06 R1 racebike, has more than enough Ohlins, etc get anyone excited!!:D
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06 R1 racebike, has more than enough Ohlins, etc get anyone excited!!:D
Ride 07 R1 absolute perfect for myself as were the previous 3 R1`s Ive had . I Tried the blade and the gsxr but found the R1 better each time
I have a 2006 Suzuki C90T motorcycle fully dressed loaded with custom accessories, and drag pipes.:D:cool:
I can honestly say i have ever ridden as my only source of transportation. as per some of the posts i have seen in here. ALL Leisure Riding here.
So i guess this may make me sad mate:eek: but i certainly wouldnt change it for anything.
I am thinking of buying a Suzuki Hyabusa or Yamaha R1 for some crazy riding, but have not yet got the old lady commited to my thoughts on this sensitive subject:(
Keep on riding dudes:cool:
A-Z
Got a couple of bikes although never really been much of a race bike fan. Rallies were better:cool:.
Main bike at the moment is honda CB 11X but its a bit duff in the winter:( so I`m trying to get my KLR 650 back on the road ( short of plastics and rear shock if anybody has some lying about ).;);)
Any body into chops ? ( not lamb or pork )
Hello i also got an r1 mines an early 1 year 2000 the mad 1
Hi all
1979 Triumph T140 Bonneville Custom, always in a constant state of rebuild/modification. Its last incarnation was around 77bhp/150kgs wet weight, which though good for a bike pushing 30years is cold comfort when an R6 passes me and nearly sucks me out of my boots !
Two Harleys - a 1963 Duoglide ( Panhead ) that i've owned for nearly 20 years and a 1998 Sportster 1200cc that i bought last July cause the Pan was playing up and the wife was fed up of me sulking without a bike that worked.
OK guys, like someone else said right at the beginning of this very long thread “bikes aren’t really my thing”. However, I have owned and ridden the following:
Basically I've been in 4 wheels since I was 17 - far better for attracting members of the opposite sex - and having it!!Anyway I digress. Whilst on a holiday in Canada last year my son & I spotted a chopper in Unionville (nr Markham) that looked remarkably like the the Indian Larry tribute bike that we had seen built one of the Discovery Channel programmes. The attached pictures are of the bike as we saw it and one of a TV screen shot of the real thing. On the day the some of the bye standers claimed it wasn’t the “real McCoy”. We begged to differ and a heated argument took place. What to you guys reckon? No doubt the USA/Canadian members will have a better view on this one. Appologies for the porr quality mobile phone photos.
- NSU Quickley moped when I was a kid (remember them? – death traps)
- BSA 250cc Tiger Cub (used to get through more oil than petrol – another death trap).
Greengrocer
sorry to correct you but you either had a Triumph 250 Tiger Cub or a BSA C15 250 the engine was the same but with some slight frame mods. I have a 1960 BSA C15 in the garage but unfortunately it got submerged in the floods last year and I have not had chance to get it back on the road.
Ian
Hi Pooh/Ian. As I said in my original post "I don't do bikes" so I bow to your superior knowledge. We are talking some 38 years ago so the old grey cells are struggling to recall the details. I think it must have been a Triumph since I do remember it as a Tiger Cub & not as a C15 250. Either way if it had the same engine it must have leaked oil the same which ever version. I can recall riding it Willesden tech on my day / evening release days and returning to a puddle of oil under the machine which was leaking from the crankcase oil feed to the external push rods? (am I correct in this description?). I seem to remember that the previous owner(s) had bodged a repair on the bolt which had been "araldited" in place due to a stripped thread - hence the leak (no AA checks in those days - It only cost me £17).
Oh what fun when you only had to pay your mum £5 a week keep and spent the rest on beer, women and an annual holiday away with the lads.
I take it you are not an expert on American Choppers?
Guys,
Have a look at these bikes, not everyone likes it, but its a special in all ways! It may never beat Hondas, Yamahas, Suzukis or Harley, but it does make you feel different and special, it classic piece.Available in various capacity, max is only 500cc, enough to get the feel!
And the good thing is that its much cheaper than any grand bikes(Approx $3000 u.s.).do take look at pics!
Hi - nothing wrong with an Enfield mate;)
Obviously no longer made in the UK - but still a classic :)
Although i own 2 Harleys i love old Brit bikes :D
Add me to this list. Dirtbikes are more to my liking but still like road bikes all the same.
