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v8-powered wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 4:49 pm image_53dc0cf6-2c03-4562-aabb-2398d08b7e5620211211_164803.jpg
It appears to have trainer wheels ;)
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Carry a puncture repair kit.


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JackyJoll wrote: Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:41 pm Image
There's good beer.

Then there's just beer.

Then there's bad beer.

And finally, there was Watney's Red Barrel.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:25 pm Holy Batcycle, Batman...

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I heard that the previous owner had a BO problem.
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Big Bang motor in a 4XV....

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Potter wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:09 am Big power and torque can be a nightmare in mud, as soon as you touch the throttle the bike goes sideways, my 450 was harder to ride in mud than the 125.
I remember riding a CR500 and fighting to keep the front wheel down and the back wheel from spinning up and stepping out sideways and thinking HTF does anyone race this in mud! :wtf:
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Taipan wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:50 pm
Potter wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:09 am Big power and torque can be a nightmare in mud, as soon as you touch the throttle the bike goes sideways, my 450 was harder to ride in mud than the 125.
I remember riding a CR500 and fighting to keep the front wheel down and the back wheel from spinning up and stepping out sideways and thinking HTF does anyone race this in mud! :wtf:
My Husky has 50 gee gees and weighs 105Kgs. But it's a big softy until you give it full noise. Then waaaaargh.

But it does have a softer engine map as well. For girls.
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Trawling through some images from the Classic TT earlier & this popped up.
A tidy looking MZ250 :shock:
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-XS650 ... 635-2958-0
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I really like this!
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Demannu wrote: Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:08 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-XS650 ... 635-2958-0
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I really like this!
You do?
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Potter wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:55 am
Demannu wrote: Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:08 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-XS650 ... 635-2958-0
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I really like this!
It's been for sale for a while and the pictures look horrendous, but he put a video of it up a few days ago and it looks a bit better - maybe because he videoed it using a potato and the quality is so bad you can't see it properly, but it does look better on video than in pictures.

I reckon it rides badly, someone has taken a lot of time to build that - and then quickly sell it on.

I thought to myself "the video can't make it look worse" but yeah it could !
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I remember the EML Mx sidecar outfits using 980cc XS motors and destroying everything.
Engine has a lot of potential.
At £8.5k he's dreaming of course, but I've always had a soft spot for the old 650
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It looks gash, the forks look a good couple of inches too short, among many other horrible bits, it's going to steer like a shopping trolley.
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Demannu wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:38 am I remember the EML Mx sidecar outfits using 980cc XS motors and destroying everything.
Engine has a lot of potential.
At £8.5k he's dreaming of course, but I've always had a soft spot for the old 650
Me too and I agree, I too have a soft spot for them from my old man having had an XS2 back in the early 70s

Am not a fan of the one you linked to, but as non-standard ones go, I quite like this one

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RATICATE RACING KTM 1190 XLSM

https://moto-station.com/moto-revue/act ... xxl/523268

You'll need your browsers translate function if you can't read Fronch.

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Not sure about the front mudguard, but I like the idea of an 1190 Motard, it's just bonkers.

EDIT:

Oh it's on Bikexif too, from ages ago...

https://www.bikeexif.com/custom-ktm-supermoto-1190
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Yamaha rocket 3