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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:47 pm Post subject: When will Summer End? |
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Not that I'm wishing it to..........Rivington Barn even busier at the Weekend than I've ever seen it before.......people continuing t drag their bikes out for a run...Just in case its the last last chance of the year before winter kicks in...........
Evidently lots of New and normal everyday stuff up there.....but I am getting surprised at just how many Harley riders are starting to appear...anyhow...a few piccies of whats different as usual that takes my eye......
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JRH
Joined: 21 Jan 2013 Posts: 223 Location: West Mids/North East
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Love the Morini Dart, Ive just sold a 3xv almost identical to the in the pic. |
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2bims
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Liked the TZR250.....quite rare to see one on the road....lots of Aprilias and RGV's and NSR's but not that many Yams........
Old bloke on the Morini Dart takes it down there every week...good to see it still going....and it has a glove box cover where you'd expect the tank to be...just like a Bimota Mantra........... |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3770 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:08 am Post subject: |
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Good to see the big KTM out for a run Steve. Plenty of nice bikes there. Nice clean Gixxer there too. _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3770 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:12 am Post subject: |
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I was surprized to see the KTM there actually. I was expecting to see the 'favourite child' AKA V due _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Was going to be the "ol Vdue Fave" Brian...but I just didnt feel up to the task so went for the Lazy option on the KTM.........Poor bright Orange thing had been languishing unused for 6 months over the Summer.....and I do like to get round to using all the bikes if I can or else whats the point in keeping them?
Yeh...nice Ol Slabby GSXR1100.....saved that piccie till last for the SB6 owners/fans out there......... |
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Hursty
Joined: 29 Aug 2012 Posts: 319 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:18 am Post subject: |
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I had one of those, my first big bike
Blew my mind _________________ Hursty from kiwi land |
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SpikeC
Joined: 20 Aug 2013 Posts: 450 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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A friend had a GSXR 1100, on the way to Monterey for the WSBK races he hit a deer and cut it in half. He didn't go down, had blood on one side of bike, green stuff on the other. Sturdy bike, that. _________________ Spike C.
Portland, Oregon, USA
2008 Bimota DB5R
1965 Triumph T100SC |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Huge things _________________ Don't read everything you believe |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3770 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:52 pm Post subject: Re: When will Summer End? |
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2bims wrote: |
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Been trying to identify this one... hard to see on my 'not so smart' phone. Has it got a blower on it? _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Sorry Brian....no can help...thought others on here could assist?
Bike had no Name plates of any manufacture at all....evidently a Home Brew Special...but I didnt want to show my ignorance in asking the Owner....Mainly as I know what that feels like with owning Bimotas and having similar people do that to myself............ |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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It could be a GS 1000, it's a supercharger, the swingarm is R1
Technically good but I'm not a fan of this style. The tail doesn't line under the tank, the clocks are .... challenged the lights are generic _________________ Don't read everything you believe |
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2bims
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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I admire the blokes that make these sorts of transformations......with technical input and time and expense that they expend.......but I'm rarely a fan of the final result..........and I've never been a fan of "kick the tail to the skies" look...........
The admiration really stems to the cost expended with the knowledge that it will never be recouped...and yet they still want something unique never seen before so strive and strive.........If only the owner knew that a similarly "unique" machine could be had for less expense and effort with a better end result...AKA an SB6...........
aT the end of the day , each to their own....although for me it comes down to patience........my brother always wanted a better car/bike but couldnt afford it....so would buy cheaper and then spend years earning money to gradually transform to what he wanted in the first place but couldnt afford in a one off....and it also gives you plenty of garage time... |
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daveg
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 68 Location: UK Hull
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Evilchicken0 wrote: |
It could be a GS 1000, it's a supercharger, the swingarm is R1
Technically good but I'm not a fan of this style. The tail doesn't line under the tank, the clocks are .... challenged the lights are generic |
No not GS1000 they had round caps in chrome at the end of each camshaft
Looks like a big air cooled Kawasaki mill to me, but not sure which one |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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well, a UJM. I thought it would be more easily identified by the tank shape rather than the engine _________________ Don't read everything you believe |
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