more bike porn

[Justgrazing]

11 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Beautiful - a flat tracker. Love the 'play' on the Yamaha crossed tuning forks badge.

Bit of a plain Jane back in the day was the XS but a good bike none the less ..

[KhaoYai]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

Bit of a plain Jane back in the day was the XS but a good bike none the less ..

I had a 650b back in 78. Great bike but I was power mad then and got seduced by the 4 cylinder stuff that was becoming very popular.

[Justgrazing]

On 7/31/2018 at 11:56 PM, KhaoYai said:

Beautiful - a flat tracker. Love the 'play' on the Yamaha crossed tuning forks badge.

Grandpappa XS .. 

[thaiguzzi]

The XS 650 was a great bike. And a handsome bike too. Just look at that lovely drum front brake stocker above. Pretty bulletproof motor. Concur about the white flat tracker with the clever Tuning Fork paint job - well nice.

[Justgrazing]

39 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

The XS 650 was a great bike. And a handsome bike too. Just look at that lovely drum front brake stocker above. Pretty bulletproof motor. Concur about the white flat tracker with the clever Tuning Fork paint job - well nice.

There is something more aesthetically pleasing to the eye about front drummers ain't there even if disc's beat 'em for efficiency .. Check out the Vinnie ..

[KhaoYai]

59 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

There is something more aesthetically pleasing to the eye about front drummers ain't there even if disc's beat 'em for efficiency .. Check out the Vinnie ..

Now that's a proper bike but sadly - beyond most of our pockets now.

[richard_smith237]

I’m lusting after this....

 

 

[richard_smith237]

And also this Super Cub custom...

[Justgrazing]

22 minutes ago, KhaoYai said:

Now that's a proper bike but sadly - beyond most of our pockets now.

Stunning isn't it .. But sure not cheap .. Cost the guy best part of £35k by all accounts ..

[DILLIGAD]

My uncle had a ‘Black Shadow’ back in the day. Unfortunetly no pics : (

I like those oldie ‘Twin leading shoes’ too!

 

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[KhaoYai]

Its just the look of the Vincent V twin...........awesome. The only thing I think he's got wrong on that are the exhausts - but that's just personal preference.

[thaiguzzi]

7 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Its just the look of the Vincent V twin...........awesome. The only thing I think he's got wrong on that are the exhausts - but that's just personal preference.

Nah - the fuel tank. This ain't no stinkin' HD.

[thaiguzzi]

18 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’m lusting after this....

 

 

Buy one then.

Available in every Ducati dealer, 449k. Exactly like in the pic above.

Saw one recently in the showroom, very pretty, nicely styled and detailed, but rather small in size. Too small for my 6'3" frame...

[KhaoYai]

3 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Nah - the fuel tank. This ain't no stinkin' HD.

Yeah but the Vincent V looks nothing like that fitted to American tractors ?

[findlay13]

On 8/2/2018 at 3:15 PM, Justgrazing said:

 

I had a TX650  the third model with the Brit style tank.It was a bulletproof bike.

 

[Justgrazing]

Another lovely old front drummer .. 

[thaiguzzi]

On 8/11/2018 at 2:02 AM, Justgrazing said:

Another lovely old front drummer .. 

That particular bike is a pre production run of 200 called the Tallio Rosso or summink, noted by the smooth cast gearbox shell. First of the "Tonti" frames. Worth a small fortune these days - $40k ish at auction. Set a lot of world records. Chrome moly thin wall frame tubing, 4LS front brake, all the gears lightened and blue printed, hand built, yada nada da bing.

Stock later production models these days still fetch more than $15k.

A fantastic motorcycle in it's time, and would still happily be a canyon carver and keeper-upperer-in-modern-traffic today.

[Kinnock]

Can't have a bike photo thread without the World's most popular motorcycle!  Shown here with Thailand's most popular article of clothing ....

 

[mogandave]

Can't have a bike photo thread without the World's most popular motorcycle!  Shown here with Thailand's most popular article of clothing ....

 

Nice seat cover...

[Justgrazing]

An Italian aristocrat ..

[Justgrazing]

Lovely summer's evening shot's of an old Guzzi .. Front mudguard is class .. 

[BritManToo]

As this thread started off with Royal Enfield, here's one that parked beside me earlier this week.

 

[thaiguzzi]

18 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Lovely summer's evening shot's of an old Guzzi .. Front mudguard is class .. 

Same front mudguard and stays as fitted to all Ambassadors/Eldorados from the 60's and early 70's, thru the Cali I, II & III's in the 70's, 80's & 90's thru to the Cali Evo's of the 2000's. Rear mudguard very similar & in some cases identical too.

Class bike. Here's my '89. Same 'guard & stays.

[Justgrazing]

11 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

Same front mudguard and stays as fitted to all Ambassadors/Eldorados from the 60's and early 70's, thru the Cali I, II & III's in the 70's, 80's & 90's thru to the Cali Evo's of the 2000's. Rear mudguard very similar & in some cases identical too.

Class bike. Here's my '89. Same 'guard & stays.

Nice looking machine Guzz' .. 

[Justgrazing]

Couple of cool old skool Be-eM's .. Jeez and there was a time when you would only see pipe smoking senior citizens or the Old Bill on BMW's .. 

[KhaoYai]

Never thought and old Beemer could look so cool - but that black one does! The purists will have a fit if they see that ?.

[DILLIGAD]

Never thought and old Beemer could look so cool - but that black one does! The purists will have a fit if they see that [emoji16].

Agree, on all points. To my eyes/memory most were ugly (except R90s)


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[Justgrazing]

4 decades on and still one helluva good looking bike ..

[DILLIGAD]

4 decades on and still one helluva good looking bike ..

Agree. I always liked the yellow & white scheme too.

 

 

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[Rhys]