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That is some battery and cable to the massive rear hub.

Small point: nice arty background to the Kwak. But why spoil it with reflections?

This immaculate BSA Catalina scrambler was at last nights Bike meet.





I'd never seen one before & the Brit Bike boys answered my questions.This one came back from the states as a fully faired road racer before being rebuilt,lovely looking bike.

Bustaspoke wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:13 am This immaculate BSA Catalina scrambler was at last nights Bike meet.





I'd never seen one before & the Brit Bike boys answered my questions.This one came back from the states as a fully faired road racer before being rebuilt,lovely looking bike.

Is that the "Scramberlised" Goldie?

Rockburner wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:44 am
Is that the "Scramberlised" Goldie?

Apparently so.It's almost but not 100% original & had the DBD34 on the crankcase.They were discussing what crank was in it as appeared to spin up a bit quicker than the standard one.They were talking about someone who rebuilds them with a lighter flywheel & Jawa speedway bike crank pin.
They seemed to know their Brit bikes.

Moriwaki's XSR GP - looks nicer to me than the stock bikes, or any of Yamaha's retro paint jobs:



https://motor-fan.jp/bikes/article/141796/



I think the second one might be a Young Machine CGI.

90's shell suits!

The whole problem with the XSR is that this just looks better

I don't think it does. The back end and exhaust looks like it's off a bigger bike. Hideous!

Whereas this is gorgeous. If I could ride one, i'd own one in a heartbeat and I don't even like sports bikes!

Over the last year or so,our mate Barry has owned a Harley,Ducati Monster,RE Continental,RE Himalayan 450,Triumph Scrambler,Kawa 650 Versys,1250 Bandit & no doubt I've missed 1 or 2, now,he's bought this MZ Mastiff





It's the first time I've seen one,I was riding down the back lanes & the canal swing bridge was shut whilst a narrow boat went through.My mate was in the queue so we moved out of the queue & had a good chat for half an hour.He bought it for £1300 from FB marketplace & he's finally got a bike that he likes,he can't believe that after all the bikes & money he's gone through a £1300 bike from FB Marketplace is the one that he likes.
I've got first dibs if he sells it ..

It's no Baghira (tho it does have the high level front mudguard).

He said that it should have a low front mudguard & someone had fitted the high level mudguard. He reckons that he can get most parts,but the plastics are unobtinium.

Fun to be had, I'd imagine.

They're good bikes.

Out with a friend today and we stopped by the BMW dealer. I think it looks lovely.

Looks a bit less lardy than it does in the BMW press shots.

I like that.

I can see why they've put holes in the front mudguard but it doesn't help the mudguarding properties much!

Wife says 'they call that a pillion seat these days do they?'

Other than that.

Edit: Oh...and...needs bush guards.

Pillion comfort aside the seat looks a lot nicer than I'd thought. Was just speccing one up on the motorrad site and it looks completely different - just smoooth...

Surprised to see that gold rims are only a £50 option - maybe they missed a zero?

Never keen on shellsuit paint jobs, but even so, it does looks nice and purposeful!

I like this version, except for the exhaust...

https://www.visordown.com/news/bmw-r12- ... n-launched