'75 M V 750S .. earlier model with proper spoked wheels and the graceful curve to the silencers ..

The clocks tell you your riding something special .. and not to drop it .. 

 

Just Dreaming

 

 

 

 

 

As long as we're dreaming, how about something with a nice seat-cover?

 

 

15 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Just Dreaming

 

 

 

 

Nice bike ???? .. 

I like the return to a singular circular tail and headlight .. 

essentially the same machine below but with MV's now becoming trademark stacked slash-cut exhausts ..

 

My just dreaming ,from the late 70's Laverda Jota.

If I remember right, the Police in Libya at the time used Jota's lucky police, and at the same time Police in Saudi where using modified Triumph Trident unlucky police. 

???? Anything with 3 cylinders.

2 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

???? Anything with 3 cylinders.

 

1 hour ago, papa al said:

 

Tut-Tut only two cylinder.

 

You would have got extra points for 

 

Another motorcycling legend passed away last month.  Ralph Hudson, who broke the world semi streamlined record in 2017 with an average speed of 284mph over three runs on the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia - including a top speed of 300mph, died following a crash at Bonneville while doing 252mph.  He was 69 years old.  A hero.  RIP.

 

Some bikes from Vietnam based Bandit9:

 

"Arthur", based on a Royal Enfield Continental GT. Over the top with the chrome or gorgeous?  Either way, a <deleted> to polish.

 

"Eve Lux"

"Dark Side"

3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Tut-Tut only two cylinder.

Or in the case of those trabants 

putt-putt .. 

Another ring-dinger 3 pot 2 stroke in 4 wheels was the 60/70's East German Wartburg 353 

.. these were surprisingly good cars if very basic and a little quirky being a 2 stroke ..

note the shaft back across the top of the engine to drive the rear mounted rad fan .. 

 

5 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Tut-Tut only two cylinder.

 

You would have got extra points for 

 

 Serb 96 with a  2-stroke engine, many years ago I think it was the BMF bike show at Peterborough, someone dropped one of these engines in to a Norton Featherbed  frame ,made a good job to.  

I have looked but can't find photo's of a bike fitted with the Saab engine but it did reveal the Monster made late 50's by Saab themselves that had two of those engines side by side .. looking at it no surprise it didn't really progress ..

 

Honda's RC181 500/4 from mid'dish 60's .. only raced for two seasons with Hailwood one of its riders winning 10 of the 19 races it entered before H exited the class .. 

 

 

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BUILDING THE AJS V4 RACER

The road-going version of the V4 didn’t get a green light for production, it’s not known why exactly but it likely had something to do with the fact that it would have been exceedingly expensive, and the world was still very much in the grips of the austerity period of the Great Depression.

In 1936 a new racing version of the AJS V4 was unveiled, it had alloy barrels and individual heads with exposed hairpin valve springs, a common crankcase, a 180° crankshaft with forked conrods, a single overhead cam per cylinder, a Zoller supercharger, an Amal TT carburetor, and a 5-speed Burman transmission.

This bike is a modern re-make of the original  non of the original's exist now  ,made by a Canadian guy ,from just a few black and white photos ,smart guy .

Meguro 650 twin from about 1965 before the marque was absorbed into Kawasaki .. 

W1 650 Kawa's first refresh of essentially the same bike before the final 1973 W3 model .. 

 

 

Z1R 1000 .. Kawa's legendary 900 morphed into this .. a Zed thou in a sharp suit .. always was a nice colour that ice blue .. 

 

18 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Meguro 650 twin from about 1965 before the marque was absorbed into Kawasaki .. 

W1 650 Kawa's first refresh of essentially the same bike before the final 1973 W3 model .. 

 

 

That Meguro 650 ,put a BSA badge on the tank ,that could have been a A10.

 

Worlds first production DOHC engine made in Czechoslovakia engine producing 15BHP at 4000mRMP ,modern for the time  interchangeable QD wheels. 

Aprilia AF1 125cc .. 

Single sided swingarm and USD forks on a 125 back in the 80's .. still looks quite modern even now .. 

 

7 hours ago, kickstart said:

That Meguro 650 ,put a BSA badge on the tank ,that could have been a A10.

 

Yea it unashamedly mimicked a BSA but then Japan in the first decade after WW2 could do little else but copy other nationalities offerings .. 

Yamaha's first bike YA1 was a fairly blatant copy of DKW's prewar RT125 same as Tohatsu's 125 up a couple of pages back .. The Meguro is very rare now reflected in the price if one ever becomes available .. 

1930 French Dresch 500 in line shaft drive twin with pressed steel frame .. 

 

BMW 1.8 l 

And here I thought BMW bikes could not get more FUGLY

Aprilia's brilliant little Tuareg 125 2 stroke .. a cool alternative to Yamaha's DT or Honda's MTX .. 

 

Cagiva Raptor 1000 with Suzuki's field ploughing TL 1000 engine .. 

Underrated bikes these only available for a few yrs and are a rare sight nowadays .. 

Aprilia's equally barnstorming Tuono 1000 with their own lesser angled Veetwin engine .. 

 

On 10/13/2020 at 1:33 AM, Justgrazing said:

Aprilia's brilliant little Tuareg 125 2 stroke .. a cool alternative to Yamaha's DT or Honda's MTX .. 

 

 

I thought this looked familiar?

 

Vocal Neil I guess that is what you call a "White Elefant"

I'd certainly give a ride.