Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

I don't know why but I just cannot raise any enthusiasm about japanese superbikes and race-reps.
Must be all the plastic, and the samey-samey pointy styling. Bikes should drop down at the back, not point up.

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread15943.html

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. Bikes should drop down at the back, not point up.

track weight distribution.... speed over 300kmh.. did you ever tried?

After many years of japs and moto guzzis I've currently got a 1979 BMW R80/7 which I'll never part with. Still miss my guzzi lemans II though.

One pound please... goes off to start van appreciation thread

This is trully a thing of beauty

I once had the luck to be able to take Ewan McGreggors custom Guzzi "OB1' for a spin, an absolute beast of a bike to ride

track weight distribution.... speed over 300kmh.. did you ever tried?

Yeah, many times. not :-)

I don't doubt the efficiency and effectiveness of the design. Just the aesthetic appeal. Without the wild paint and all the stickers they would be very ugly and boring looking machines indeed. They seem to lack soul.

this is a nice place : http://www.deus.com.au/

Moto Guzzi made some beautiful bikes, I used to have a MkII Le Mans years ago.

The older round cylinder head guzzis really do have that certain something.

Against:

Bad electrics tick
Out of date tick
uncomfortable tick
expensive tick
unreliable tick
poor finish tick

For:

Class tick
Sexier than a sexy thing on a sexy day tick
Fun fun fun tick

That'll do then.

Ha!

The square case duke MHW replica, drooolsome.

Yeah, many times. not :-)

I don't doubt the efficiency and effectiveness of the design. Just the aesthetic appeal. Without the wild paint and all the stickers they would be very ugly and boring looking machines indeed. They seem to lack soul.

I know what you mean, but the aesthetic is the most racing that you can find, and racing components are libido aesthetic indeed... if you prefer speed to sex.

performance is the soul

To me, they could not hold a candle to this:

Though this is very nice

[QUOTE=BlueQuinn;1131576]To me, they could not hold a candle to this:

very beautiful "vintage RACING" gem.... I prefer move on.

What about this lovely Norton?

this is a nice place : http://www.deus.com.au/

I have a basic sporty but one day il make it into something like that.

Or this:

What about this lovely Norton?

very stylish, but it's like to compare a Jaguar with a Porsche.

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Aged 15, bombing up and down the playing fields after school in Summer, everyone I knew seemed to own this one fizzy at some point.....swapping it for a parka, or a flight jacket, or a Fila top...whatever was in that week, ha!

http://www.fs1e.co.uk/

very stylish, but it's like to compare a Jaguar with a Porsche.

:-D

Didn't have a fizzie, had a suzuki AS50 (like this one) as my first bike. Unrestricted and cheap as chips, however being nearly 6' 6" I looked a bit daft. Better than the bus though.

I had a fizzie, the only thing going for it was speed, relative to all other 50cc mopeds around at the time, everything else about it was a disaster.

There is something about this bike I love, this pretty much sums it up.
"I called the bike Rob Halford because it was Rock & ROll and Gay"

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:-D

this thread is about motorbikes.. not cars!

Am I cheating? :-D