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chillitt wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:31 am Image
The single seat and the footrests and bars make me think he can’t get a girlfriend because he’s such a strange shape.

The writing on the seat is a bit wanky.
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JackyJoll wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:01 am
chillitt wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:31 am Image
The single seat and the footrests and bars make me think he can’t get a girlfriend because he’s such a strange shape.

The writing on the seat is a bit wanky.
Im sorry but having posted that Triumph thing, You cant really call anything else on this thread strange... :lol:
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chillitt wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:06 am
Im sorry but having posted that Triumph thing, You cant really call anything else on this thread strange... :lol:
But look it’s won trophies!
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weeksy wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:38 am Image
Love that, deffo my favourite of the crop, but I dislike the gaps in the frame where the airbox/battery etc would have been. I'd go for some infill panels if it was mine.
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chillitt wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:31 am Image
Lovely.
As Norvins go, that's a nice one IMO- I find most of them hideous
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Tricky wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:13 am
As Norvins go, that's a nice one IMO- I find most of them hideous
Absolutely. I like that its still got Norton on the tank too.
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Tricky wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:13 am
chillitt wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:31 am Image
Lovely.
As Norvins go, that's a nice one IMO- I find most of them hideous
Yes, it’s neat and understated.
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G.P wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:20 pm Proper

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BUSHIDO: A SUZUKI GSX-R1100 WITH KATANA STYLE

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From the excellent Dazed thread.
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I think this one is channeling it's inner LE Velocete......
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Harry wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:57 am I think I'd try and make an airbox out of something that would look nice, the gap just ruins it.
Those kinda bikes don't have an airbox though.

The Bonnie has the oil tank there on one side of course. In a rare peice of good design the fake oil tank on the other side is a toolbox. Dead useful.
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Gotta be honest, i think it looks alright with the gap :D

The thing that really looks silly to my eyes are the 1990s brake fluid reservoirs.
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Don't like the VF, single sided swing arm doesn't suit it and nor does the seat. I bet it's a pig at low speed, all that weight even higher than standard.
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https://www.blademotorcycles.co.uk/used ... /50599.htm

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Whys that so interesting then.... Well it's the one they bought from me.... for £5200.... eeeek. That's not a lot of profit/deal in there is it
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Straight sale or trade in?
If a straight sale that's a very tight profit margin, for their sake, let's hope it doesn't go wrong in even a minor way
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Julian_Boolean wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:48 pm Straight sale or trade in?
If a straight sale that's a very tight profit margin, for their sake, let's hope it doesn't go wrong in even a minor way
That was trade in, but was for an ex-demo '19 XSR900 @ £6999 which again i'm struggling to get near even now.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-XSR-9 ... Sw5MFflz9l

That's about the closest but mine had 300 miles on it at purchase, even that one has 3500.

There's this at £7200 but again, still certain mine is better value
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-XSR90 ... Sw1GBfpset