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Not had one of these in a while and I've finaly gotten around to booking my second attempt at MOD2.
Still want a the 748 I grew up dribbling over, just to sit in the garrage and polish, for sunny days but have since found out they need the cambelt replaceing avery other year regardless of how few miles it does, and it cost more than the average car cambelt to do!
Made the mistake of sitting on a NC30 recently, way too small 🙁
Now feeling an odd attraction to a poo brown mint/unrestored XT500 imported from the states I've seen on ebay.
Inspire me........
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the R1, the Orange 5 of the STW motorbike world?! In a damp Elan valley midway through a full day backroads spin from oxford
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and in the Wicklow Gap, Ireland, hiding a hideous honda...
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mmmmmmmm fast 😀
Dad's just bought one of these, it's anoyingly good.
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Gone now 🙁
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the SV, the orange 5 of the... 😀
Munqe Chick fully loaded before a weekend trip oop north (when I'd told her my R1 definitely couldnt carry luggage 🙂 😳
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Still just sadly sitting in the lockup
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That BSA looks like it's got a lot of travel and a very low exhaust and slick tyres for a trail bike, or too much travel for a road bike? The worlds first Supermoto?
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Its on 18" rims and lowish profile tyres not 19s and actually could do with sitting higher at the back - longer shocks to get some ride height. Its very much a bitsa - thats a 70s honda fork for example
ahh, that was going to be my next question, did cynic-al make the drum brake brace to mudguard mount to leave the disk mount surplus :p
On the subject of bodged "British" bikes, this was for sale localy for aggeessssssssssssssssss
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CBR, GS and Yam are all SORNed and needing attention 🙁
My XBR500 special that has CBR forks, brakes and wheels and is in garage at present midway through NX650 engine transplant.
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tinas - Cynic al? Nope - its done properly 😉 Welded and machined to get everything in the right place. 70s triumph 2ls brake. Done hundreds of thousands of miles
Been to Moscow and Nordkapp on it - as well as all the usual places in Europe
SRX old pic rebuild still in preogress
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ZX7R, now for sale as Mrs LoCo doesn't like it/me on it 😆
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the R1, the Orange 5 of the STW motorbike world?!
well here's another one, mine:
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got a white seat cowl, and an original exhaust on the way...
Oohh LoCo always fancied the ZX7R.. please don't mention the price 😉
Been to Moscow and Nordkapp on it - as well as all the usual places in Europe
Unfortunately Miss Spoon has the same attitiude to motorbikes as any of my other toys, so motorbike tourings off as well 🙁
Cheap and has full Micron, K & N, new bellmouths and other tweaks 😉
Now feeling an odd attraction to a poo brown mint/unrestored XT500 imported from the states I've seen on ebay
That is an odd attraction indeed ,as they were a bit poo in reality.( I had two of them)
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Man I miss that bike.....
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2010 GSXR-750
Thought i had better see what all the fuss is about....motorcycle journos rave about them: [i]"perfect blend of big bike power and small bike handling etc etc"[/i].....
....they're actually not that far off being perfect, only thing i can find to criticise are the brakes....the stoppers on my 2007 zx6r were like hitting a brick wall, i never had to use more than one finger on the lever on that bike....superb. The GSXR lever needs a squeeze with a couple of fingers to get the same response.....other than that the engine is a peach and the handling is intuitive, look where you want to go, drop a shoulder and the bike goes there. Probably a keeper.
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When I get my new super shed built 🙄
I'm looking to sell my Yamaha fazer 600.
this thread isn't making it any easier
Cheap and has full Micron, K & N, new bellmouths and other tweaks
fingers in ears, nah nah nah, can't hear you....
the SV, the orange 5 of the...
Ah I do miss my old SV. My first big(ish) bike and a lot of fun around a track too. Contemplated turning it into a mini twin racer and entering a few races, but luckily realised I lacked both funds and riding talent!
That is an odd attraction indeed ,as they were a bit poo in reality.( I had two of them)Better choice
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Yea, but, no, but, yea..............
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A few of mine and Mrs PPs recent bikes, in order of ownership...
