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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... =undefined

Where would you start....
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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:32 pm ..and it's much nearer Barnsley than Sheffield.
I got a lift there so was in effect parachuted into the place with buggerall navigational clues.
The driver knew the way and I just listened to his Blood Sugar Sex Majik album by the Chilli Peppers.

Anyway, here's a not so random pic I found amongst my Barbon Hillclimb photos.
IIRC the rider had a disability to do with his left hand so didn't have a left bar at all.
Seemed to manage stuff just fine though.
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derek badger wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:25 pm
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:20 pm
weeksy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:22 pm Just in case 1 steering damper isn't enough

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Anyone notice that none of them are connected to the frame, so they're not actually doing anything!
Never mind that. What's the 2nd throttle on the LH side for?!
BELLWOOD ! :D
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Skub wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:18 pm https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... =undefined

Where would you start....
Hacksaw, hammer, skip...
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G.P wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:05 pm
derek badger wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:25 pm
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:20 pm

Anyone notice that none of them are connected to the frame, so they're not actually doing anything!
Never mind that. What's the 2nd throttle on the LH side for?!
BELLWOOD ! :D
Exactly what sprang to mind when I saw it!!!🤣
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This time last year, Amsterdam. Didn't smell too good.

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Miaco Kawasaki love child...

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A pal put this link on FB today.

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derek badger wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:15 am Miaco Kawasaki love child...

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I'm trying to work out if its more reliable or even less reliable with that engine in it.
Could go either way.
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demographic wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:38 pm
derek badger wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:15 am Miaco Kawasaki love child...

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I'm trying to work out if its more reliable or even less reliable with that engine in it.
Could go either way.
I had one of each, I dont think that will be affected. Im sure the mellow and torquey engine will make it a lot less hectic. Briefly.
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A V4 Triumph 1000, derived from the coupling of two Triumph Speed Twin 500 engines in a Norton Manx Featherbed frame. Built in New Zealand around 1964/1965.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ducati-748-c ... Swr15fw~8k

Interesting, maybe, horrific maybe.

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1971 Honda CL350 with a 100bhp 472cc Banshee twin in it...

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Facebook link for videos of it...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/vint.ja ... 328183128/
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Man, that's ugly..
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They peaked with the M900 imho.
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I prefer the naked 748 :D

What is going on with that creased exhaust on the monster?
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From a side view the monster looks like Ducati spent a long time looking at the 790
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How tiny does King Kenny look on that YZR500?

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Were GP bikes bigger back then, or is KR a midget?
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Kenny is small, the YZR is about the same size as an FZR400, look at how big the wheels look, they're 18" not 17" but they still look huge because the bike is small
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