Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

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

There are sausage and mash forums? Why did I not know about this?

good photo shopping BQ ! Isn't the original image of Marlon Brando ?

that pic is so cool. mr quinn they could sell out of that jacket and helmet combo with that there picture.

nuff respect

Very nice. I have a Davida Jet as well, with a paulson flat peak and aviator goggles.
Cost me a bloody fortune getting it painted to match the bike...

The boots don't squeak at all, by the way.

YouTube- BMW S1000 RR. Dinner for RR.

I know pulling off table clothes doesn't make a good bike, but been watching every review on youtube of the S1000 RR.
It looks fantastic, really makes me want to sell my car and get another motorbike.

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.

Been planning to get up off my arse and get biking soon, have powerful longings for the Puma 1000 V2 boots and Ruby helmet, wishful thinking though on the helmet, weather's too shite here in Ireland to get much use out of it, certainly not to have it as your main helmet :(

Schuberth S1 Pro it is then...

I know pulling off table clothes doesn't make a good bike, but been watching every review on youtube of the S1000 RR.
It looks fantastic, really makes me want to sell my car and get another motorbike.

The S1000 RR is an absolute animal of a bike, really like them, look even better in the flesh and a lot of the big names are jumping on the aftermarket accesories for them...

Torn between what to get myself, hopefully in the next year... Toss up between a Bonneville and a Daytona 675... It'll be my first bike but either one will be restricted because of the licence rules in Ireland. I know the Bonneville seems to make more sense but for some strange reason I prefer an arse in the air, leaning into the bars seating position... I think it's probably somehow related to cycling, feel like I'm going to be blown out of it if I'm sitting so upright on an exposed bike...

go for the one you'd enjoy the most, as long as it's practical. hopefully that's not too much of a contradiction.
How easy is it to restrict larger bikes? i've heard a lot of people doing it with ducaki monsters. Also what would it be limited to, 33bhp cbt territory?

Not owned a pair of the puma boots but not heard great about things about them in the lasting stakes. Altberg or lewis for retro cool.

Oh and don't get cotton waxed bike stuff, it get dirty and smells. I can lend you my set as proof.

go for the one you'd enjoy the most, as long as it's practical. hopefully that's not too much of a contradiction.
How easy is it to restrict larger bikes? i've heard a lot of people doing it with ducaki monsters. Also what would it be limited to, 33bhp cbt territory?

Well technically you can restrict anything, the funny thing about it is that the bigger the bike the slower/ more sluggish it will be restricted usually... It's 33bhp as far as I know, the Daytona should actually restrict quite well though, torquey innit... SV650's restrict very well in fact for the same reason. Either Triumph isn't huge though so it would be decent with either...

If I get a Bonneville though I know I'm going to spend a mountain of money modifying it (Arrow exhaust, lightweight supermoto spoked wheels instead of the hefty Triumph ones, Clubman bars etc.) which I'm not sure I want to do...

Not a whole lot I'd want to change on a Daytona...

y2k beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCctuUq4kfE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRO5IJkWbMA&feature=related

sorry if this is a repost

If I get a Bonneville though I know I'm going to spend a mountain of money modifying it (Arrow exhaust, lightweight supermoto spoked wheels instead of the hefty Triumph ones, Clubman bars etc.) which I'm not sure I want to do...

Not a whole lot I'd want to change on a Daytona...

If you're going for a Bonneville with the intent on tuning it, get a Thruxton, as they have a more powerful engine in the first place. Get a carbed model as I believe the fuel injection ones struggle to make the power wheras the carbed models have plenty more potential, and get Avon Roadrider tyres on it, not the Metzeler crap they come with.
The Thruxton though is a very demanding bike to ride compared with the 650 triples though. I'd get the Daytona first. When you are much older and your wrists can no longer take it then you can get the Bonnie.

Not owned a pair of the puma boots but not heard great about things about them in the lasting stakes. Altberg or lewis for retro cool.

I've had mine over 2 years and they are still fine. Daily use for much of that.
More than retro cool I'm interested in the protection they offer your feet and ankles.
I was sideswiped at 50mph once, and that proved to me the value of a good pair of boots. My alpinestars were a bit scuffed. The car had every panel dented.

are metzeler tyres not very good?

what model alpinestars do you have mr quinn?

No good on the Thruxton. Go onto a BMW forum and find out the consensus on what the best tyres are for that model. If everyone else says Metzelers, then fine.

They may be OK on Bonnevilles, when they are new, but when they get a bit more worn, and with the sportier riding position of the Thruxton, the front squirmed all over the place, refused to corner, followed every crack in the road and generally tried to kill me on a daily basis. And at the slightest drop of rain the rear would wheelspin in 4 gears. The Avons completely transformed the bike.

I don't care how quickly they wear out, new tyres are cheaper than funerals, so I want them as predictable, sticky and trustworthy as possible.

Funnily enough the Metzelers I had on my old Honda

were OK, despite their age, but the Bridgestones I put on were better.

^ absolute win

Re the Davida chat, mine does my head in, i can't hear fuck all with it on. Use an old motocross lid sans peak and painted matte black most of the time. Motx X/ski goggles fill the front up niceley n keep the rain off the face when it's wet but wearing the goggles cuts down what I can hear too.

Ps, I don't really care about hearing the traffic but whenever I ride in my Davida I start thinking about buying a louder exhaust.

PPs, theres a really nice shot of a MotoGuzzi cafe racer tha Davida were using for advertising a year or two ago, nice old bike n old kit and a fit bird too. Il see if i can find it.

Fahhhh

I have motorcycle unappreciation today, just failed MOT and I can't be bothered with the bike anymore. It runs fine just they caught me on the lights and a few other things that I can't be bothered with. No mention of the cans which are damn loud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JFTnF895Sc

i felt old looking at your seat.

i felt old looking at your seat.

It's what bike shorts are for ;)
It's surprisingly comfortable but I wouldn't want to do long trips on it.

Sweet bike Scrapper, you gunna sell it?

Sweet bike Scrapper, you gunna sell it?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-Hardtail-125cc-Chopper-Bobber-Project-125-/290461854450
Just put it on ebay 2mins ago,

I hope amazingly it sells before this one ends
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-YAMAHA-XS500-HARDTAIL-CHOP-BOBBER-/280542453409