My 2001 955i Speed Triple
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33,00 miles over 6 years, including Italy and back
Mrs PPs Speed 4
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Mrs PPs Monster 695, a very pretty little bike...
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My 696, the most fun bike I've ever had, I still prefer it to anything else I've had before or after it, the only one I've owned that I really miss 🙁
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And currently:
Ducati ST3s. These are pretty rare, there's only 58 of these registered in the UK. Fantastic bike, sublime engine, continent crossing with fun and style...
We share this one.
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And our little Vespa GT200. I love scooters!
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Mine......and 2 horses awestruck by its beauty.
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My old Morini 🙁
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My current Guzzi 🙂
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That Morini is LUSH! 🙂
I've been banned from Morrini's on the basis that Dad wanted one when he was growing up but was scared of them (so bought the XT 500)!
Yeh, that Morini was my all time favourite bike (I had three 500's over a number of years) sadly just couldn't rely on the electrics to work, didn't have the time to fettle it etc - so moved onto the Guzzi which is a much better all rounder despite still being at the garage & parts are a nightmare 🙄
I had a 3 1/2 Morini way back
Loved the thing even if it did continually fall to bits and have 'latin' electrics
^ that's my 695, that is.
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It's been great as a first bike for me, noisy, fun, forgiving, fast enough, cheap to insure. Although "first bike" would suggest I'd moved on to something else, but after 26 months I've not found anything I'd rather have, except maybe a newer and faster one.
Loved the thing even if it did continually fall to bits and have 'latin' electrics
Sounds like me going on about my Ducatis .
Used to love my 250 and 450 single desmos ,and kinda always thought about a Morini 3 1/2 ,but dodgy Italian lectrics killed that dream. 🙄
Wish I had the 450 now though 😥
My current bikes are the 749 and KTM 950sm. The others are my bikes from the last 18 months
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It's been great as a first bike for me, noisy, fun, forgiving, fast enough, cheap to insure. Although "first bike" would suggest I'd moved on to something else, but after 26 months I've not found anything I'd rather have, except maybe a newer and faster one.
It's a VERY pretty bike, IMO.....! When Mrs PP bought it, if she hadn't, I would have done. Lovely revvy little engine, beautifully made, light and agile so easy to flick around and you don't arrive at corners too fast and get scared witless. My696 was the same... it just made me smile and laugh. 😀
Good to see you're looking after it, I'll let Kirsty know.
When she sold it, I said "You do realise that's the bike you're always going to regret selling, don't you?"
But we weren't using them enough to warrant keeping them at the time 🙁
All sadly gone now - the same issue as many (the missus didn't like me on them!) 😥
Restored CBR 600 - loved this bike!
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Bandit - Wheelie Machine!
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MX - I later put a day time MOT on it (Brake light, horn & No. Plate) and used it as a 'Greenlaner'....great fun!
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The 749 above is techincally the wifes.... even though i paid for it i don't ride it...
You boys need better wives 😉
Not mine but had one just like this in '91. Wrote it off when I crashed it at 85mph. Bikes are great until you come off them 😀
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hey cool one bjj.andy.w, I learnt on an RGV125, I keep thinking about getting a 250 for a laugh..
I keep hankering after one of these
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surely a sensible form of transport for a middleaged man 🙂
Yep, TJ me too; keep flitting between the aprilia or finding a lucky strike rg250
and totally appropriate for a middle aged man, if 46 is middle aged...
Recently bought my first shaft drive bike - BMW K1300s. Bloody hell it's fast. Way faster than the Fazer 1000 i p/x'd.
It's got all the extras - abs, traction control electronic suspension adjustment, heated grips, quick shifter. Just added a BMC air filter and a MIVV carbon end can - sounds really nice.
Need to spend a few hundred quid to get my Cagive V-raptor 1000 back on the road.
Current Kwaka, regularly does the 100 mile round trip to work and home
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Current
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Previous (borrowed between crashes)
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First and favourite proper bike now sadly no more
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And the SV hiding the CG
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Something a little bigger next year when I have some spare cash.
Currently building a BSA A50 race bike.
