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What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:58 am
by weeksy
Prompted by another post, what current Ebay/Trader/Whatever bike are you having from your birth year?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Greeves-Grif ... SwdRNfTgk-
I'm taking this Greeves.
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:03 am
by KungFooBob
I used to race a 1976 Yamaha RD250... I was born in 1978, close enough?
I'd quite like a 1978 MZ TS250/1 Supa6 tho'
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:13 am
by rodbargee
Slim pickings 1958 ajs model 31 AKA the hurricane or a 125 air cooled Ducati the Aj had 35 bhp at 6500RPM (cant really believe it revs that high) or I could choose the c15 but it would seize on the way home from the shop!
i quite like the look of the 31
and my late father in law swore by them (or was that at them) He was a DR in the signals in WW2 His was a 350 single AJS
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:58 am
by Jody
Just had a quick look on t'bay
z900 has potential, but I see several nut and bolt restored bikes north of £14k, I wonder how many the market can support!
There's also a XT500 in supermoto trim that if I was buying, I would of had !
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-1976- ... Swvr9fO3~a
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:17 pm
by Supermofo
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:48 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:12 pm
by MrLongbeard
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:32 pm
by Taipan
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:35 pm
by Nidge
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:27 pm
by Cousin Jack
Lean pickings for 1946.
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:34 pm
by Druid
This Velocette looks pretty good. I've no idea what it would be like to ride, perhaps it would be best as a piece of motorcycle sculpture in the dining room
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Velocet ... Sw5MhfUjt~
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:41 pm
by Horse
the first two that were listed, my dad had both.
This (with bar change) would do:
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:43 pm
by MingtheMerciless
After my recent purchase it’s gotta be this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333714784552
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:01 pm
by Skub
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:36 pm
by Falcoholic
8,999 of your English pounds gets you this Velocette Viper Clubman
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:57 pm
by Bigyin
Guess it will be this one, bang on trend nowdays as well 1967 T100 Triumph Scrambler
It was pretty much a Triumph, a Harley or an old Boxer BMW but that one looked like the best option to blat around on and my neighbour has one similar
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:14 am
by Mr. Dazzle
You lot is all well olds innit.
How aboout a GP750 Turbo? I have no idea what they're like to ride - probably a bit crap - but come on; Turbo Motorcycle!
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:22 am
by Nidge
Bigyin wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:57 pm
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:01 am
by IOU0
Re: What bike from your birth year ?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:03 am
by IOU0
I had one of those!
Whippersnapper