Currently in the shed:
Yamaha WR426
Husky CR125 (Sons bike)
74 Honda XL250 Motosport ( waiting restoration)
Honda Pilot (US & UK boys will probably know what this is)
Just need to find time to enjoy them before the body gives out :D
I had better own up and join the list. Pinarello paris for the road. Specialized hardrock for the rough stuff. Ps............ the wife will not let me add a Ps as it involes lycra , ladys and hot sunny days
Greengrocer
not on american choppers as they are not designed to go round corners or stop when you want them too, I am more for the riders bikes as well as the classics , 1963 Ducati Brisk, 1960 BSA C15, and a 1960 Vespa VNA 125 Scooter, as well as the two Ducati Monsters the boss and I ride all year round.
I beleive once a biker always a biker no matter what you are riding, it really annoys me that some of the guys I ride with wont acknowledge scooter riders because in their minds they are'nt proper bikers, my question is has it got two wheels and an engine then it is a motorbike.
Ian
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My current ride is ---- nothing.
Learnt in the army on the old BSA B40, and since than have owned :
AMF Harley SS175 (trail bike)
BSA Bantam
Suzuki GS425
Suzuki GT380
Yamaha XS400
Kawasaki GPz 750 R1 (twin shock)
Kawazaki GPz 750 (unitrak)
KawaZuki Renegade GzX1127 **
Kawasaki GT750
Yamaha XJ400s
** The KawaZuki was a one-off I built in the 90's :
GPz750 unitrak frame, ZX10 wheels with Pirelli Dragon GT tryes, CB1000f four piston brakes on custom Ali hangers, ZX Turbo Bodykit, Suzuki GSX1100f engine, Mikuni RS36 flatslide carbs, Dynojet Stage 1 tuning kit, Hi-Flow air filters.
Tested on a rolling road : 130bhp, 82lb/ft torque.
I clocked up 82,000 miles on that bike during the first 2 years of 5 years as a bike courier.
I was a Rocker back home. I built two nice Norton Dominator cafe racers-Manx seat, Manx dropped bars etc. Was in the 59 club and travelled to London from Scotland.
Had a Royal Enfield Continental GT 250 as well.
A '59 Tiger Cub, a Tiger 100 cafe racer, a '49 BSA Bantam, a Norton Big 4, a Norton 16H, a suzuki gt 350, a Yamaha xs 250 and my last bike was a Yamaha fj1200.
I love bikes, but haven't had one since coming to the US.
I really wanted a Norton commando and a Triumph bonneville export but never did get round to getting those.
I bought a Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa about three years ago, still scares the crap out of me but still love the top speed and acceleration, Within the posted speed limits :)
I just got rid of my Ducati 748sps,Good i miss her...Bloody kids ruin all my fun!!
are you sure you took these photos mate? I found this one on the web
http://turbo.discovery.com/biker-bui...te10_hzoom.jpg
I have a Husaberg FE450 enduro bike which is designed for off road usgage. This is a great hobby
as the chances of getting knocked off my bike on the road by car drivers is limited as cars cannot go where my bike can. As I live by Salisbury Plain I have a large area where I can go riding. The great thing about an enduro bike is that you jump 20ft in the air and land without breaking anything on the bike.
First rally I ever went to way back in '92. Haven't been since '06.Quote:
Ever done the Farmyard Party ?
Been nowhere this year so far. How about you?
New 2009 R1 Delivered 1 hour ago :D, off to have some fun now (back to work) :mad:
Well, as all in this life i prone to be broken, I try to have things of highest quality. So here it is:
2002 BMW F650GS Dakar :o
Got my new R1 last July, saw it in the window of a yam dealer in Melton Mowbray in England. Just saw this flash of red and black as I passed by the shop window! Anyway, came back a few hours later and went to the shop - fell in love with the bike - 08 R1 in Haga santander livery. Couldn't keep away...sleepless nights...had to go back and do the deal. Got it on a sat morning and just couldn't keep off it. 4 months later and the paints peeling off the panels that get hot and I'm pissed! Phoned Yam dealer and got it in for a respray!!!!! Brill, business as usual. Guess what...4 months later and the bleedin paints peelin off again. Angry phone calls to the Yam dealer quotin sale of goods act 1972 (ammended) and I get the original panels put back on, with a brand new petrol tank - competion white - fab. Im still waitin for the £800 refund for the non-standard paint job, but I'll get it in the next week or two. Gonna put the money towards a nice hol in Jamaica next year. Motto: the quality of the original Yam panels cannot be beaten, I was unlucky, apparently this rarely happens, but it did, and it caused me untold grief!!! The bike is back to standard, albeit with an R&G tail tidy, a solo rear seat conversion and a pair of Michellin Pilot Power 2CT tyres, and its now the dogs danglies...
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