Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:01 pm
You couldn't because you don't do Firendface, but google image search takes you to an FB page where you might be able to find it.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:09 pm
I don't really think I want to know...KungFooBob wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:48 pm Quiz time.
Without cheating, who can tell me what this bike started out life as?
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:10 am
Always thought they were timeless, but at that camera angle,,,dern wrote: Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:50 pm Local bike mot place has one of the matrix 998s in in good nick for sale...
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:07 am
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:32 am
A hand drill.KungFooBob wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:48 pm Quiz time.
Without cheating, who can tell me what this bike started out life as?
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:35 am
Ok, a clue.
It's a Honda (well was a Honda) v-twin.
It's a Honda (well was a Honda) v-twin.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:18 am
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:42 am
I thought Scott engine too when I first saw it.inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:11 am Is it a Bros ? that fugly engine looks familiar.
Either that or a Scott Squirrel
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:45 am
A Bradford bikeCount Steer wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:42 amI thought Scott engine too when I first saw it.inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:11 am Is it a Bros ? that fugly engine looks familiar.
Either that or a Scott Squirrel
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:47 am
I helped restore a Scott Flyer when I was a kid. I also owned a bike built in Cleckheaton.Yorick wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:45 amA Bradford bikeCount Steer wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:42 amI thought Scott engine too when I first saw it.inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:11 am Is it a Bros ? that fugly engine looks familiar.
Either that or a Scott Squirrel
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:53 am
This is the engine...
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:51 am
Thermo?
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:12 pm
Possibly a PC800?
Narrow angle v-twin with hydraulic tappets.
One of these -
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:21 pm
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:51 pm
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:52 pm
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!Lutin wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:12 pmPossibly a PC800?
Narrow angle v-twin with hydraulic tappets.
One of these -
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:04 pm
Still looks way better than the customised version.inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:35 pm Eeeew my eyes
That's like the bastard love child of a TMAX and a Hippo
Give me something with a brown seat quick
And fewer sharp edged sticky out bits too.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:09 pm
Just looks practical and useable to me.inewham wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:35 pm Eeeew my eyes
That's like the bastard love child of a TMAX and a Hippo
Give me something with a brown seat quick
Comfy, weather protection, built in luggage. Bit of a Deauville really.
S'ok if that's what's needed.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:48 pm
You’ve seen nothing yet-Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:09 pm
Just looks practical and useable to me.
Comfy, weather protection, built in luggage. Bit of a Deauville really.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:24 pm
Armchair comfort... I'm sure my parents had a suite like that in the early 70s, only in green!