more bike porn

[VocalNeal]

^ Bit further off-road than my comfort zone.

[Randell]

22 hours ago, ballpoint said:

How many pictures to guess who it is?

 

One of the greatest names in motorcycle history takes his mother for a spin on a V twin built by his father:

 

The same man, chatting to a customer riding one of his motorcycles shortly after an accident on his own bike - hence the walking sticks:

 

The customer's bike transported to an inquiry into his death on it:

 

Should be obvious who he is now, sitting on one of the first bikes he produced, and, given the bike, who the customer was too:

 

 

 

 

 

Philip Vincent?

[ballpoint]

6 minutes ago, Randell said:

Philip Vincent?

The bike's a Brough Superior SS100

[ballpoint]

Bike builder and his customer, George Brough and TE Lawrence.

 

[canthai55]

[Randell]

1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

Bike builder and his customer, George Brough and TE Lawrence.

 

Shows my ignorance but I did in my mind have TE Lawrence right just the wring bike that he died on. Oh well I'm from the colonies 555.

[kickstart]

On 5/11/2021 at 9:13 PM, ballpoint said:

Officially revealed recently, the Triumph Gold Line Street Twin, complete with gold retro logo.  Only 1,000 to be made.  I wonder what the chances are of getting one over here?

 

 

 

 

 

Triumph have been they before ,the 1977 Triumph Queens Silver jubilee Bonneville, basically  a T140  750 Bonnie .

Triumph only built 1000,then they sold out ,so they built another 1000 for the USA market .............they sold out ,so they built another 400 for all markets .

This one was destined for the USA market, I always did like that teardrop tank and raised bars .

I wonder if this new modal will sell out ,and some more built.

[kickstart]

19 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Is that a Harley flat head in a wide line feather bed frame .

[bigdod]

1 hour ago, kickstart said:

Is that a Harley flat head in a wide line feather bed frame .

Its definitely an old flathead motor, but cant tell from this angle if its a wideline or a slimline frame, although it does look as though the top rails are kinked inwards slightly, which would make it a slimline. Either way, its a nice bike...

[canthai55]

1 hour ago, kickstart said:

Is that a Harley flat head in a wide line feather bed frame .

Not up on Norton frame design - wrong side of the pond.

But is a WLA HD Flatty

[Justgrazing]

Early tests of the para' safety system were not encouraging .. 

 

[canthai55]

 

[canthai55]

1949 Honda

[canthai55]

1958 Supercub

[Kwasaki]

St. Albans Hertfordshire 15/04/1992 one of the 1st Supersport bikes in UK to change history. 

 

 

[canthai55]

 

[Thaigang]

On 5/20/2021 at 8:38 AM, canthai55 said:

1958 Supercub

Cute scoot ... my son wanted one for his sixteenth -- this year's model, of course. We got him swayed to go with any model that was secondhand and cheap, being his first bike and all. Then surprised the <insert expletive of choice> out of him by asking him to get something in the garage where he stumbled upon his bike of choice and with the exact colour scheme he dreamed of -- cream / black. Happy boy!

[papa al]

3 minutes ago, Thaigang said:

Cute scoot ... my son wanted one for his sixteenth -- this year's model, of course. We got him swayed to go with any model that was secondhand and cheap, being his first bike and all. Then surprised the <insert expletive of choice> out of him by asking him to get something in the garage where he stumbled upon his bike of choice and with the exact colour scheme he dreamed of -- cream / black. Happy boy!

Wow! Drive-chain on the right.!

[VocalNeal]

Just like a bike I saw on Friday. Except the one I saw was all Black

 

[Thaigang]

6 minutes ago, papa al said:

Wow! Drive-chain on the right.!

Evidently not 'zactly his.

Was going to upload a shot with him sitting on it, but then thought ... well, thought better of it, so found this one on the inter-web of deceit-net. It's a reasonable "fact similey" if you discount anything that may not appear as you might expect.

[ballpoint]

 

 

11 minutes ago, Thaigang said:

Evidently not 'zactly his.

Was going to upload a shot with him sitting on it, but then thought ... well, thought better of it, so found this one on the inter-web of deceit-net. It's a reasonable "fact similey" if you discount anything that may not appear as you might expect.

Fixed it:

The invisible side stand is nice.

 

 

 

[Thaigang]

1 minute ago, ballpoint said:

 

 

Fixed it:

Thanks was going to do same at the risk of pasting too many shots of the dang thang. Great tag line by the way. RIP Hitch.

[ballpoint]

Someone's project.

Norton feather bed frame, Triumph tank logo, Kawasaki engine, box section swing arm.  A Kawanormph?  Trisakiton?

[ballpoint]

In a similar vein, the Norkaw. 1968 Norton Atlas with a 1972 Kawasaki Z1 engine, and a few other bits from various other bikes thrown in to the mix:

[ballpoint]

Back to little Hondas, a 125cc, inline 4 Monkey Bike.  What a neat little engine:

 

 

 

 

 

31.25cc per cylinder

 

 

[Justgrazing]

Grand-daddy cub .. one of the longest production runs in history at 62 yrs and counting with a tally of over 100 million manufactured circa 2017 .. the first production bike to incorporate a plastic fairing/legshield affair .. legendary reliability and versatility .. part 2 wheeled transit van , part 2 wheeled mountain goat .. utterly amazing motorcycle .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

Late 50's Villiers 500 V4 2 stroke .. 

Don't think it ever went into production .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

RD700 .. Two 350 engines stitched together and wrapped in a classic Yam' speedblock colour scheme .. 

Luvverly .. 

 

[canthai55]

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=4689962234363793

[ktm jeff]

22 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Back to little Hondas, a 125cc, inline 4 Monkey Bike.  What a neat little engine:

 

 

 

 

 

31.25cc per cylinder

 

 

How are the valves driven. I cant see a cam chain housing or push rod tubes.