A thread for motorcycle porn!

[Chilli.s]

My first:

 

[Sweet FA]

Ah the dear old Yamaha FS1E as a 16 year old though I couldnt wait until I was 17 and pass bike test then 18/19 to afford something bigger with more go........Wonder who many FS1E's are still around

Me too

This exact model:



Though I paid £100 for mine 30 years ago and this one's for sale at £2500!!! And that's pretty cheap - restored ones go for around £3 - £3.5k I should have kept mine. I swapped it with a kid over the road for an RD250 with a full fairing, clip ons and minimal brakes. Utter death trap.

 

[weltweit]

A younger mate had a Fizzy when we had 250s. We always used to give him a few minutes to get going on a journey before setting out after him. Usually he beat us to the destination, or came off trying!

 

[DownwardDog]

1973 Honda-Mugen MRV1000. Built because Hirotoshi Honda (son of Sochiro) wanted to build a Black Shadow type bike.

 

[weltweit]

1973 Honda-Mugen MRV1000. Built because Hirotoshi Honda (son of Sochiro) wanted to build a Black Shadow type bike.

Image does not work for me.

 

[Bernie Gunther]

the h1 was a real mans bike... for about the 37 minutes it took to kill you

Check this out ...

http://www.bikeexif.com/kawasaki-cafe-racer

 

[Part 2]

My mate's been building a few of these

 

[DownwardDog]

Bimota BB3. The motor and electronics package from the BMW S1000RR in a steel trellis frame and CF bodywork.

I have the opportunity to take over my mate's order for one and I really, really want it but the motorbike situation chez DD is simply out of control at the moment. I've currently got 7 on the road - HD SS250, Guzzi Bellagio, ZX-10R, 2 x Ducati 999R (I need two because there's only a 50% chance one will work), MV F4 1000RR and an XT250 - that's costing me over a grand a month in insurance and registration and I haven't even got a fucking driving licence. At least I'm down to 2 cars...

 

[Farmer Giles]

Suzuki GSXR1100..

I coveted one of these for many years, never found the cash to buy one though. Perhaps now in my later years I might splash out (perhaps when I have a job) but then I also quite fancy a Suzuki Bandit 1200... choices choices

My mate is rebuilding his one. I will post up pics when it is done. They have a scarily thin back tyre for a bike capable of over 150.

 

[DownwardDog]

JSB1000 ZX-10R raced by Kazuki Watanabe.

I love the Beet Racing exhaust, MotoGP style swing arm and the "seat".

 

[Sweet FA]

My mate's been building a few of these

Seems like the world and its partner is building brats, trackers, cafe racers etc. I met some posh people at the weekend and they were wearing Deus Ex Machina, Wrenchmonkee and Blitz branded gear (t-shirts and hardcore biker gear like flip flops mainly); not a bike between them. There's quite a funny website called Bullshit Hipster Bike Videos that takes the piss out of the whole scene. The Wheels & Waves 'rally' in Biarritz is kind of the apotheosis of how wanky it can all be. Beckham riding his custom Triumph badly through Brazil is like an advert for it - definitely no front mudguards needed when you're riding off-road; just whack on an open face lid, bandana and 500 quid goggles

eta Not putting your mate in this bracket btw Chip Barm; the style of the bikes just made me think of the 'new custom scene' that's all over Bike Shed, Pipeburn, Bike EXIF etc.

 

[twentythreedom]

This was bike porn for me - the only brand new vehicle I've ever owned. Had one of the first batch when it was a new model I fucking loved that bike. Went to the shops, toured, dispatched, track days, the lot. Many happy memories

 

[Part 2]

eta Not putting your mate in this bracket btw Chip Barm; the style of the bikes just made me think of the 'new custom scene' that's all over Bike Shed, Pipeburn, Bike EXIF etc.

No offence taken, it's not something I'm that familiar with, although I do think the bikes are nice. He's also quite a young kid who I've watched grow up so it's cool to see he's found an outlet for his talents.

 

[Sweet FA]

I do think the bikes are nice. He's also quite a young kid who I've watched grow up so it's cool to see he's found an outlet for his talents.

Me too & if the 'scene' is good for anything, it's getting young'uns into building bikes. It's mainly fairly loaded 40 somethings having a midlife crisis who're buying them afaics. Me saving for my KTM is nothing at all like that though at all. Nope. At all.

 

[twentythreedom]

 

[Sweet FA]

Kenny Roberts' flat tracker is so copied I've almost got bored of seeing them. That and McQueen's 'Elsinore'.

 

[Part 2]

Me too & if the 'scene' is good for anything, it's getting young'uns into building bikes. It's mainly fairly loaded 40 somethings having a midlife crisis who're buying them afaics. Me saving for my KTM is nothing at all like that though at all. Nope. At all.

Ha, I seem to tick all the boxes there. I do find myself looking at this too often

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-U...6852142?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item2ecebaebae

 

[Sweet FA]

Ha, I seem to tick all the boxes there. I do find myself looking at this too often

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-U...6852142?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item2ecebaebae

£20K!!! Though I would probably just sit and look at it so no chance of fucking it up.

You can have this for 5 and a half (plus whatever it takes for a respray).

 

[DownwardDog]

Bike modification trends that need to die now:

Cafés.
Bobbers, Brat Style, Wrench Monkees, Deus Ex and Spirit of the 70s. All that shit.
Wrapped exhausts.
A big fucking hole through the bike where the battery should be.
TKC80s on everything.

At least the long cultural nightmare of rim tape is over.

 

[Sweet FA]

Bobbers, Brat Style, Wrench Monkees, Deus Ex and Spirit of the 70s. All that shit.

Though El Solitario do make me laugh. I suspect they might be properly taking the piss.

 

[DownwardDog]

For those who consider the 750 H1 not quite enough.

I think the steering damper is just there for psychological reasons.

 

[DownwardDog]

At the height of the 80s classic car price boom the VBS value was almost £50k. Considering how few were made £30k isn't bad. £6500 for a 650 bonnie aint bad either.

Yesterday I spent 5 hours driving to and being lost in the Yorkshire dales to find a widow, a barn and this VBS which I bought from her. Her husband had spent 5 years restoring it then dropped dead. I'm going to ship it to Australia, re-register it there, ride it for a few months and then double my money. There was also a really nice "flat floor" E-Type and a Manx Norton in the barn but I'll be in enough spousal strife over this.

 

[weltweit]

DownwardDog, do they really go for that much more down under?

 

[High Voltage]

This . . . .

I'm too old, my legs won't bend enough, it's too frantic, manic and out and out too intense . . . but my god

I had a 10 mile test ride of one Hmmmmm! years ago - - - - If my soul had any value left in it . . . it would be a tough choice for a brand new, out of the box bike, for a life time of torment and sorrow

Luckily, I've grown up . . . but . . . . 15 years ago . . . . I don't like to think

 

[twentythreedom]

 

[DownwardDog]

DownwardDog, do they really go for that much more down under?

Yes. I'm pretty confident I can make decent coin on it. I didn't pay full whack for this one as it's got an oil leak and an electrical problem I'll have to fix.

 

[BandWagon]

 

[BandWagon]

I used to own one of these, lovely bike, got the double-sided SLS brake too:

 

[weltweit]

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Would love to see more info on that but I have to say it does not look very pretty in the small pic..

 

[weltweit]

I used to own one of these, lovely bike, got the double-sided SLS brake too:

that pic didn't work for me