Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Today's Posts | Search | Contact |
|
Registered
Members: 673 | Total Threads: 50,934 | Total Posts: 519,365 Currently Active Users: 1,126 (0 active members) Please welcome our newest member, Mozzer46 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
12-10-2013, 10:34 PM | #16 |
1/2 man - 1/2 pogo-stick
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Dartford, Kent
Bike: M900ie
Posts: 7,241
|
Ah Yorkie will be ok on that - he's quite long and err.. bendy
That orange beast looks bloody amazing mate. Hope yours turns out looking just as awesome when it's completed
__________________
GT Fully paid up member of the S.A.S. (Scottoiler Appreciation Society) 27,000 miles on original chain - and still going strong! |
12-10-2013, 11:03 PM | #17 |
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Leics
Bike: M900
Posts: 2,894
|
Quite like it, except for the hole under the tank, what's that all about?
__________________
M900, 916, LeMans II. |
13-10-2013, 06:54 PM | #18 |
Lord of the Rings
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Norwich
Bike: M900sie
Posts: 5,963
|
It's another back breaker, but I quite like the simple looks of this...
...Be better with white wheels and frame, but the tank and seat are cool...Giving me ideas. Reckon it would suit me with a Monster top yoke, straight bars, dual seat and proper mudgaurds..... |
13-10-2013, 07:21 PM | #19 |
Anglo-Saxon Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: North Yorkshire
Bike: M900
Posts: 2,485
|
Nice Mr Gazza but not aggressive enough for me.
Yorkie
__________________
NO ICE, GUN IT! |
13-10-2013, 08:16 PM | #20 |
Fanactical volunteer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Kent
Bike: M900
Posts: 9,034
|
No idea but lighter for sure. Somewhere to stick your newspaper when you go get it. Rolled up of course
__________________
http://albies93m900.blogspot.co.uk/ |
13-10-2013, 08:18 PM | #21 | |
Fanactical volunteer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Kent
Bike: M900
Posts: 9,034
|
Quote:
__________________
http://albies93m900.blogspot.co.uk/ |
|
13-10-2013, 08:19 PM | #22 |
Ciao, come stai?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Somewhere
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 4,158
|
As Yorkie said to me last I saw him, "a Yorkshireman is just a Scotsman with the generosity squeezed out"
__________________
Monster 1200R! KTM 990 SuperDuke |
13-10-2013, 08:20 PM | #23 |
Ciao, come stai?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Somewhere
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 4,158
|
That's bloody ace
__________________
Monster 1200R! KTM 990 SuperDuke |
13-10-2013, 08:23 PM | #24 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Beachtown
Bike: M900
Posts: 2,188
|
Quote:
I really like the look of stripped down SS's too but I can't put my finger on why but for me the orange bike seems cluttered somehow. Is it just me or does everyone seems to be on the Café Racer thing at the moment with almost any old nail getting the treatment? And don't get me started on the bikes that are being advertised as 'classics' just now- a lot weren't good when they were new and just because they are a few years old doesn't make them good, let alone classic now!
__________________
You're perfect, yes, it's true- But without me you're only you! |
|
13-10-2013, 08:49 PM | #25 | |
Fanactical volunteer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Kent
Bike: M900
Posts: 9,034
|
Quote:
__________________
http://albies93m900.blogspot.co.uk/ |
|
13-10-2013, 10:05 PM | #26 | |
Bockloks
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London
Bike: No Bike Yet!
Posts: 4,601
|
Quote:
DeLorean Ford Pop Morris Minor Rover 3500 (in fact any rover considered a classic now was probably a 'bad' car originally) Early Corvettes Porsche 914 Triumph TR7 Ok, all cars but I'm sure if I knew half as much about bikes there would be a similar list of much loved (by some) classics that were manure when they were new |
|
14-10-2013, 10:29 PM | #27 |
Anglo-Saxon Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: North Yorkshire
Bike: M900
Posts: 2,485
|
Good night tonight at http://www.madasl.co.uk/ forks rebuilt and fitted, front wheel bearings fitted, clip-ons fitted and master cylinders on:
The end result............................. ..................................rolling chassis. Yorkie
__________________
NO ICE, GUN IT! |
14-10-2013, 10:32 PM | #28 |
.
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: East London
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 9,733
|
Sweet! keep the pictures coming.
ps. quite jealous of the workspace you've found |
14-10-2013, 10:44 PM | #29 | |
Anglo-Saxon Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: North Yorkshire
Bike: M900
Posts: 2,485
|
Quote:
Yorkie
__________________
NO ICE, GUN IT! |
|
15-10-2013, 03:42 AM | #30 |
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Beachtown
Bike: M900
Posts: 2,188
|
Don't get me wrong.......
I do get the whole 'older bikes are easy to work on etc.' thing and I know people will always look back with slightly rose tinted glasses on what they had when they were younger and I can understand people wanting to own what they had then for nostalgia (I have a mate who restored a Marina Jubilee for that very reason but don't mention DeLoreans - my wife is a massive fan of BTTF and I got a local 'Doc' to take her to Church in his) but come on....a 250 Superdream- a classic?? Really??
Now I know the 900F and 750F were the real deal- you only have to look at pics of a certain Mr F Spencer to realise that and along with Messrs Cooley and Lawson on their respective GS1000 and Z11R I can see people wanting now as they are never going to loose money (as I doubt Albie will with his XT) but come on- I just missed out on the 250 learner law but what self respecting 17 year old would pass up on a RD or KH in favour of the little Honda?? Then there is the issue with real classics which tend to polarise opinions between the purists who think they should not be messed with and those that take the best bits and add a modern twist like the Ducati single- now I bet that would make a fun road bike!!
__________________
You're perfect, yes, it's true- But without me you're only you! |
|
|