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Gregor wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:31 pm :P

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There's so much wrong about that, it's hard to know where to start! :lol:
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Count Steer wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:00 pm
Gregor wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:31 pm :P

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There's so much wrong about that, it's hard to know where to start! :lol:
Unlike the builder who didn’t know when to stop!
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Gregor wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:15 pm
Count Steer wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:00 pm
Gregor wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:31 pm :P

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There's so much wrong about that, it's hard to know where to start! :lol:
Unlike the builder who didn’t know when to stop!
I can only assume it was the ultimate bike lowering project. It looks like a soufflé that someone slammed the door on. :(
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Gregor wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:31 pm :P

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I know a chap who bought a running and decent looking stock CBX for £10k and has set about making it a 'special'. Trouble is,he's a bit special and has no flair at all for mechanical things,yet he's been busy hacking off bits of the frame and welding brackets in random places,all while the engine is still in the frame and being covered with all the dust and schitt.

A mate is trying to help and curb the worst of his excesses,but it's an uphill struggle. He's randomly buying parts like single sided swingers that are never going to be plug and play and with no thought as to how the rear suspension is going to work.

If the thing ever sees the road again in any shape,I'll be very surprised.
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There was a bloke on the Bikers Oracle VFR forum some years back who had convinced himself that what he needed on his otherwise standard VFR 750 (conventional swingarm) was a 3-4 inch longer wheelbase. So he had these billet swingarm extensions machined up and proudly presented them for our approval.

Except we all, to a man, told him it was a dumb idea and he'd wasted his money. He was not a happy camper. But he was American.
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Stick on LCD speedo looks daft ;)
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The Micheline sticker's upside down on the left-hand side, I'm out.
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Moto Guzzi Crossbow "special" yeah very special

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196145568630
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Dickyboy wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:26 pm Moto Guzzi Crossbow "special" yeah very special

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196145568630
There's nothing wrong with that at all, a very nice 70's kit that needs restoration. I've sent it to a mate who loves that sort of thing.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276261065259 ... SwPmZk~0Qz

Blimey, you can guarantee that this fella is a strange bloke, I dread to think what he's like but anyone that turns a standard bike into this is 100% strange.

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Avoiding deep ruts is recommended

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Gregor wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:40 am Avoiding deep ruts is recommended
Never mind ruts, look like they could ground out with suspension compression!
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325890438251

That tank and seat just doesn't go with the frame and how big is that fairing?
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 6:35 pm ...and how big is that fairing?
The fibreglass is 1/4+ inch thick so they weigh a fecking ton too. I have 2 with lowers hanging on the garage wall to stop it blowing away in a hurricane.
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 6:35 pm Image

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325890438251

That tank and seat just doesn't go with the frame and how big is that fairing?
A VX800 was by far the worst bike I ever had the misfortune to own, so anything different to what came out of the factory is a plus but mostly spending 50p on a seal so the fuel didn't leak into the crankcase would be the place to start.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:37 pm 67k to 43k to 78 miles, back to 43k to unknown, it's had a clock or 3
It was 67k kilometers and now its been converted to 40 thou miles which all seems about right?
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You could fill this forum from that vx800 sellers other bikes. 😯

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=b ... rue&_pgn=1

The fzr1000 & srx400 are particularly weird
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Dickyboy wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:01 am You could fill this forum from that vx800 sellers other bikes. 😯

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=b ... rue&_pgn=1

The fzr1000 & srx400 are particularly weird
You are not wrong! Do you think he advertises as we buy any bike in 'Fucked up project bike magazine'!

I mean WTF

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