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I've been looking for it online for ages...fascinating lateral thinking.Horse wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 4:02 am I tried to find that a few days ago, after someone posted pics of a wooden framed bike! IIRC Superbike did a series of articles on it.
I reckon its the worst looking Bimota. a simple DB2 would do me, although the back end looks heavy from that angle. IRL they are lovely.Yorick wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:10 pmThey took the fairing off another bike and stuck it on this after a long lunch drinking sesh.KungFooBob wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:53 pm That's my dream bike, in fact I posted it on another thread.
You obviously have no taste :p
After all that you're still left with a CB250/360. They were crap back in 1974 and the years won't have improved them, they will still be overweight, underpowered, underbraked and undersprung. Not sure about the home made monoshock either.weeksy wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:45 am https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB250- ... SwLKxf1lmB
All gone a bit TOO hipster, but with an hours work ripping grips, exhaust wrap etc off it, it's got merit
A mate bought a brand new G5 back in the early 70s. Oh how we laughed.Druid wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:18 am
After all that you're still left with a CB250/360. They were crap back in 1974 and the years won't have improved them, they will still be overweight, underpowered, underbraked and undersprung. Not sure about the home made monoshock either.
It does look quite pretty though..
I've sat in the pilots seat of a plane made of plywood and balsa, it did 400mph and later versions carried a 4000on bomb load, the one I sat in was the prototype.Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:52 am Plywood is a great material. Conceptually its not too far removed from Carbon Fibre. Plywood >> simple blocks of wood.
Yup, I worked at a Honda dealer workshop whilst at school and college from mid 70s to early 80s, and saw a lot of G5s, and and there is nothing I can think of to commend one of them, they were indeed a complete pile of cack in just about every way. The CJs fixed the engine issues, and looked a bit better IMO, but the 250s particularly were still seriously heavy and just dull compared to the 250RS single , let alone the RDs, GTs and KHs - the K4s that preceded them were betterSkub wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:43 pmA mate bought a brand new G5 back in the early 70s. Oh how we laughed.Druid wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:18 am
After all that you're still left with a CB250/360. They were crap back in 1974 and the years won't have improved them, they will still be overweight, underpowered, underbraked and undersprung. Not sure about the home made monoshock either.
It does look quite pretty though..
My old T250 Hustler was practically done and it was still faster and better in every way apart from mpg and what 17 year old gives a stuff about that?
Right from new it was a dose,always breaking down and eating cam chain tensioners for the craic. I never thought I'd see the day that bike would be used for anything other than a boat anchor. I mean,could your heart lie to restoring one?
I have to admit it doesn't look bad,in a mini 650 Yam fashion,but I wouldn't want it if it was gold plated. Sixteen hundred quid?
Is that a Jaguar Straight 6?
I think so.
Agreed, DB2 is lovely , and none of the Suzuki or Kawasaki Bimotas are really great lookers IMO, and some (the early ones- SB2 and KB3 spring to mind ) are properly hideousG.P wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:43 amI reckon its the worst looking Bimota. a simple DB2 would do me, although the back end looks heavy from that angle. IRL they are lovely.Yorick wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:10 pmThey took the fairing off another bike and stuck it on this after a long lunch drinking sesh.KungFooBob wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:53 pm That's my dream bike, in fact I posted it on another thread.
You obviously have no taste :p
