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Kawasaki 750cc two stroke square four.
Never heard of this one, mostly cos it never went into production.
Not the best looking bike either but its different and came about some time before Suzuki made the Gamma 500.
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Cosworth Twin.
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Nobby wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:18 pm 2EC1EF9E-C44F-4139-90C4-4F1CAF60EA90.jpeg

Cosworth Twin.
Company I used to work for was part of the same group as Cosworth. One of the directors was being shown around, saw the engine casings on a shelf, asked what they were, then could he have them?

Basically was told "Yes, but don't come back for help"

He had a frame built, EFI designed, brought over Gary Flood (I think) over from Oz to work on it - even built an extension on his house for a workshop.

But end result was, amongst others, winning Daytona BOTT.

No idea where it is now.
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A great little tool.


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Now I see the point of banana flavoured swinging arms.
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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 7:00 pm Ladies, Gentlemen and Weeksy, I give you... The XSR155!

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It's an actual real motorcycle!
They've turned the fuse-box on the headstock into a styling theme?
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The 155 looks better than the bigger ones, it's not as humpy, what we need is an XSR350 (actually what I want is an XSR350, a bit different to what's needed)
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BIG arse. :lol:


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That looks wider than a bm boxer....
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David wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:03 pm That looks wider than a bm boxer....
It's an R18 innit.
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Wassat then?
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BMW's new 1800cc Boxer.

https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/en/model ... e/r18.html
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JackyJoll wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:55 pm Image
I suppose it's a logical continuation...... (to what end I'm not sure)
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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:07 pm BMW's new 1800cc Boxer.

https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/en/model ... e/r18.html
That's a big old bus. Nice tip of the hat to the old beemers,with the paintjob.
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Skub wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:49 pm
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:07 pm BMW's new 1800cc Boxer.

https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/en/model ... e/r18.html
That's a big old bus. Nice tip of the hat to the old beemers,with the paintjob.
Interesting design & construction:

Fork tubes.
The material chosen is also classic: metal.
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Titanium frame XR1. Created in Spain, using a Buell as a donor. Sold as kits to convert late generation Buell XB & Ulysses.
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I like that.
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^^^^ I quite like it too. Tank is just about big enough to get you to thwe pub and back.
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It's brutal looking, isn't it??
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