interesting bikes found randomly..
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
A friend works in the car trade, posted this on Instagram. I guess he was delivering or collecting a car, and found these.
Whatever your views on Bimmers, it's a shame they're just dumped.
Don't know what the fourth one is.
Whatever your views on Bimmers, it's a shame they're just dumped.
Don't know what the fourth one is.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Nothing is irretrievable,but unless the bike is deemed desirable by collectors,then the cost can be prohibitive. Building any bike up from it's constituent parts can often be more expensive than the finished article is worth.
Now if it was a pile of R90S.......
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
650 Bros then.
That's deffo a Bros seat unit and it's chain drive with a single sided swinger.
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Given the number of K and R-RT bikes used as the basis of custom builds, all 3 BMs should have some value
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And James Sherlock. Does he still operate for used beemer bits?
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I imagine the owner plans to do exactly that. (And has done from the day he dumped them in the garden. 'Projects' eh? Always starting tomorrow. ).
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Some mainland outfits charge more to post to NI than it costs from the good old US of A. I'd be in a corner before I'd use them
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I didn't want to start a thread, but here's an interesting story about a very uninteresting bike, the VFR750.
https://www.classicmechanics.com/haslam-stocker-vfr/
https://www.classicmechanics.com/haslam-stocker-vfr/
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I remember it on the telly, Honda sold a shed load of VFRs in the UK thanks to that, big Mac was on an FZ750 that was supposed to be the one Eddie Lawson used to win Daytona.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 7:12 pm I didn't want to start a thread, but here's an interesting story about a very uninteresting bike, the VFR750.
https://www.classicmechanics.com/haslam-stocker-vfr/
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Damn that is a sweetie.
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Aaargh! So much irrational want !
I thought these were the coolest 125, before they started restricting 125s for learners.
Can you imagine trying to get spares for one of these now. Thank heaven its an old listing !
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19285/l ... no-020196/
I thought these were the coolest 125, before they started restricting 125s for learners.
Can you imagine trying to get spares for one of these now. Thank heaven its an old listing !
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19285/l ... no-020196/