Bikers

hightower · Dec 27, 2015

Anyone on here a biker? Why not post up a picture of your pride and joy? Here's mine after a ride out in the rain last week - the way a motorbike should be, dirty, not locked up in a garage until August comes.

Pete999 · Dec 27, 2015

hightower said:
Anyone on here a biker? Why not post up a picture of your pride and joy? Here's mine after a ride out in the rain last week - the way a motorbike should be, dirty, not locked up in a garage until August comes.

Can't give you a piccy of my one and only bike cameras wern't invented when I had it ha ha

telectrix · Dec 27, 2015

pete, back then in your youth, bikes hadn't been invented. :rolleyes4:

Pete999 · Dec 27, 2015

telectrix said:
pete, back then in your youth, bikes hadn't been invented. :rolleyes4:

Just about coming into fashion, mine was a 350 Velocete

telectrix · Dec 27, 2015

mine was a matchless 500cc single.

Midwest · Dec 27, 2015

I had a Yammy Fizzy Mop; https://www.pinterest.com/pin/513973376194375864/ Does that count? :rofl:

Great little bike. Used to take the head off couple times a month, and scrape the crud off with a screwdiver!

steve50 · Dec 27, 2015

I had a puch m50 sport till the engine blow up https://www.pinterest.com/pin/372884044127842907/

ruston · Dec 27, 2015

Excelsior , tank gear change and manual advance/retard was my first motorcycle at 15 .
I wish I still had it though.

egg67 · Dec 27, 2015

Just sold the last one of my baby's had it siting in the garage for a bit, sold the race bikes years ago but could not let this one go as used to use her for call outs , testing jobs and just a bit of fun, miss her

Dave OCD · Dec 27, 2015

Bikes eh ?

Ok, here are my 3.

A 2008 Honda CB1000R, '09 Kawasaki ER6f and the baby of the family a 2006 Honda CBF250, that one is the most relaxing as you don't get wound up in slow traffic and try to blast past everything, 22bhp makes that a tall order so you just cruise along and 'go with the flow'. All 3 are massive fun in different ways though although I'll confess to being a fair weather biker these days.

Harni · Dec 27, 2015

And there was me getting excited when i saw the title of this thread thinking some of you were into a decent sort of biking

drzsta · Dec 27, 2015

This why I go to work, so that I can p!ss it all away on bits for my bikes

Ktm 690 SMCR

egg67 · Dec 27, 2015

Dave OCD said:
Bikes eh ? Ok, here are my 3. A 2008 Honda CB1000R, '09 Kawasaki ER6f and the baby of the family a 2006 Honda CBF250, that one is the most relaxing as you don't get wound up in slow traffic and try to blast past everything, 22bhp makes that a tall order so you just cruise along and 'go with the flow'. All 3 are massive fun in different ways though although I'll confess to being a fair weather biker these days.
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Nice collection

egg67 · Dec 27, 2015

Harni said:
And there was me getting excited when i saw the title of this thread thinking some of you were into a decent sort of biking

It looks ok, but is missing a fuel tank and a Engine

ruston · Dec 27, 2015

That's what Honda said lol.

hightower · Dec 28, 2015

As well as my fazer in the op I've got an 81 plate Kwak Ltd in the garage sitting in pieces. It's a project I started a couple years ago but throw in the fact every spare minute I get I spend with my head in a text book, and the fact I've a 6 month old, it just hasn't been touched since March. I will get it finished one day though.

ruston · Dec 28, 2015

I have a mate who has one of the first horizontal engine BMW's almost rebuilt in his garage. It has been there 30 years that l know of.
Ill health has stopped him finishing it.

It will turn out to be one of those barn finds for someone in the future.
The parts are original sourced , or made by him. His garage is a machine shop.

telectrix · Dec 28, 2015

Harni said:
And there was me getting excited when i saw the title of this thread thinking some of you were into a decent sort of biking

organ donor's chariot.

Midwest · Dec 28, 2015

telectrix said:
organ donor's chariot.

Shame the same can't be said about the other bikes.

TJ Anderson · Jan 1, 2016

Looking forward to the spring to get back out on it. A jet ski would be more appropriate at mo

R G · Jan 1, 2016

Looked at an 03 plate Yamaha XJR 1300 the other day whilst I have some idle time , the engine was heavily corroded though , shame really , still keep looking for a nice Jap retro bike ...

