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Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:22 pm
by mangocrazy
While trawling around on Classic motorcycle racing sites I found this photo:
The caption underneath it reads: Mike Hailwood on his 500cc four-cylinder Honda at a pre-season race in Rimini in 1968.
It's the right year and the right number (9) so circumstantial evidence points to the location of the pic being Rimini...
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:41 pm
by Taipan
Rockburner wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:16 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:53 pm
Is it still there?
A question I ask myself most days...
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:23 pm
by Count Steer
Taipan wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:41 pm
Rockburner wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:16 pm
Is it still there?
A question I ask myself most days...
Can you fitted a tracker? (Although some local discussion recently about fitting them to cars. Apparently some of the scrotes nick cars, park 'em up somewhere random for a couple of days to see if there are trackers in them, then move them to the planned destination).
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:32 pm
by Taipan
Count Steer wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:23 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:41 pm
Rockburner wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:16 pm
Is it still there?
A question I ask myself most days...
Can you fitted a tracker? (Although some local discussion recently about fitting them to cars. Apparently some of the scrotes nick cars, park 'em up somewhere random for a couple of days to see if there are trackers in them, then move them to the planned destination).
Its got a monimoto going in it this weekend.
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:11 am
by Taipan
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:17 am
by rodbargee
Ago!!
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:24 am
by KungFooBob
On a Trident.
My old man always wanted a Rocket three (which was pretty much the same bike with different tank badges) cos he was a BSA fan boi.
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:27 pm
by Horse
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:24 am
On a Trident.
My old man always wanted a Rocket three (which was pretty much the same bike with different tank badges) cos he was a BSA fan boi.
Didn't they start off with different engines, 'upright' and 'inclined'?
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:17 pm
by Count Steer
Horse wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:27 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:24 am
On a Trident.
My old man always wanted a Rocket three (which was pretty much the same bike with different tank badges) cos he was a BSA fan boi.
Didn't they start off with different engines, 'upright' and 'inclined'?
Indeed they did. I think the Triumph had the sloping engine but I always wanted the BSA (despite my experiences with an A7
).
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:20 pm
by Count Steer
'Sloper' -1976 T160
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:43 pm
by Horse
Wiki says:
"In November 1974, the T150V was succeeded by the modified T160. Some changes were due to market response to the earlier Tridents; others complied with American safety legislation. With forward-sloping cylinders (like the BSA Rocket 3)"
A mate had one of the 'upright' bikes, with lurid purple paint. It also had straight through 3 into 1 pipe, no silencing. He was stopped one morning. Copper told him that the locals had complained, so they waited specifically for him
To be fair, he was on the way in to work for early shift
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:49 pm
by Ian
A mate I sadly lost touch with had an immaculate Cardinal Red T160. It was one of the nicest 'feeling' bikes I have ever ridden. The noise, vibration, the whole sensation as it accelerated was glorious.
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:59 pm
by Count Steer
Horse wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:43 pm
Wiki says:
"In November 1974, the T150V was succeeded by the modified T160. Some changes were due to market response to the earlier Tridents; others complied with American safety legislation. With forward-sloping cylinders (like the BSA Rocket 3)"
A mate had one of the 'upright' bikes, with lurid purple paint. It also had straight through 3 into 1 pipe, no silencing. He was stopped one morning. Copper told him that the locals had complained, so they waited specifically for him
To be fair, he was on the way in to work for early shift
Ah...looks like I misremembered the way round it was.
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:19 pm
by rodbargee
BOB AND JENNY BEALE PLAY TOGETHER STAY TOGETHER
REALLY MUST HAVE BEEN LURVE
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:08 pm
by rodbargee
Talk about bottle lent over in the wet on that waiting for the green powerband
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:25 pm
by Skub
rodbargee wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:08 pm
Talk about bottle lent over in the wet on that waiting for the green powerband
That'll school ya on throttle control.
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:26 pm
by Horse
Skub wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:25 pm
rodbargee wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:08 pm
Talk about bottle lent over in the wet on that waiting for the green powerband
That'll school ya on spincter control.
ftfy
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:40 pm
by Yorick
Skub wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:25 pm
rodbargee wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:08 pm
Talk about bottle lent over in the wet on that waiting for the green powerband
That'll school ya on throttle control.
I remember I did better in wet races than dry. Hated the wet, but had good brake and throttle feel and the wet evened up the bikes.
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:58 am
by Taipan
Re: Great bike pictures!
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:30 am
by The Spin Doctor
I always wondered what the point of belly pan stickers was...
