Looks like all the extra weight makes the front tyre flat
interesting bikes found randomly..
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Friends of my wife have one at the top of their stairsv8-powered wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:40 pm Not sure if we've seen this one before or not....
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Just wrong on so many levels...
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That's a proper WTF
However this line in the article sounds interesting;The total weight of the bike, depending on specification, can be as low as 160 kg (352 lb), so this thing will go like a bat out of hell.
However this line in the article sounds interesting;The total weight of the bike, depending on specification, can be as low as 160 kg (352 lb), so this thing will go like a bat out of hell.
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Well it's interesting, Messcherscmit BF109s had upside down Daimler Benz engines to get the crank in the right place to drive the propeller and have the barrel of a 20mm cannon running through the crank and prop, so upside down engines work, but I think having the crank so high in the bike is going to make it handle weird.
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I suppose it depends what they’re purist about.Bustaspoke wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:18 pm Not one for the purist's![]()
Outside the local bike shop earlier
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The Yoshimura and Showa stickers spoil it.Bustaspoke wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:18 pm Not one for the purist's![]()
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A French Bōsōzoku fan?
I like the look of the expansion chambers, very smooth.
I like the look of the expansion chambers, very smooth.
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Should be riding along behind you slowly- blipping the throttle with the clutch in with a spotty Inaka on board
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asmethurst99 wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 6:07 pm Should be riding along behind you slowly- blipping the throttle with the clutch in with a spotty Inaka on board
IIRC you've Japanese connections, have you seen Bōsōzoku in real life?
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Every town has loads of wannabes so it’s difficult to tell-there is a crossover with the Yankee subculture although Bozozoku are meant to be a bush league for Yakuza but like a lot of things it’s quite opaque.
It’s a fashion as much as anything - mostly on 400’s with annoying ring ding exhausts
2 stokes command as strong a price in Japan as here so an LC is an unlikely steed of choice.
My wife is from the Boonies and Harleys are popular as are domestic cruisers .
It’s a fashion as much as anything - mostly on 400’s with annoying ring ding exhausts
2 stokes command as strong a price in Japan as here so an LC is an unlikely steed of choice.
My wife is from the Boonies and Harleys are popular as are domestic cruisers .
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I could go for that, but I like Bimotas.Tarmacsurfer wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:09 am I like this kit for the Monster
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It's just an idea at the moment basically, reading the blurb. Need someone to front the cost of actually making the tools, anyone who can do that would just buy a real Bimota?
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Personally I found this equally interesting...
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