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Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:28 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:31 pm
by KungFooBob
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:34 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:39 pm
by mangocrazy
I'd have one of these. But I'm pretty sure they're either unobtanium or priced stratospherically or both.

Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:41 pm
by KungFooBob
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.
Is that a Honda copy of a BMW, with a two stroke single motor?
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:44 pm
by mangocrazy
It's a 98cc two-stroke Honda Dream D-type. Honda's first production motorcycle.
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:09 pm
by Scootabout
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
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:30 pm
by Cousin Jack
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:31 pm
by KungFooBob
I like that. I can't afford it, but I like it.
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:33 pm
by Buckaroo

- 1956 wood worm special
- that dandy.jpeg (4.31 KiB) Viewed 708 times
That's the bike for me!!
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:52 pm
by Sadlonelygit
Don't
Even the kudos of a pop up headlight wears thin after 20+ miles of early 80s ergos and suspension.
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:46 pm
by Rockburner
We used to have one of those. Damn good bikes.
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:16 pm
by Druid
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.
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:37 pm
by ajlog
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

Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:03 pm
by Ian
Spares might be a challenge - Kawasaki B8M,the scrambler version of their 1st bike

Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:40 pm
by ZRX61
1960, so fuck all.
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:54 am
by Dickyboy
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
https://images-cdn.auctionmobility.com/ ... eight=1600
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:06 am
by Rockburner
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?)

Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:11 am
by Rockburner
<checks first post> oh, sorry... currently on ebay??
Either this :
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156047689648 ... R8jItIaxYw
However I don't do a lot of off-road... so maybe not.
or this :
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235382694040 ... R8jItIaxYw
Yes - that engine WOULD be pulled out and installed in the JAPton...... <cough cough>
LOL at the details : "kickstart" yeah right!

Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:49 am
by kendo57
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.
