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Two ways to make a vehicle interesting:

Loads of power
Shit brakes

This is just shit. And 20 grand !!!

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/194218650597?_ ... noapp=true

Spotted this on a midweek ride around to Rivi Barn the other month.I'm not sure if I've even seen one before,last time I saw a Morini trail bike was in the mid 80's!

You just need to look back 4 or 5 pages

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 5:52 pm Two ways to make a vehicle interesting:

Loads of power
Shit brakes

What about flexible frame and cheap tyres, Kawasaki Z1 had the full set.

KungFooBob wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:35 pm You just need to look back 4 or 5 pages

Yes but this was in real life, not just on the internet (until I posted a photo of it on here),& it's a 500!!

"The custom undertaking we’ll be analyzing today hails from Virginia’s Motohangar – an ambitious enterprise with some genuine talent at work on its premises. For a clear demonstration of their remarkable abilities, let’s proceed with a closer examination of the crew’s accomplishments on a weary 1975 model from Suzuki’s GT550 lineup, shall we?"
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/cust ... ic#agal_10

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:09 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 5:52 pm Two ways to make a vehicle interesting:

Loads of power
Shit brakes

What about flexible frame and cheap tyres, Kawasaki Z1 had the full set.

Maybe we should start a list of counter intuitive ways to make a bike interesting.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:57 am

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:09 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 5:52 pm Two ways to make a vehicle interesting:

Loads of power
Shit brakes

What about flexible frame and cheap tyres, Kawasaki Z1 had the full set.

Maybe we should start a list of counter intuitive ways to make a bike interesting.

Yorick will be along in a minute to tell us that a bike needs 200bhp and perfect handling to be interesting.

That's a Hugh Jazz.....

Come chap called Fred and his new bike...



I remember reading about the belly pan fuel tank, but I had no idea about the exhaust routing!

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:29 pm Come chap called Fred and his new bike...



I remember reading about the belly pan fuel tank, but I had no idea about the exhaust routing!

I think they'd get quite hot.

Apparently it handled badly, I think Freddie described it being like a bucket of water on the end of a stick.

He won a few races, then swapped back to the triple NS.

I found this while I was researching.

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/arti ... togp-bikes

A nice old icecream van.

I nearly bought one back then,but went for a newer one instead.

Skub wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:07 pm A nice old icecream van.

I nearly bought one back then,but went for a newer one instead.

I nearly bought the early red one at about 20.
But went racing instead.

Mine was a 1980 model EN,I think. Great bike but the S still looks better even after all these years.

I had a kettle on the road and 120 was fun.
Had a go on the thou and saw 130. Blew me away.

But my race LC350 was nearly as quick .

Yorick wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:18 pm I had a kettle on the road and 120 was fun.
Had a go on the thou and saw 130. Blew me away.

But my race LC350 was nearly as quick .

My tuned YPVS 350 was as fast as a GS1000, a mates GSXR1100K wasn't massively quicker to 130.

Yorick wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:47 am This is just shit. And 20 grand !!!

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/194218650597?_ ... noapp=true

Should be a law against people ruining classics like that!