https://www.bikeexif.com/custom-husqvarna-vitpilen-701Ditchfinder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:16 am I think body kit is custom - can buy kit from these guys I think https://www.instagram.com/gasandretro/?hl=en
interesting bikes found randomly..
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Is it an AA BSA?Ditchfinder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:26 am
This looks the dog's danglies
https://silodrome.com/custom-husqvarna- ... rwyMa-2OYw
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Odd story.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224760334995 ... Swg9ZhngxM
Wonder if you could register them on a proper 2021 plate with the right paperwork?
Cheap for a new bike, shame about the Q.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224760334995 ... Swg9ZhngxM
Wonder if you could register them on a proper 2021 plate with the right paperwork?
Cheap for a new bike, shame about the Q.
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Should it be in the horrific eBay bike thread?KungFooBob wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:07 pm Odd story.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224760334995 ... Swg9ZhngxM
Wonder if you could register them on a proper 2021 plate with the right paperwork?
Cheap for a new bike, shame about the Q.
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Brand new, Italian bikes (with Chinese copy Honda engines) for less than £2k, what's not to like!
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This turned up on my Farcebook feed,apparently it's made by Killinger & Freund,3 cylinders mounted in the front wheel.
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Creates some interesting questions like fuel and spark supplies to a rotating engine on a steerable component. Also, why the front wheel? Closely followed by just why?Bustaspoke wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:52 pm This turned up on my Farcebook feed,apparently it's made by Killinger & Freund,3 cylinders mounted in the front wheel.
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Probably magnetos or something like that powered by the rotation of the wheel - kinda makes it hard to start though! I imagine it's just got tiny fuel tanks.
I saw something similar on TV a while back but for push bikes. You could retrofit them to the bottom bracket and you had to be pedalling before you could start it. Apparently there were reasonably popular.
I saw something similar on TV a while back but for push bikes. You could retrofit them to the bottom bracket and you had to be pedalling before you could start it. Apparently there were reasonably popular.
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A 1930s prototype of a sort of updated 1920s Megola.Bustaspoke wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:52 pm This turned up on my Farcebook feed,apparently it's made by Killinger & Freund,3 cylinders mounted in the front wheel.
https://youtu.be/c4Cq49IDfOc
The Megola did reach production. I think your pictured bike had something better than the Megola’s single gear with no clutch.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing ... Motorcycle
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It's a hard knock life.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165292451812
How many miles is too many?
TBF it doesn't look bad for 85k miles, but you'd have to really want an FJR and be really poor, surely?
I guess it begs the question, whats the highest mile bike you'd buy?
Does it depend on make and/or general condition?
Is a nice looking 40k Honda better than a 20k Ducati?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165292451812
How many miles is too many?
TBF it doesn't look bad for 85k miles, but you'd have to really want an FJR and be really poor, surely?
I guess it begs the question, whats the highest mile bike you'd buy?
Does it depend on make and/or general condition?
Is a nice looking 40k Honda better than a 20k Ducati?
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300KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:35 pm I guess it begs the question, whats the highest mile bike you'd buy?
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Buy on condition, right?KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:35 pm It's a hard knock life.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165292451812
How many miles is too many?
TBF it doesn't look bad for 85k miles, but you'd have to really want an FJR and be really poor, surely?
I guess it begs the question, whats the highest mile bike you'd buy?
Does it depend on make and/or general condition?
Is a nice looking 40k Honda better than a 20k Ducati?
My (Druid's) old VFR had >75k on it when it left my possession and it still fired on the button.
The Bonnie has been around the clock, but it also doesn't fucking work....
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I lie, I was thinking I'd never go second hand again, but if I had a few quid in my back pocket and the right MT01 came up I'd be all over it regardless of mileage, but it'd have to be bob on.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:38 pm300KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:35 pm I guess it begs the question, whats the highest mile bike you'd buy?
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Lovely pipework,it's almost a shame to cover it up.
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It's a nice bike, but I don't like the pipes, far too many welds.
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Would it even run with open carbs like that? No velocity stack or bell mouth etc? Not a bike you only want full-throttle on! I'd love to hear it crackle and splutter into life though!
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Most TZs etc ran open carbs. Some fitted a piece of ladies stockings over to keep dirt out.
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Picky,picky.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:20 am It's a nice bike, but I don't like the pipes, far too many welds.
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Perusing the Japanese Honda website.
CB1300 SUPER BOL D’OR SP
Just like the old CB1300 we got in the UK, but with an ace paint job, Ohlins forks and Ohlins rear shock, Brembo Monoblocs and an SP only specially stitched seat!
https://www.honda.co.jp/CB1300/sp/
Or unfaired if you prefer...
Why don't we get that?
CB1300 SUPER BOL D’OR SP
Just like the old CB1300 we got in the UK, but with an ace paint job, Ohlins forks and Ohlins rear shock, Brembo Monoblocs and an SP only specially stitched seat!
https://www.honda.co.jp/CB1300/sp/
Or unfaired if you prefer...
Why don't we get that?