more bike porn

[kickstart]

A 1939  500 cc JAP engined OK  Supreme,road  racing bike .

In 1928 Ernin Humphries ,the then owner of OK motorcycles ,brought a bankrupt HRD motorcycles,in order to acquire they tooling and factory,he then sold the rest of the company to a ......Phil Vincent,as they say the rest is history . 

[VocalNeal]

On 6/13/2021 at 8:22 AM, ballpoint said:

Motorcycling for the masses. The granddaddy of the Honda Wave, (and your lawn mower), the Briggs and Stratton scooter, from 1920. 2hp, 4 stroke, 100mpg:

 

 

 

 

 

Honda's take on it. The P50

 

[Justgrazing]

Dead cool early 1930's Husqvarna 1000 vee twin .. another one with an arty exhaust .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

Haleson er' 1 cyl steam power from the 1920's .. choo , choo .. 

 

[Yellowtail]

8 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Haleson er' 1 cyl steam power from the 1920's .. choo , choo .. 

 

That's a hot one...

[Justgrazing]

Marc Marquez won his first race at Sachsenring on Sunday after returning from his huge crash a year ago in the Spanish G P .. the S'ring is notoriously hard on tyres with numerous lefthand bends in succession that can overheat the left-hand side of the tyre .. M'nM made the right call on tyre choice and made it pay with a first win of the season .. The KTM's of Oliveira and Binder are starting to consistently run in the top 6 with a blistering top end that is swamping all but the Ducati's and with a bit more race management will be serious contenders for the future .. sadly though it is beginning to look like the final season for Valentino Rossi .. ongoing rumours of mutual dissatisfaction twixt the man himself and Yamaha and now surrogate team Petronas have grown as this season progresses and his poor form continues .. there are rumours that a performance level has to be attained this season in order to trigger talks for next season's contract extension with Petronas and he has not got anywhere near that requirement so far this year ..

It is usually announced about the time of the Czech Republic round at Brno who the runners and riders for the following season will be .. expect some sort of announcement then ..  

 

[Justgrazing]

Mid 70's Indian ME100 enduro .. 

 

[toofarnorth]

On 6/15/2021 at 12:52 PM, VocalNeal said:

 

 

Honda's take on it. The P50

 

Hey , at leat mine has pedals.

[kickstart]

On 6/23/2021 at 6:08 PM, Justgrazing said:

Mid 70's Indian ME100 enduro .. 

 

Or. an 1974 SX 125 Harley-Davidson.............well ,nearly  a HD, they  wanted a crack at then the  fast growing small 2 stroke  market ,so they brought a controlling interest in Aermacchi ,and produced this I can remember the bike magazines at the time advertising a 250 cc HD ,a 2-stroke single,I think they came from the same stable .

Did not last long ,the big four just about had the bike market ,with in a few years ,and these things were  ceased being make ,and what I can remember of the magazine write-ups  RIP would have been more app . 

[Damrongsak]

Definitely different.  By Swen Weber. Details of the build and pics: https://motorradphilosophen.de/swen-weber-simson-phantom-3-schwalbe-umbau#galleryc37aecb867-4

 

[Damrongsak]

 

Indian Scout from a "wall of death":

nice paint:

 

[Damrongsak]

 

Moto Morini Kangaru. 350 Heronhead v-twin.  (circa 1982?)

 

Ooh la la

[Damrongsak]

Moto Morini 500 Camel.

[Damrongsak]

Jimi!

 

[Justgrazing]

Italian Magni with BSA Rocket 3 lump .. superb motorcycle .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

Classic 350 Morini in classic colour scheme and with a classic front drum brake .. one of the bikes of the 70's these ..  

 

[Yellowtail]

On 6/24/2021 at 11:32 PM, Damrongsak said:

 

Indian Scout from a "wall of death":

nice paint:

 

 

 

I used to know a guy named "Frenchy" that rode an Indian on the wall back in the late '70s early '80s for Strates Shows.

 

He also had a a beat up old Chief on a dyno to work the bally trick-riding. Two bikes and a go-cart on the wall at  the same time...

[kickstart]

A Rob North made frame ,with a Doug Hele  produced Trident 3  engine .

The frame was first produced in 1970 ,well ahead of its time, would not look amiss today ,the engine was capable of 90 bhp ,not bad in 1970 for a push rod engine .

A what if ,what if the British motorcycle industry had the money ,and management could make some changes what could have they produced .

JG post of the Italian Magni with the Rocket 3 lump ,if they could do it, why not Triumph/BSA.

[Yellowtail]

11 minutes ago, kickstart said:

A Rob North made frame ,with a Doug Hele  produced Trident 3  engine .

The frame was first produced in 1970 ,well ahead of its time, would not look amiss today ,the engine was capable of 90 bhp ,not bad in 1970 for a push rod engine .

A what if ,what if the British motorcycle industry had the money ,and management could make some changes what could have they produced .

JG post of the Italian Magni with the Rocket 3 lump ,if they could do it, why not Triumph/BSA.

 

The question is less what could they have produced, but what could they have produced it for. When labor gets more and more expensive, while at the same time getting less and less accountable, it's tough to be competitive. Combine that with escalating overhead costs and you're out of business. 

 

 

[Justgrazing]

Mav' Vinales has by way of mutual consent with Factory Yamaha agreed to terminate his contract at the end of the season after numerous reports from within the camp that Yamaha were less than impressed with his form particularly after finishing last at Sachsenring though he did redeem himself at Assen the weekend just gone with a 2nd place .. word up is he is negotiating with Aprilia to ride for them .. 

Despite recording his first victory at Sachsenring a couple of weeks back rumours are persisting that all is not well with Marc Marquez , principally the upper arm he snapped in his Spanish G P off last year .. he was way off the pace of Quatararo the winner at Assen though he did get a top 10 finish .. 

The Motogp circus is on holiday until Aug now resuming at Red Bull Ring in Austria .. 

 

[Randell]

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[Justgrazing]

85 Morini Dakar sand skimmer .. 

[Justgrazing]

Magni 750S Tributo 3 cyl homage to M V .. check out the fuel cap .. 

 

[DJ54]

Nice 2021 Triumph scrambler only 1,000 to be manufactured. If I was only 16 again... 

 

First moto Used 1968 ish Yamaha 125 scrambler .... Dad negotiated a trade for me 1959 MG .. similar to picture.

Paint was faded and no top.., drove it as was...

 

body was good .. ran good ... except Dad bitched a bit about 

adjusting carbs a good bit of times...

[canthai55]

[ballpoint]

Nice pair, by Greeves!

 

[ballpoint]

Another Greeves. A 1955 20T:

[ballpoint]

The original Greeves produced bikes from 1954 to 1977, when a fire destroyed the factory.  The name was bought in 1999 and a new trials model, the 280cc TI, was introduced in 2009.  I wish they'd start making some replicas of the earlier models as well.

 

 

 

[ballpoint]

The last of the original Greeves', a 1977 Greevesfield.  Seeing the popularity of modern retro scramblers, it would probably sell well if reintroduced, albeit with updated bits.  (Perhaps starting with the brakes).  I know that I wouldn't kick one off my driveway.

[kickstart]

A Greevsefield ,a what ?

A look at at Google ,a Greeves frame with a Royal Enfield 350cc  Bullet engine.

Must have been a shoe horn job  to get the engine in to the frame, the original Greevs had a 250cc Villers 2-stroke engine .

Light weight and a very torquey engine .