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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:26 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
I think my KH500 cost £500 in 1986 in reasonable condition, I was a disappointed with it as it wasn't as fast as a 350LC, so I traded it back for my LC, I lost £30 on that deal
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:49 am
by derek badger
I've just got a stiffy...there's nothing about this I don't like.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:28 pm
by weeksy
Oh there's LOADS i don't like about that.... baiscally 99% of it.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:28 pm
by JackyJoll
The go-faster holes in the brakes are a bit “Ogri’s friend Malcolm.”
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:31 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
derek badger wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:49 am
I've just got a stiffy...there's nothing about this I don't like.
Not the worst power valve I've ever seen, but certainly not the nicest either, it'd look better with a TZ seat and painted white with red stripe
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:56 pm
by rodbargee
Scuffmark wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:27 am
Can't think why but I like that
Maybe it reminds me of the bikes I grew up looking at as a pre-teenager?.... Don't think I'd want to pay £3.5k for it though.
I had a H2 b I think it was and spent a fortune on it and eventually let it go, the pipes are 3k ish for a good set (when and if you can find any) Petrol cap (common to the Z1 over £100) much better off buying one thats been done.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:00 pm
by ogri
JackyJoll wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:28 pm
The go-faster holes in the brakes are a bit “Ogri’s friend Malcolm.”
Ahem, probably more to do with cooling them to help prevent fading?
Would like to hear them pipes
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:31 pm
by Skub
weeksy wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:28 pm
Oh there's LOADS i don't like about that.... baiscally 99% of it.
Really?
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:44 pm
by JackyJoll
inewham wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:29 pm
I don't like the tank, looks like someone's done a (very neat) cut and shut job on an old steel tank. Chopped off the rear quarters then welded them back on the other side (inside out).
I wonder if you could tuck your right knee into that cutout, without setting your boot on fire on the exhaust.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:46 pm
by JackyJoll
ogri wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:00 pm
JackyJoll wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:28 pm
The go-faster holes in the brakes are a bit “Ogri’s friend Malcolm.”
Ahem, probably more to do with cooling them to help prevent fading?
I think it’ll help prevent brake fade about as much as farting helps to drown out thunder.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 3:22 pm
by rodbargee
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:57 pm
by KungFooBob
It's a Monster 900 'Restomod' by Rebellions motorworks.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:03 pm
by weeksy
Doesn't the fairing and clipons just make it a 900ss?
I like it though
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:04 pm
by KungFooBob
Nah, the SS and the Monster have totally different frames/swingarms.
I think the Monster frame is more similar to the 851/888 frames.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:15 pm
by Druid
KungFooBob wrote: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:04 pm
Nah, the SS and the Monster have totally different frames/swingarms.
I think the Monster frame is more similar to the 851/888 frames.
The frames are both made from bits of straight tube welded welded into triangular shapes. I think most people couldn't tell the difference - including me, and I own a Monster
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:21 pm
by KungFooBob
The rear suspension is very very different between the Monster and the SS. The SS is a driect link between the frame and swingarm, the Monster has a kind of rising rate linkage with a ride height adjuster.
The frames are very different if you look carefully. It's much much easier to change the belts on an SS.
Where's GP when you need him?
Older SS frame...
Monster 900...
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:24 pm
by Yorick
The screen is as much use as a chocolate teapot.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:39 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Early Monster frames are closer to 851 frames than 900AS frames, I think the Monster frame is the same as the ST2, dunno why they bothered though, still got a dumper truck engine coupled to a tractor gearbox.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:41 am
by Pgm
KungFooBob wrote: Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:57 pm
It's a Monster 900 'Restomod' by Rebellions motorworks.
First thing that came to mind was a trx 850 Yamaha when I saw this.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:13 am
by Nobby
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Pgm wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:41 am
KungFooBob wrote: Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:57 pm
It's a Monster 900 'Restomod' by Rebellions motorworks.
First thing that came to mind was a trx 850 Yamaha when I saw this.
