Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
- Mr Moofo
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
I am hankering over a project bike - certainly won’t be a bandit.
SP2s are now way too expensive - but speed triple could be on the list...
SP2s are now way too expensive - but speed triple could be on the list...
Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
I'd definitely have an early 1050 Speed Triple as a project bike but you won't get one for £1500.
Imagine it. Complete strip down, blue-printed engine, one-off titanium exhaust, custom suspension, new brakes, carbon wheels etc. Keeping the style of the original but dialed up to 11. Hmmm..
Imagine it. Complete strip down, blue-printed engine, one-off titanium exhaust, custom suspension, new brakes, carbon wheels etc. Keeping the style of the original but dialed up to 11. Hmmm..
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
A couple of reasons -
- the motors are, surprisingly, pretty good IME (a friend asked me to move his, I wasn't looking forward to it - pleasantly surprised)
- because typically goldwings are fugly, really fugly, and boring - so to make them pretty, or interesting, is a challenge
Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
Push the budget and haggle a bit for this Firestorm. I do like that FZR fox eye on page one though
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264672753834
Oh and I do like RF 900's too even though the styling always seems to get slated. Meant to be ballistic as well.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264672753834
Oh and I do like RF 900's too even though the styling always seems to get slated. Meant to be ballistic as well.
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
Actually I'll have this and use the £300 quid saved for tyres, petrol
https://www.hythehillmotorcycles.co.uk/ ... 4229029060
https://www.hythehillmotorcycles.co.uk/ ... 4229029060
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
I kinda dig that first lump of a bike!
I bet Nik Samson would appreciate those.
I bet Nik Samson would appreciate those.
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
One parked up next to me at the lights last year, took me a minute to suss out what the original bike was. sounded aces and looked great in the flesh
Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
A few years ago I paid £1500 for a 2002 SV650 for the lad as his first big bike. It's done 20,000 miles since then, never missed a beat and still looks good. It's probably still worth what we paid for it too.
Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
Agree with the Sv650. Ive always liked them, never rode one and never got round to buying one. 1200 bandit,owned a few always regretted selling them.
The fzr 600 would work too
The fzr 600 would work too
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
A Grom, if there are any that price.
They are just so cute.
They are just so cute.
Brian
Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
Plenty of Groms around for that sort of money, the thing to watch for is if they have been caned and not maintained by a young owner who's never seen a spanner. Loads of go-faster bits around toohilldweller wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:38 pm A Grom, if there are any that price.
They are just so cute.
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
When did Monkey bikes become named 'Groms'? WTF does it mean anyway?
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
Do you reckon they're any good to ride though?
That one and the Goldwing custom above look nice and would probably look great in a bikers cafe on display, but I always look at them and wonder if they're any good to ride - they don't look like they are.
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Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
Had a GT185 as a yoof and have had a secret yearning to replace it for a while now.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GT185 ... SwGVVeo2Zq
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GT185 ... SwGVVeo2Zq
Re: Your inappropriate £1500 secret crush.. what is it ?
One of the guys at a courier company I worked for had one as a spare bike, I borrowed it a few times, they're a big, slow handling thing that's one of those bikes that's really satisfying to hustle because you've got to be smooth but firm with it. Can go surprisingly quick whilst sat upright with the radio on, a lot quicker than you'd think possible.
A certain Italian bloke with a penchant for yellow 46 stickers had one when he lived in Mayfair, surprised more than a few hardened couriers with his ability to hustle it through traffic.