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Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:50 pm A guy put this up on FB proudly saying it's just back from the paint shop.

Oooh. He got a lot of flak :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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Did he intend it to be poo colour??
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:50 pm A guy put this up on FB proudly saying it's just back from the paint shop.

Oooh. He got a lot of flak :obscene-birdiedoublered:
More like just back from the muck spreaders.
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On Ebay:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZtAAAOSw ... l1600.webp

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166885612847 ... dZA&edge=1

I kind of like it but there's the usual detail stuff that only factories or really good builders get right
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This early Goldwing turned up on my FB feed earlier,back in the day I thought they were overweight behemoths,these days it looks like a middleweight bike :shock:

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Not sure about the gold coloured accents and engine parts, but it does look a tidy job!
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God knows I love both a RD400 and a retromod bike, so this should set me on fire, but it sort of doesn't? I think its the wheels and their colour, or something about the geometry of the forks? I do admire the job he's made of it though as its probably
a much better version to ride and i'd be dead chuffed to own it that's for sure! I reckon if I painted it all black I'd be over the moon with it!

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The spannies and reg plate position kill it for me.
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Well if you two don't want it get out of my way :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:38 am The spannies and reg plate position kill it for me.
I'd deffo move the plate back, but I love the allspeeds! Had them on my RD. You had to remove the centre stand to fit them and you lost ground clearance but the noise was the soundtrack of youth! Everyone had spannies round our way, even on fizzies and AP50s! :thumbup:
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Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:54 am
Yorick wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:38 am The spannies and reg plate position kill it for me.
I'd deffo move the plate back, but I love the allspeeds! Had them on my RD. You had to remove the centre stand to fit them and you lost ground clearance but the noise was the soundtrack of youth! Everyone had spannies round our way, even on fizzies and AP50s! :thumbup:
I love spannies, but they look shit ;)
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Yorick wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:59 am
Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:54 am
Yorick wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:38 am The spannies and reg plate position kill it for me.
I'd deffo move the plate back, but I love the allspeeds! Had them on my RD. You had to remove the centre stand to fit them and you lost ground clearance but the noise was the soundtrack of youth! Everyone had spannies round our way, even on fizzies and AP50s! :thumbup:
I love spannies, but they look shit ;)
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Farking hell :(
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This modified Gen II SV650 just turned up on my FB feed :shock:

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First glance I thought it was a Grom! :crazy:
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Ditchfinder wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:44 am Well if you two don't want it get out of my way :obscene-birdiedoublered:
TBH the more I look at it now, the more I like it! :crazy:
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I'd have it...

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Feast your eyes on this, someone is proud of it
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Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:06 pm I'd have it...

Iirc, it was a straight copy of the sohc honda 750 + 2 cylinders.
And that one needs setting up properly.......hunting badly!
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:50 pm A guy put this up on FB proudly saying it's just back from the paint shop.

Oooh. He got a lot of flak :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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Did he say "Make it the same colour as a physics teacher's slacks."
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If only I was a little bit smaller...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/405129358550

a bit rich, but looks nicely done.