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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Maybe they made the swingarm without checking the dims properly 
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
It does look kind of like the chain needs the guide, to keep it off the swing arm.Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:53 pm Maybe they made the swingarm without checking the dims properly![]()
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Looks like the last day before sleet and other nasty schitt blows in, A definite drop in temps back down to double figures today.
Not a five star anything in sight.

Not a five star anything in sight.

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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Must get pretty warm where you are!Skub wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:33 pm Looks like the last day before sleet and other nasty schitt blows in, A definite drop in temps back down to double figures today.
Not a five star anything in sight.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Yorick hacked my a/c.KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:34 pmMust get pretty warm where you are!Skub wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:33 pm Looks like the last day before sleet and other nasty schitt blows in, A definite drop in temps back down to double figures today.
Not a five star anything in sight.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
AND,I posted in the wrong bloody thread.. 
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
On the Proddie Racers FB group just now
It was originally the 'Works' bike given to Ray Stringer to race, by Terry Becket
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
I've seen a new V4S Panigale about lately and looked cool, but rider was pants.
Last night riding home along our road, I saw him set off, wobbling about.
I passed him on the corner. On my GasGas in t-shirt and flip flops
When I pulled up to our gate, he wobbled past looking very sheepish.
All the gear and no idea. Look at them chicken strips.
I took photo just now. Reg plate shows it's almost new.
Last night riding home along our road, I saw him set off, wobbling about.
I passed him on the corner. On my GasGas in t-shirt and flip flops
When I pulled up to our gate, he wobbled past looking very sheepish.
All the gear and no idea. Look at them chicken strips.
I took photo just now. Reg plate shows it's almost new.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
v8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:55 pm Not sure if we've seen this one before
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It's, erm, 'interesting'.
* Edit. It looks like an R80 and they've dropped the engine as far as it will go and rotated it a bit.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Yeah, very low mounting - Wouldn't fancy attempting a speed bump!
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Ah. It's an R100. More info and better pix here.v8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:22 pm Yeah, very low mounting - Wouldn't fancy attempting a speed bump!
https://silodrome.com/bmw-r100rs-custom-motorcycle/
(It was the 'Revival of the Machine' on the tyres that lead me there).
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Partly because they've junked the big air filter box on the top of the engine.Count Steer wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:04 pmv8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:55 pm Not sure if we've seen this one before
FB_IMG_1707933267127.jpgTrying to work out where all that space has come from.

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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Yup, that's a fair chunk of it. Rotating the engine a bit has increased the headroom at the front, dropping it has added to it and there's little or no saddle on the tank.Horse wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:38 pmPartly because they've junked the big air filter box on the top of the engine.Count Steer wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:04 pmv8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:55 pm Not sure if we've seen this one before
FB_IMG_1707933267127.jpgTrying to work out where all that space has come from.
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This one's a bit tidier I think. (Front end looks unfinished and the front tyres a bit daft though).

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