Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Nice, but I'd prefer to have something homegrown. Anyway, I don't have a motorbike licence at the moment, so I'm still at the imagineering stage.

That is very nice. Hand shift too.

Mines a 6 speed auto. I was agnostic on the matter but the right car turned up and it happened to be auto. Seems like a pretty good box.

I always said I'd own a pre-war Indian Motorcycle - pretty much ever since Benjamin Button. Sadly I look nothing like Brad Pitt

@hugo7 dad's matchless is a very cool bike.

Digging the plastic wrapped boiled sweet/quality street exhausts.

Gotta be a good option?

Not quite 300 but lighter than many of the barges you look at.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202111219814768

Hadn’t seen that @pryally had also mentioned these

That link doesn’t work for me I’m afraid

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/new/202111219814768

that will work

Yeah! Still think these look great

120,000 miles though

quality street exhausts

Photo of a not very good picture adds to the effect. I think they're called fish tail exhausts.

It had a pillion seat on the mudguard when my dad bought it as a kid, but the very festedious guy who restored it said it wasn't original they didn't replace it. I reckon they should of.

I’m not sure about ever owning a vintage bike. Even the 60’s stuff, which is pretty standardized for the most part requires a lot of attention to keep going well. Pre-war bikes are unbelievably esoteric. There are no manuals so you basically need to become an expert in whatever bike you get to look after it, or get used to big bills and failures on the regular. It’s all a bit too masochistic if you actually like riding.

62k
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-130i-E87-Manual-Pre-LCI-LOW-MILEAGE-RARE-M3-1M-135i-E82-E81-1-series-/324875199751?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

yep - you are making bits for them when they break, too.

I quite like this, mainly because I always liked the overall design BITD.

Wheels would have to go and the blower scoop is a bit small, but overall it's cool.

wheels are poo, but love the rest.

Yeah, need much more sidewall - low profile stuff looks crap on a proper muscle car.

nothing over 16

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234280076085?

this is sick as tits

https://youtu.be/S6MgA6tfKE8

Estate (kind of), rwd, 6 cylinder

Reports over on the Lexus Owners Club of outlandishly high mileages achieved by these old bangers

I don't want the BHP, I want the handling.

My fav bikes are an aprilia rs250 and suzuki rg gamma 250. But neither were great commuter bikes.

Have had a go on others pre war bikes, and riding them was scary for me as getting it wrong will be expensive and don't think I relaxed while riding the bike so handling was terrible.

Worst thing is the bikes have a unique way to start so if you stall the bike you have to go through a sort of ritual to get them going again.

Cool. Cheers