What bike from your birth year ?

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Re: What bike from your birth year ?

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296195385879 ... R7r9nP6vYw

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pah!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325981624631
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Make up your minds what it is guys...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175840365789 ... R9q2xv6vYw
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I'd have one of these. But I'm pretty sure they're either unobtanium or priced stratospherically or both.


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mangocrazy wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:39 pm I'd have one of these. But I'm pretty sure they're either unobtanium or priced stratospherically or both.


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It's a 98cc two-stroke Honda Dream D-type. Honda's first production motorcycle.
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Re: What bike from your birth year ?

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I dare say some good condition Vincent Black Shadows were still available in 1958, so I'll take one of those. My dad had a Comet, so there's a nostalgia factor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Black_Shadow
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I can offer this one.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116010207567 ... R-bOyIiwYw

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/4PYAAOSw ... -l1600.jpg
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Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:30 pm I can offer this one.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116010207567 ... R-bOyIiwYw

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I like that. I can't afford it, but I like it.
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1956 wood worm special
1956 wood worm special
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That's the bike for me!!
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We used to have one of those. Damn good bikes.
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Re: What bike from your birth year ?

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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:25 pm Lets play this game again (rather than mess up Dern's thread)...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134893722768

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Can someone lend me £29k?
I owned a 900SS about 40 years ago, I wouldn't want to ride one again.

I don't think I'd like any bike from 1958 either.
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Re: What bike from your birth year ?

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As my 1st bike was a Yamaha DT 175 , then my 1st road bike was a Yamaha DT 50 and after passing my tests my 1st ‘big’ bike was also a Yamaha FZR600, this fits the bill nicely.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126269251644 ... media=COPY

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Spares might be a challenge - Kawasaki B8M,the scrambler version of their 1st bike
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1960, so fuck all.
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Re: What bike from your birth year ?

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I'd quite like a BMW r69s from the mid 60's to pootle around on but as things stand I might end up with my dad's Brough from his birth year which would be cool 😎

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Re: What bike from your birth year ?

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Both the BMW R90S and the Laverda 1000 triple came out in my year.... so either of them please! (who's supplying them and where do I go to pick it up?)

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Re: What bike from your birth year ?

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<checks first post> oh, sorry... currently on ebay??


Either this :
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156047689648 ... R8jItIaxYw

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However I don't do a lot of off-road... so maybe not.

or this :
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235382694040 ... R8jItIaxYw

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Re: What bike from your birth year ?

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My Troll is registered 1964 but the manufacture plate states 1963 which is my birth year.
I would rather have a 63 Gold Star but as i own this it will have to do.

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