Would love a Benelli SEI 750 , 6 Cylinder like I used ti have in the 70s ...

hightower · Jan 1, 2016

R G said:
Looked at an 03 plate Yamaha XJR 1300 the other day whilst I have some idle time , the engine was heavily corroded though , shame really , still keep looking for a nice Jap retro bike ...

I'd love something a little bigger like an FJR but got too much going on right now. Missus said if the next year or two goes as planned then it might be on the cards

Blademan_98 · Jan 1, 2016

I commute on a Kawasaki ZR-7 02 plate.
It will have a new chain and sprocket set and other service items tomorrow ready for Mondays treck to work

I'll add a picture after I clean it lol

Besoeker · Jan 1, 2016

telectrix said:
mine was a matchless 500cc single.

Similar here. It was old when I rescued it from languising in a disused byre forty odd rears ago. It had a lever on the handlebars for manual advance retard of the ignition. If you got it wrong and tried to kick start it the consequences were not pleasant. You learn.

Dave OCD · Jan 2, 2016

R G said:
Looked at an 03 plate Yamaha XJR 1300 the other day whilst I have some idle time , the engine was heavily corroded though , shame really , still keep looking for a nice Jap retro bike ...

Would love a Benelli SEI 750 , 6 Cylinder like I used ti have in the 70s ...

Try a Honda CB1300 if you get a chance mate, I had one from new for 5 years and the handling defies the weight and size when on the move, they also have a great motor with huge torque and first class build quality/finish.:smiley2:

R G · Jan 2, 2016

Dave OCD said:
Try a Honda CB1300 if you get a chance mate, I had one from new for 5 years and the handling defies the weight and size when on the move, they also have a great motor with huge torque and first class build quality/finish.:smiley2:

Thanks Dave I had a blackbird up to a year ago Good. Quality Hondas are The dealer where I looked at the Yammy had a VFR 1200 but I don't like it, I tried a 750 four back in the 70s and now I fancy something retro like back then , I will look at the CB though , cheers for that

Dave OCD · Jan 2, 2016

R G said:
Thanks Dave I had a blackbird up to a year ago Good. Quality Hondas are The dealer where I looked at the Yammy had a VFR 1200 but I don't like it, I tried a 750 four back in the 70s and now I fancy something retro like back then , I will look at the CB though , cheers for that

I only sold mine because I got smitten by the CB1000R when it came out, the 1300 is nothing like a Blackbird performance wise but the acceleration is really strong and it's plenty quick enough for a 'naked' bike. [Very comfortable riding position too] I don't like the VFR either , very tempted by the new Suzuki GSXS1000 though.

R G · Jan 2, 2016

Dave OCD said:
I only sold mine because I got smitten by the CB1000R when it came out, the 1300 is nothing like a Blackbird performance wise but the acceleration is really strong and it's plenty quick enough for a 'naked' bike. [Very comfortable riding position too] I don't like the VFR either , very tempted by the new Suzuki GSXS1000 though.

Its comfort Im after , the Blackbird was ok but the low bars made my wrists and back ache , after a while , just been looking at
the old Kwak Z1 from 73 on MCN bikes for sale , now that would be nice , except the price that is ....

Dave OCD · Jan 2, 2016

R G said:
Its comfort Im after , the Blackbird was ok but the low bars made my wrists and back ache , after a while , just been looking at
the old Kwak Z1 from 73 on MCN bikes for sale , now that would be nice , except the price that is ....

I know mate, certain old Jap classics are fetching ridiculous money, fuelled by nostalgia I expect. But although the Z1 was great in its day the performance, braking and handling are generally pretty atrocious by modern standards. Although I'd have a huge garage full of old and newer bikes if I won the lottery. :tongue3:

shanky887614 · Jan 3, 2016

R G said:
Its comfort Im after , the Blackbird was ok but the low bars made my wrists and back ache , after a while , just been looking at
the old Kwak Z1 from 73 on MCN bikes for sale , now that would be nice , except the price that is ....

my stepdads like that and went for a triumph tiger 800xc in the end a couple years ag

he has two damaged knees, needs two new knees