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I'm looking forward to the Catford 650
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Deary me... you do need to follow my Elevenses webcast...

I covered this back on April 26 this year. I said:

"If you thought [the brand] might have something to do with the currently trendy area of London, you'd be wrong. It turns out that the brand is owned by the Austrian KSR Group, based in Krems.

And you've probably never heard of them either. I hadn't. However they seem to be quite big in Austria, if their press statements are anything to go by.

As importers of small and mid-range bikes, they currently handle machines built by CF Moto, Malaguti, Lambretta and Royal Enfield, and claim to sell over 60,000 products each year - motorcycles, quads, ATVs and electric bikes.

Brixton showed a large capacity parallel twin concept at a bike show late last year. With its classic parallel twin styling, it's clearly aimed head-on at Triumph's Bonneville T120.

Although it will be built in China the design and development work for the new model was all carried out in-house by KSR.

Details such as name and engine size are still under wraps, but Chinese press reports suggest that the new bike’s parallel twin engine is around 1200cc, which suggests where its aimed. Although reports suggest it could be ready for production as early as 2021, Brixton won't commit to a date yet, only saying “It is a declared goal that this bike will also make it into series production.

“It has not yet been decided when it will be. We want to create a technically mature vehicle without time pressure, which meets more than just the high quality requirements in these cubic capacity classes.”

The big question is "will it sell"?

The Japanese Bonneville look-a-like the Kawasaki W800 has been sold since 2011, and the earlier W650 ran from 1999 to 2006, but neither has shifted in significant numbers, so whether a Chinese Bonneville replica will cut the mustard with British buyers is open to question.

But [the UK] may not be the target market. It may be that the bike is actually aimed at the ever-growing Indian and Indonesian markets. I'm sure we'll find out in due course.
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By coincidence, I snapped a pic of a Brixton at Strumble Head on Friday.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:35 pm By coincidence, I snapped a pic of a Brixton at Strumble Head on Friday.

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Have they gone for a paddle?
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Taipan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:37 pm Have they gone for a paddle?
Well, none of them had come back by the time we left again! Apparently the currents are pretty fierce there at times!
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Nice looking xsr9 en France
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Demannu wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 8:31 am FB_IMG_1631345356289.jpg
Nice looking xsr9 en France
I can't stop seeing that ruddy box now... and I'd never noticed it before ;)

Not bad, though!
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Restomod blingy thingy Yam.

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Really Nice OW01 fully restored by Speedwerks with YEC kit parts.

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I didn't know they had dry clutches...

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The blue line doesn't seem right?

Shiny though !
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Always room for one more...note the laverda-alike rearsets

Image apparantly a binnion made egli frame, in the slaters laverda shed.Bike put together from boxes of bits by a Ken Taylor from Coventry
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Apart from the fact it's shiny, I don't like anything at all about that one.
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Think its been in the build process for a long time...hope the rear sets work better than mine on the Mirage they're sketchy at best
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Presumably the large front wheel is so there's a wide choice of off road tyres?
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:55 pm Presumably the large front wheel is so there's a wide choice of off road tyres?
Should help with its off-road capability :thumbup:
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weeksy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:27 am Apart from the fact it's shiny, I don't like anything at all about that one.
Me neither, and I love Vinnies, and most Norvins, Eglis etc.
Well almost anything- I do like the front brake and the finish of the motor but the rest is all to cock .
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XSR900 badged as a Land Rover????
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It's an XSR155 :)
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