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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:01 pm
by Skub
New KTM looks sweet.

Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:12 pm
by Yorick
Skub wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:01 pm
New KTM looks sweet.
Hell yeah

Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:37 pm
by David
Yorick wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:12 pm
Skub wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:01 pm
New KTM looks sweet.
Hell yeah
That is truly gopping.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:38 pm
by Yorick
David wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:37 pm
Yorick wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:12 pm
Skub wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:01 pm
New KTM looks sweet.
Hell yeah
That is truly gopping.
Hell yeah

Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:45 pm
by v8-powered

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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:45 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Parked outside my local Halfords...that's all I know of the origin

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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:01 pm
by MrLongbeard
That's going to be a smidge noisy
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:28 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Yeah I heard it leave. And smelled it, several minutes later.

. Sufficed to say it would not pass modern unburned hydrocarbon emissions tests.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:43 pm
by Sadlonelygit
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:45 pm
Parked outside my local Halfords...that's all I know of the origin
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Fuel injected
Tres interessant
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:14 pm
by Pirahna
Needs 18 inch wheels.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:45 pm
by The Spin Doctor
Piper?
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:50 pm
by Skub
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:45 pm
Parked outside my local Halfords...that's all I know of the origin
20240303_144407.jpg
Oh man,when I had my Z1 I so wanted one of those. I'd still take one,but there weren't many made and even less for sale. That was the best of the best in the 70s,a fast reliable Jap engine and a great handling Rickman chassis.

Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:10 am
by Dodgy69
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:19 pm
by ChrisW
One of my brothers had one of them in the late nineties - he called in on it very, very early one summer Sunday morning, so I had a go, obviously. Spent half an hour riding around a deserted West End of London. I've very clear memories of riding down the mall down to Buck House and up to hyde park corner.
It was great fun, really enjoyed it.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:02 pm
by Horse
1. Fit decent tyres
2. Learn conservation of momentum (ie don't slow down*)
* They had a reputation for awful braking. But that was due to rubbish tyres (Pneumants) so most riders barely used the brakes, so the shoes glaze.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:31 pm
by Taipan
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:36 pm
by Horse
Interesting front 'suspension'.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:03 pm
by v8-powered
Horse wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:36 pm
Interesting front 'suspension'.
Similar to my BMW

Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:20 pm
by Horse
v8-powered wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:03 pm
Horse wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:36 pm
Interesting front 'suspension'.
Similar to my BMW
Indeed. Two stick-like bits, a wheel at one and a springy thing at the other

Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:29 pm
by Taipan
Horse wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:36 pm
Interesting front 'suspension'.
Interesting front brake lever...