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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:34 pm
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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AND,I posted in the wrong bloody thread.. :roll:
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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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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 :D

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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A tidy TDR on the bay,but daft dealer price.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126324320301 ... krbHx9jM8Q

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One for Cheesy and KFB :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Not sure if we've seen this one before
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v8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:55 pm Not sure if we've seen this one before

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:wtf: Trying to work out where all that space has come from. Have they turned the engine upside down*???? Where did those forks come from?

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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Yeah, very low mounting - Wouldn't fancy attempting a speed bump!
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v8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:22 pm Yeah, very low mounting - Wouldn't fancy attempting a speed bump!
Ah. It's an R100. More info and better pix here.

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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Count Steer wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:04 pm
v8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:55 pm Not sure if we've seen this one before

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:wtf: Trying to work out where all that space has come from.
Partly because they've junked the big air filter box on the top of the engine.

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Horse wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:38 pm
Count Steer wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:04 pm
v8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:55 pm Not sure if we've seen this one before

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:wtf: Trying to work out where all that space has come from.
Partly because they've junked the big air filter box on the top of the engine.

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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.

This one's a bit tidier I think. (Front end looks unfinished and the front tyres a bit daft though).

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Yorick wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:11 pm One for Cheesy and KFB :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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I didn't like my TZR250 and sold it after doing one track day on it.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:31 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:11 pm One for Cheesy and KFB :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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I didn't like my TZR250 and sold it after doing one track day on it.
But the bike in the photo is a KR1 (or KR1-S) n'est ce pas?
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On display at the London show, that's all I know about it...
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mangocrazy wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:57 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:31 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:11 pm One for Cheesy and KFB :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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I didn't like my TZR250 and sold it after doing one track day on it.
But the bike in the photo is a KR1 (or KR1-S) n'est ce pas?
It is indeed.
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Yorick wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:30 pm 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 :D

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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When I was a kid I put massive wheels on the back of a scalextric car and it looked shit, just like that ducati.