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There was the Malaguti version too.

I remember a tool around my way had one with two flags tied to the mirrors. I saw him chase two girls along a footpath because they laughed at him. I think the bike struggled to catch them on foot.

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Looks like the extras who failed to make the cut for Quadraphenia!

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v8-powered wrote: Sun Jul 17, 2022 3:18 pm image_865daec9-4503-425c-9d4a-2ae3ed6a8fb320220717_151817.jpg
I'd like to see it ridden.
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https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27434/ ... a-cbx1000/

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Not everyone’s cup of tea but valued at £4-6 k.

Gotta go for a bit more than that at the sale surely.
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That's a real oddity. Nico Bakker frame and swingarm, PVM forged ali wheels (both good), but then Tokico calipers (why not Brembo?), what looks to be a Sachs shock (both middlin/mediocre) and no chain, various bolts loose or missing and a general air of unfinished-ness. Could be a real find, could be a money-pit.
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Sachs make some very good shocks, but they're bloody expensive.
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The ones I've come across (on Aprilias mainly) have been OK-ish but nothing special. John at Revs hates them, doesn't have a good word to say about them and wil try to avoid working on them if at all possible. But I guess it's all a question of what the OEM can get away with in specifying down to a price.
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I'd never heard of these before...

https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot ... 8&pn=4&g=1

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I watched a prog about this bike being built for a well known person. But the sad thing is that he can't ride it legally on the road.
Guess who?
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:42 pm I watched a prog about this bike being built for a well known person. But the sad thing is that he can't ride it legally on the road.
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Superman?
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weeksy wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:44 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:42 pm I watched a prog about this bike being built for a well known person. But the sad thing is that he can't ride it legally on the road.
Guess who?

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Superman?
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:49 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:44 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:42 pm I watched a prog about this bike being built for a well known person. But the sad thing is that he can't ride it legally on the road.
Guess who?

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Superman?
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I remember reading about this a couple of years ago so I know the answer - won't say as it'd be cheating. Does he not have a road licence
then?
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ChrisW wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:30 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:49 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:44 pm

Superman?
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I remember reading about this a couple of years ago so I know the answer - won't say as it'd be cheating. Does he not have a road licence
then?
Yes . But bikes here need to be 100% factory standard.
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:48 pm
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ChrisW wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:32 pm I'd never heard of these before...

https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot ... 8&pn=4&g=1

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That looks really top heavy to me !
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ChrisW wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:32 pm I'd never heard of these before...

https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot ... 8&pn=4&g=1

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French company, they had a stand at the NEC in what must have been a long while back and I spent ages looking at them. I have no idea why but I really like some of the Avinton's. Not keen on that one or my tastes have changed. At the time I really liked (actually still do) the MT 01 and the Avinton is a similar sort of concept.