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Tarmacsurfer wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:39 pm Guess the donor bike
(Should be an easy one)
The Dispatchers hack, the plastic maggot. Looks interesting and well done from that pic. Got any more pics?
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weeksy wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:38 pm Yeah not bad. What engine/config.
750 parallel twin, 80bhp, 220kg

https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/n ... 0-new-spec
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Druid wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:59 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:38 pm Yeah not bad. What engine/config.
750 parallel twin, 80bhp, 220kg

https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/n ... 0-new-spec
That power and weight equates pretty much to a Z1 in 1973. :silent:
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Everything weighs 220kg these days, it's almost like most modern bikes are built to that as a target weight.
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Taipan wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:53 pm
Tarmacsurfer wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:39 pm Guess the donor bike
(Should be an easy one)
The Dispatchers hack, the plastic maggot. Looks interesting and well done from that pic. Got any more pics?
Yep. Sorry no more pics but thought it was done really nicely.
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Tarmacsurfer wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:26 pm
Taipan wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:53 pm
Tarmacsurfer wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:39 pm Guess the donor bike
(Should be an easy one)
The Dispatchers hack, the plastic maggot. Looks interesting and well done from that pic. Got any more pics?
Yep. Sorry no more pics but thought it was done really nicely.
No worries. I found it anyway.
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4.5k for a 14 year old xt, they're having a laugh. :crazy:
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Does anyone find XT660s interesting?
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:13 pm Does anyone find XT660s interesting?
Clearly me as i was the person who posted it :D

One of the guys on STW forum was asking about B road bikes.... i thought of the 660X
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Gregor wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:04 pm

4.5k for a 14 year old xt, they're having a laugh. :crazy:
It's not badly priced looking at the rest of them out there.
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Is that some posh airbox mod?

I wouldn't expect that without some pipes?

Probably put the stock pipes back on to sell it.
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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:21 pm Is that some posh airbox mod?

I wouldn't expect that without some pipes?

Probably put the stock pipes back on to sell it.
Yeah DNA stage 2. No, i wouldn't usually expect it without pipes and power commander.
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For an 07 bike,I'd have expected it to be cheaper.
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A 1930 Majestic, apparently.

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weeksy wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:16 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:13 pm Does anyone find XT660s interesting?
Clearly me as i was the person who posted it :D

One of the guys on STW forum was asking about B road bikes.... i thought of the 660X
I found them a bit top heavy, I thought the road bike version was better to ride

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Skub wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:32 pm For an 07 bike,I'd have expected it to be cheaper.
It definitely seems to be a thing. Decent superduke's are 4k to 5k like this (just picked one in the middle)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KTM-990-SUPE ... 3830125075

Or 1500 more and get a nearly new z900 that's 13 years newer. Bonkers.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2019-KAWASAK ... 3799242069

Or for the same price as the SD a 2014 MT09
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-MT-09 ... 3787037427

I really quite like the 990 SMTs but decent ones of them are 5k which I can't get my head around for a 2010 bike vs a grand or so more for a 2019-2020 bike.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:04 pm This is a Sachs rotary

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That Hercules appears to have a weird two stroke engine that is intriguing
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:13 pm Does anyone find XT660s interesting?
Me! Cracking bikes! 8-)
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Nice.

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