick
Nice!
I miss 2 wheels so much but im too old and broken to ride any more ☹
I miss 2 wheels so much but im too old and broken to ride any more ☹
Bit of workshop time for this one over the past month or so after riding it all winter......
And here she is having a quick shakedown in the sunshine. All ready for MOT next month......
Nick
And here she is having a quick shakedown in the sunshine. All ready for MOT next month......
Nick
Oh glad to see there's some other two wheelers here too! Here's my two old bangers, '05 GSF650S Bandit and '99 YZF R6
Always liked bandits......just straight forward no nonsense bikes that still look good....why dont any of the japanese makers do any thing similar today?.......styling as gone down the pan in my opinion
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