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Old 12-10-2013, 10:34 PM   #16
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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
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Old 12-10-2013, 11:03 PM   #17
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Nice one mate. Like that lots. Like also the hole under the tank.
Quite like it, except for the hole under the tank, what's that all about?
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Old 13-10-2013, 06:54 PM   #18
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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.....



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Old 13-10-2013, 07:21 PM   #19
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Nice Mr Gazza but not aggressive enough for me.

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Old 13-10-2013, 08:16 PM   #20
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Quite like it, except for the hole under the tank, what's that all about?
No idea but lighter for sure. Somewhere to stick your newspaper when you go get it. Rolled up of course
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Old 13-10-2013, 08:18 PM   #21
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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.....



I wouldn't want to be a pillion on it even if the cowel looks like its removable
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Old 13-10-2013, 08:19 PM   #22
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Typical Yorkshireman

Tight as ####
As Yorkie said to me last I saw him, "a Yorkshireman is just a Scotsman with the generosity squeezed out"
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Old 13-10-2013, 08:20 PM   #23
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This is what it might look like if I don't change my mind:



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Old 13-10-2013, 08:23 PM   #24
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The maths is looking very good.
I have been recording EVERY cost on my last two projects, and it's suprising how much all the little bits and pieces add up to.
Probably best you don't buy a forty eight year old Ducati single and take it racing then !!

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!
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Old 13-10-2013, 08:49 PM   #25
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Probably best you don't buy a forty eight year old Ducati single and take it racing then !!

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!
Yes they are. And I think I know why as have 5 old bikes and not enough tbh. They have soul and character and lots of substance. Don't get me wrong I love my new monster to bits but the technical breakthrough bikes are becoming too technical and soulless and replaceable in 5 years. There are some right old nails given too much credit but they will only be worth what someone will pay. Who will buy my restored XT500 for £4000 then. Probs no-one but I never built it to make money but to preserve it a little longer. My café racer project srx400 will suffer massive weight loss and simplistic looks and this one will be a budget bike that I hope to show at the Bike Shed next year if I can. Its my dream to do these things. I also want to make Classic Bike like my friends do just once.
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Old 13-10-2013, 10:05 PM   #26
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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!
To be fair something doesn't have to be 'good' to be 'classic'.

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
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Old 14-10-2013, 10:29 PM   #27
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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.

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Old 14-10-2013, 10:32 PM   #28
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Sweet! keep the pictures coming.

ps. quite jealous of the workspace you've found
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Old 14-10-2013, 10:44 PM   #29
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ps. quite jealous of the workspace you've found
Mark at http://www.madasl.co.uk/ has dug out blind for me, very top bloke! He is a little bit like Aunty Wainwright, keeps selling me things before I leave the shop ....... like lightened cam wheels, I didn't even realise I needed them!!

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Old 15-10-2013, 03:42 AM   #30
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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!!
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