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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:13 pm Blandit advert on Friendface, bike looked alright until I got to this pic, spot the red flag!
Is it the Suzuki badge?
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I suspect that you might need to be a member to see this...



For those who can't see the link, here's a taster...
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Well, that is certainly different 😯
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It's basically a sound bike, but the builder has gone completely overboard on the red tat. I mean, he's even painted the shock body and compression bottle red! Take all the red shit off (brake hoses, calipers, clutch, rim tape, shock etc.) and leave just the frame red and it would look much better.

And get rid of that stupid 'Edizione Speciale' bollocks.
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mangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:50 pm It's basically a sound bike, but the builder has gone completely overboard on the red tat. I mean, he's even painted the shock body and compression bottle red! Take all the red shit off (brake hoses, calipers, clutch, rim tape, shock etc.) and leave just the frame red and it would look much better.

And get rid of that stupid 'Edizione Speciale' bollocks.
^^^^ This ^^^^
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Bellwood's first name wasn't Kev was it?
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Ducati would have been fine if they'd just stopped working on it 6 months sooner.
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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:56 pm I suspect that you might need to be a member to see this...



For those who can't see the link, here's a taster...
He can't have actually intended that colour for the frame !??
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Potter wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:41 pm
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:50 pm It's basically a sound bike, but the builder has gone completely overboard on the red tat.
I think it looks horrible even if the picture was in black and white.
It's an eyesore as it stands, but it's redeeemable. But you'd need to reverse all the builder's 'improvements'.
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I do wish ebay would just return results that have the search terms in the title of the listing, it;s been getting worse lately.

Literally the first result...
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ChrisW wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:40 am I do wish ebay would just return results that have the search terms in the title of the listing, it;s been getting worse lately.
And it gets even more random if you start excluding keywords.
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I know I'm probably wasting time and effort but I give them one star once a day when I do a search and tell them why.
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ai innit ;)
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305515239464 ... media=COPY

Has this lovely £10,000 bargain GT550 been on before?

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Comes with a bonus pic of your mum in her drawers.

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Suzuki GT550s were shit, really shit, that one is just shit rolled in glitter
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135032652014 ... media=COPY

Austin Seven engine in 1930s Norton.

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JackyJoll wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:16 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135032652014 ... media=COPY

Austin Seven engine in 1930s Norton.

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I think I've seen/heard of something else similar. There's something perverse about putting car engines in bikes....
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Rockburner wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:46 pm
JackyJoll wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:16 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135032652014 ... media=COPY

Austin Seven engine in 1930s Norton.

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I think I've seen/heard of something else similar. There's something perverse about putting car engines in bikes....
My dad did exactly that to a square 4 before i was born...
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David wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:05 pm

My dad did exactly that to a square 4 before i was born...
Not the maddest thing to do to a broken down Square Four with a sidecar.
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Rockburner wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:46 pm
JackyJoll wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:16 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135032652014 ... media=COPY

Austin Seven engine in 1930s Norton.

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I think I've seen/heard of something else similar. There's something perverse about putting car engines in bikes....

There was a Brough Superior model, but it didn’t really reach production on a factory scale.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_ ... ustin_Four
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