And currently looking for one of these to add to my collection...
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And one of these...
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My Bad boy Gulf scoot 😛
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My SP1 which I love to bits.....
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Um, ok...
First bike was this RM80 big wheel which I bought for £80 with paper-round tips at the age of 14.
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It went well, and I crashed a lot.
It's also on this pic, along with my first road bike, a TS125ER, then a CB250RS that I won a trophy for second place paint in a show in '98, and the TR1 I inherited after my Dad died in '98, with my first effort at making pipes (no laughing at the back, I was 18 and didn't know about preformed bends!)
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Haven't got pics of the KR1-S or FZR600 Genesis that passed through my hands.
Here's the Transalp I bought in '99
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Here's another of the TR1, in streetfighter stylee early '99 I would guess
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Then I bought and built a DR600 supermoto, this is at Cadwell in 2000
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Then I had a break.
Got back with a GPZ500, then a Speed Triple which I still have, but with a few tweaks, at one point I painted it yellow with an R90 fairing (lurking in one of the other pics.
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Firestorm I had for a while which went well but the small tank spoiled it.
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My £150 winter bike-
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The Guzzi V11 Scura that was lovely, but not the most reliable, though better than the Aprilia I had later..
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SR500 street tracker I built
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The Hayabusa I had for a while and had flat out twice
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The Caponord which put me off Aprilias for life
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And the Tenere
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which I still have along with the DR600 I'm building in a hot rod style
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Sorry for the massive post...that's all the ones I have pics of and can remember.
I am not a motorcyclerist, if I were I would get one of these:
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CBR1000 for £150 😯 I thought mine was a bargain for £800 !
Loving this thread - some really ace bikes .
Post up a pic when you've finished the DR600 please shedbrewed.
Forgot my last one before the KTM950sm.
Ducati Sport classic.
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We recently received this from a customer - it was rescued from a river!!!
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We had to do this to it, it was seized so badly (there were tide marks inside it!
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but now it is like this and runs beautifully...
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Current commuter, done 14k since January.
Would absolutely recommend one to anyone who needed a high-speed long distance bike (safe and predictable) that can still filter at zero speed through narrow gaps.
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Love the Garelli, I had a KL100 (80cc) at 17 - looked the same with the exception of the exhaust which ran on the o/s.
My pride and joy, along with mountain bikes and road bike!
Just love two wheels.......!!!
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August bank holiday at Cadwell Park for some BSB action!! RIP Ben.
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Forgot to mention, when I joined the forum, I had a Honda Hornet 600, hence the name 😉
Prior to that, Yamaha FZR400 Genesis Ex-Up.
My last bike Honda Varadero XL1000V, great touring bike.
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Previous bikes included Husqavarna SM610, Ducati 900SS (never buying a Ducati again). Thinking next bike will be a KTM SM950 or a Honda SP1.
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[IMG] http://www.gixerjunkies.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=549&pictureid=3300 [/IMG] Last 750 - should have kept that one!
Track toy, Aprilia RSV 1000
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@Silverstone, which I'm heading back to tomorrow 🙂
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Kawasaki ER-6F, all year commuter
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Now with risers, standard screen and a few more miles on it....
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Og08's Daytona.
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well thats all the ones I have pics of anyway
shedbrewed - Member
And the Tenere
You let Wayne Rooney ride it?
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Sadly, I no longer own any motorcycles, but I had these as a youngun (photos courtesy of Google). Both Yamaha's had the powervavle 'tweak'.
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My CB1000R, though it now has a tail tidy in place of that horrific plate holder
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My 06 Gas Gas 250 easier on the climbs than the singlespeed
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My Scorpa SY, the Orange Five of trials bikes.
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Sold the Fantic a couple of weeks ago but i have a TY250 Mono on the way 😛
I've had 4 of these over the years, current one is my K8:
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And my workhorse, KLR 250, its never been the same since I went greenlaning on it..
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Christ, it looks a damn site worse than that at the moment!
My black Aprilia Tuono in the foreground, taken at a Tuono owners gathering earlier in the year. Has since has a fair bit of carbon fibre thrown at it 🙂
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