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Newey wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 12:46 am
Skub wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 12:11 pm Grrrrr.

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Mr Dazzle has got it completely wrong with his fancy pipe bending machines, mandrels and skill to make them, welded up and on show expansion chambers are in fact, glorious and spectacular to see.
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All standard bikes I spotted on a wee walk round Biarritz.
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Oddly back in the day when I was poor I could name just about any bike from 100 yards. Now that I'm not poor there's ooodles of manufacturers standard bikes I didn't even know existed !
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 2:06 pm Needs a longer side stand
Or more slopey ground to park on.
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It looks rather startled.
Blundering about trying not to make too much of a hash of things.
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v8-powered wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:57 pm image_eeb0427b-1eec-44c6-94d6-24fa9e739e4720220517_135641.jpg
With those tyres it should have both wheels driven like the Rokon Scout. That'd make sense. :thumbup:
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Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 7:24 pm
v8-powered wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:57 pm image_eeb0427b-1eec-44c6-94d6-24fa9e739e4720220517_135641.jpg
With those tyres it should have both wheels driven like the Rokon Scout. That'd make sense. :thumbup:
The more I look at it the more I think it's quite cool.... :thumbup:
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v8-powered wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 8:20 pm
Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 7:24 pm
v8-powered wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:57 pm image_eeb0427b-1eec-44c6-94d6-24fa9e739e4720220517_135641.jpg
With those tyres it should have both wheels driven like the Rokon Scout. That'd make sense. :thumbup:
The more I look at it the more I think it's quite cool.... :thumbup:
Get that front wheel driven and it would be v handy. Certainly better looking than the Rokon. :D

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Diesel KLR.
https://riders.drivemag.com/news/milita ... esel-fuel/

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Skub wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 7:35 pm Diesel KLR.
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Beige ?????
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Yorick wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 7:41 pm
Skub wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 7:35 pm Diesel KLR.
https://riders.drivemag.com/news/milita ... esel-fuel/

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Beige ?????
Good job they didn't paint it for the desert. :D

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cheb wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 5:52 pm Image
Is that Bob Carolgees?

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dern wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 12:04 pm Is that Bob Carolgees?
Can't see his left hand so it might well be!
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dern wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 12:04 pm
cheb wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 5:52 pm Image
Is that Bob Carolgees?

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He's the spitting image of him
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He'd have a job touching ground on those bikes....
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'07 Griso 1100 (for sale), '94 Sprint 900, the scabbiest Himalayan in the country
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Ditchfinder wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 3:05 pm
Fair lay to him/her. Looks like a well practiced manoeuvre.
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:oops: I'm not far off that getting on and off the Sprint being the short arse that I am
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