Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Go get some training and dont be tempted to ride it illegally, no matter how much you want to . You cant just hop on a bike and ride it, well you can but it will probably be a one way trip to A & E.

Nice machine though

It is a baby kettle....the big one is the 75o, though this is a nice bike, really reliable, and dead old school, and will hold it's value, nice...
as Villian says, get some training ...and don't be tempted to go anywhere until you have been here there and everywhere on your cbt 125 for about a month...
withouy being all doom filled...one slip of the throttle will have you highsiding and fucking yourself up and the bike proper...it will take about 1.5 seconds and you won't know what the fuck happened...
I learned to ride a bike on my mates farm when I was a kid, they had horses and cows and pigs, and I nagged my dad to get me a bike to go round the fields on, I have to say they were the most enjoyable days of my life riding a bike, it was an honda xl125 that was stolen recovered and as with everything we ever got near as children my dad made me strip it down and rebuild it before I could have a go on it...it needed a new head as the cams used to wear terribly the points were attched directly to the end of the camshaft so if that went sloppy evrything stopped..
anyhow...whizzing round the field and the spinney without a helmet was the tits, and when It came to leave school and get a 50...fuck..it was horrible...
I never understood why the put learners on those fuckign horrible 50's that were available in the early nineties, they were fucking shocking...the easiest way to get killed...you had no power to get out of trouble if it came your way...and other road users got really pissed off with you holding the traffic up at 30mph...
the irony was a 15 years old fizzer could top out at 50...and go up hils with out needing a wind and a donkey to pull you...

though Dron... on a lighter note...thats a really nice set of wheels so well done, go safely, and enjoy riding it...get some training and experience though really really do...thats a lot of bike to make even a very small mistake on...

Any one recommend a scooter forum? Have a 60's douglas 150 sportique that I obtained minus most of the engine. Looking for some advice on parts suppliers and advice

international scooterist bbs used to be good.

lynx my friend owns the scooter shop in waterloo. he knows everything and can point you in the right direction. he's very good and passionate about scooters working rather than looking like show bikes although he can do a show bike for you if that is what you want.

the shops called scooterworks. lower marsh, waterloo, london
tel: +44 (0)20 7237 7223

lynx my friend owns the scooter shop in waterloo. he knows everything and can point you in the right direction. he's very good and passionate about scooters working rather than looking like show bikes although he can do a show bike for you if that is what you want.

the shops called scooterworks. lower marsh, waterloo, london
tel: +44 (0)20 7237 7223

Ah had dealings with him a while back, whilst trying to buy a 50 special.

Its not a show bike, I want a bike thats useable everyday and for the revival.

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/Aprilia_RSV4R.jpg

early incarnations of this didn't really do it but the updated versions are getting nicer and nicer
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/6336348800129823192009-ducati-1198-20.jpg

and on a sad note my cbr600 got sold today
i am now a zero petrol powered household car went now the bike
it's just me and the legs now

That Duke needs riding harder, it isn't scrubbed to the edge of the tyre. Might get mine out tomorrow - day off, sunshine, hmmm...

YouTube- BMW S1000 RR. Dinner for RR.

Dron, I used to have a gt500 many years ago, great fun, acceleration, thirsty as hell.

Get yourself trained and then enjoy yourself.

Yamaha TZ 750E

what a contrast to the little YB100's i have been looking at today :-(

you'll enjoy that as much as a big bike around london
they are pretty nippy even for a small thing

are you gonna go for the full retro motorbike kit ?

you know me too well :-)

exactly what i pictured

while were on that topic.

bit pricey, but so nice,,,,,,,,http://www.lewisleathers.com/

the boots are gorgeous.

If you want Lewis boots, keep an eye on ebay.
I got mine for £50, ex police issue.

that was a steal. i already have some chic goldtop boots that i bought many years ago but adore the shorter ones pictured above.
do your boots squeek when you walk or are they nicely broken in?

Love all of the following, but for so many different reasons............

http://www.motorimania.it/moto/mv_agusta/images/2003-mv-agusta-F4S-1-zoom.jpg

^The exhaust pipe arrangement on these is beautiful

These for the no nonsense practicality:

http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/BMW_K1_blue_1993_r_TCE.jpg

The only American Iron I'd own:

http://www.bucksindian.com/images/1928%20Indian%20Scout%20101%2045%20cu.%20in.%20750%20cc.JPG

The ubiquitous brit:

http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/1956-triumph-tiger-cub.jpg

Apologies for the large images!

Lewis boots are nice, have a pair but prefer my altbergs that were tailor made to my feet.

That reminds me PM to send.

Thought this belonged here.

Boots: Puma Brutale Goretex. Fabulous boots with lots of protection and still a fairly retro look.
Helmet is a Davida Jet of course, with Barrufaldi goggles, the elastic of which has long since failed. They were never any bloody good as goggles anyway, but they make the helmet look better. True fact. I bought the bike to match the helmet, not the other way round.

I think it belongs on an S & M forum...