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weeksy wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:59 pm I'm not even sure how I'd cheat
You couldn't because you don't do Firendface, but google image search takes you to an FB page where you might be able to find it.
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:48 pm Quiz time.

Without cheating, who can tell me what this bike started out life as?

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dern wrote: Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:50 pm Local bike mot place has one of the matrix 998s in in good nick for sale...

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Always thought they were timeless, but at that camera angle,,,
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Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:10 am
dern wrote: Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:50 pm Local bike mot place has one of the matrix 998s in in good nick for sale...

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Always thought they were timeless, but at that camera angle,,,
The green did it no favours from any angle. Looked really dated.
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:48 pm Quiz time.

Without cheating, who can tell me what this bike started out life as?

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A hand drill.
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Ok, a clue.

It's a Honda (well was a Honda) v-twin.
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inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:11 am Is it a Bros ? that fugly engine looks familiar.
Either that or a Scott Squirrel
I thought Scott engine too when I first saw it. :thumbup:
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:42 am
inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:11 am Is it a Bros ? that fugly engine looks familiar.
Either that or a Scott Squirrel
I thought Scott engine too when I first saw it. :thumbup:
A Bradford bike :)
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Yorick wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:45 am
Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:42 am
inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:11 am Is it a Bros ? that fugly engine looks familiar.
Either that or a Scott Squirrel
I thought Scott engine too when I first saw it. :thumbup:
A Bradford bike :)
I helped restore a Scott Flyer when I was a kid. I also owned a bike built in Cleckheaton. :D
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This is the engine...

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JackyJoll wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:18 am Image
Thermo?
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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:53 am This is the engine...

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Possibly a PC800?

Narrow angle v-twin with hydraulic tappets.


One of these -

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slowsider wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:51 am
JackyJoll wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:18 am Image
Thermo?
Nah, I think this is his.
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slowsider wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:51 am
JackyJoll wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:18 am Image
Thermo?
Bring out- the comfy chair!
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Lutin wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:12 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:53 am This is the engine...

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Possibly a PC800?

Narrow angle v-twin with hydraulic tappets.


One of these -

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inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:35 pm Eeeew my eyes :shock:

That's like the bastard love child of a TMAX and a Hippo

Give me something with a brown seat quick :sick:
Still looks way better than the customised version.

And fewer sharp edged sticky out bits too.
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inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:35 pm Eeeew my eyes :shock:

That's like the bastard love child of a TMAX and a Hippo

Give me something with a brown seat quick :sick:
Just looks practical and useable to me. :D

Comfy, weather protection, built in luggage. Bit of a Deauville really.

S'ok if that's what's needed.
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:09 pm
Just looks practical and useable to me. :D

Comfy, weather protection, built in luggage. Bit of a Deauville really.
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Armchair comfort... I'm sure my parents had a suite like that in the early 70s, only in green!
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