Anything you like about motorbikes
Jody
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Post by Jody Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:41 am
v8-powered wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:38 pm
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It looks heaps better than the original, but no front mudguard and stupid tyres make it unrideable imo
Bustaspoke wrote: ↑ Thu Mar 10, 2022 3:27 pm
Have a search o Ebay for Honda Cub & you'll find this.According to the description it was decor in a Italian restaurant
I know Honda had a plant in Italy but I don't think they made C90's...
It would appear one too many people mistook the exhaust for the footpeg !
mangocrazy
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Post by mangocrazy Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:51 pm
Now that's the kind of work that would be completely beyond these bearded hipster chappies. Making stuff that works as it should do and just looks right. And not a brown seat, empty triangle or wacky paint scheme in sight.
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Skub
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Post by Skub Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:31 pm
Suzook 1000K5 with 400bhp @ rear wheel. Apparently.
That'd need some electronics package.
slowsider
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Post by slowsider Sat Mar 19, 2022 6:00 pm
Skub wrote: ↑ Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:31 pm
Suzook 1000K5 with 400bhp @ rear wheel. Apparently.
That'd need some electronics package.
That'll have a brown seat soon enough
mangocrazy
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Post by mangocrazy Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:31 pm
That's the chavviest thing I've seen in a long while. Take a RH bend just a little too enthusiastically and your air filter is toast. And a stubby can, just to complete the set. What a PoS.
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Yorick
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Post by Yorick Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:33 pm
mangocrazy wrote: ↑ Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:31 pm
That's the chavviest thing I've seen in a long while. Take a RH bend just a little too enthusiastically and your air filter is toast. And a stubby can, just to complete the set. What a PoS.
How about a bit of rain on the air filter ?
mangocrazy
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Post by mangocrazy Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:52 pm
Yeah, that as well...
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Mr. Dazzle
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Post by Mr. Dazzle Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:36 am
Stick on carbon wrapped forks are a nice touch though
Count Steer
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Post by Count Steer Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:17 am
Skub wrote: ↑ Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:31 pm
Suzook 1000K5 with 400bhp @ rear wheel. Apparently.
That'd need some electronics package.
Is it parked on a demo site for 'paving' options? They appear to have tarmac, resin bonded, paving slabs and gravel in about 15ft of frontage.
(The bike looks a bit like that too).
Doubt is not a pleasant condition. .
Skub
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Post by Skub Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:03 am
Count Steer wrote: ↑ Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:17 am
Is it parked on a demo site for 'paving' options? They appear to have tarmac, resin bonded, paving slabs and gravel in about 15ft of frontage.
I think the 'tarmac' part is a mat.
Ha! beaten at the interwebz again.
Taipan
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Post by Taipan Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:07 pm
I've always said an ashtray is more use on motorbike than a turbo or a blower...
Yorick
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Post by Yorick Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:07 pm
400???
A real man is happy with half that
Skub
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Post by Skub Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:02 pm
I'd never heard of this Japanese bike. A Marusho/Lilac.
Apparently went bust in 1962.
Familiar engine layout. I can't get a pic up,but you can see in the link below.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/LV0120-39247 ... RPhqRa7seo
Restored version.
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Skub
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Post by Skub Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:05 pm
Like an MZ/Guzzi lovechild.
Skub
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Post by Skub Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:12 pm
I worked with a bloke in the 70s who mixed up his cylinders with engine type.
Yorick
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Post by Yorick Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:29 pm
Skub wrote: ↑ Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:12 pm
I worked with a bloke in the 70s who mixed up his cylinders with engine type.
He reasoned,if a Honda CB750-4 was a fourstroke and a Yamaha 250 YDS7 twin was a two stroke,then the Kawasaki triples were 3 strokes.
And if my auntie had balls, she was my uncle.
