12 minutes ago, damascase said:

I rode it for a couple of hours shortly after its introduction. Absolutely not my type of bike or riding - I owned a Triumph Tiger at the time - but I loved that big engine!

It wasn't a choice between a Tiger or a Rocket for me.

At one point I had three different Tigers - the 900 and 955 shown, plus a 1200, as well as the Rocket.  I had never owned a cruiser in my life before the Rocket, but it aint your average cruiser.  It's been to Singapore twice and KL on three other occasions, and is the perfect bike for that sort of trip, while the 955 Tiger (my favourite of the three) is the choice for Mae Sot / Chiang Mai / Mae Hong Son, etc.

23 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Here it is.  I don't know why some Harley owners call it agricultural though.  Oh, and there's some sort of motorcycle parked behind it.

Here’s the latest one, to be introduced shortly. New 2.5l engine, 180hp, etc........

I know some people in Triumph. Saw this bike a while ago. They are trying to tame down the 200 NM of torque. Its going to be a beast. Triumph are really coming  good .

Here’s the latest one, to be introduced shortly. New 2.5l engine, 180hp, etc........

The odd instance of Brits copying Americans - big and lovely bikes.

I know some people in Triumph. Saw this bike a while ago. They are trying to tame down the 200 NM of torque. Its going to be a beast. Triumph are really coming  good .

I wouldn't want to see that bike up on its hindquarters

The odd instance of Brits copying Americans - big and lovely bikes.

Show me something that looks similar, then? 3 cylinder 2500cc.


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That new Rocket looks awesome, bet it will be popular in the US where bigger=best. Will be expensive on rear tire consumption, new tire every month, 555.

 

If I get a Triumph; I stick to a Street Twin that likely looks like a toy bike next to a Rocket, ha-ha.

 

I also don't get the point with those show-bikes that is more or less un-rideable, transported in a van from show to show.

  

4 hours ago, SuperTed said:

I wouldn't want to see that bike up on its hindquarters

 

 

 

Butterflies from watching the video

 

 

Czech out the FGR 2500 w/240bhp. This one is balanced, so even easier to pop up. Hi Ho Silver!

 

Nothing like it in the States, I must admit.

Back to some C L A S S with capital letters....

 

Possible Vinnie Eater, sit at 100 mph all day at a fast idle.....

 

NorJAP, currently for sale at a dealers i know in the UK for a not unreasonable 45k GBP, as bare motors go for 20k+.

1100cc, billet alloy barrels, twin magnetos, mk II Amals,, 4LS front brake, nada yada da bing.

23 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

Back to some C L A S S with capital letters....

 

Possible Vinnie Eater, sit at 100 mph all day at a fast idle.....

 

NorJAP, currently for sale at a dealers i know in the UK for a not unreasonable 45k GBP, as bare motors go for 20k+.

1100cc, billet alloy barrels, twin magnetos, mk II Amals,, 4LS front brake, nada yada da bing.

At last some sanity has returned to this thread.

Aah! JAP engines didn't they used to use those in Speedway bikes?

 

 

 

35 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Aah! JAP engines didn't they used to use those in Speedway bikes?

 

 

 

Yes.

The early bikes and pretty much most speedway bikes into the early 60's ran JAP motors. But by the 70's the East Europeans had taken over with CZ and mainly Jawa engines.

Can't say for sure but the above are possibly Jawa engines.

Without surfing the modern almost horizontal one are Italian, i think.

More history.  The first Triumph "motor bicycle" to have a Triumph manufactured engine:

 

 

http://www.go-faster.com/1905Triumph.html

Speed track racing, drift racing, velodrome . . . I just don't get it. Speed skating, sure, someone could lose a hand, so it's exciting. But sliding around a dirt track?

 

This is a proper dirt race. Graham Jarvis is the MAN.

 

 

 

Quite popular in many nations. There are even US riders in GP Speedway.

 

But to add balance I'm not much of a football/soccer fan. It would be boring if we were all the same.

A gorgeous Triumph Legend, one of just 60 to be built.  Over to you, thaiguzzi.

Canted cylinders reminds me of my Norton

51 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

A gorgeous Triumph Legend, one of just 60 to be built.  Over to you, thaiguzzi.

Hand built by Les Williams of Slippery Sam fame.

Beautiful bikes, basically a stock T160 with a blueprinted motor by Les himself (worth the money alone), with modern switchgear, electrics and Legend clothes and a twin Lockheed disc front end.

The most modern of all Meriden bikes built, but still not up to par with Kawahonsuzuyam for the Average Joe Punter.

Apart from the vast minority like myself who are not Average Joe's.....

Norman Hyde also built a handful of modern styled (for the 90's anyway) twins in his own frames and triples in 750-850 and even a full bored & stroked 1000cc form.

45 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Canted cylinders reminds me of my Norton

Yes, electric start T160 Trident.

I always preferred the look & feel of the upright, kick only T150's.

And the very first 69-70 T150's with drum front brake and those stunning Raygun silencers are just timeless gorgeous classics.

 

Yes, electric start T160 Trident.
I always preferred the look & feel of the upright, kick only T150's.
And the very first 69-70 T150's with drum front brake and those stunning Raygun silencers are just timeless gorgeous classics.

 

Nice, but still prefer this.......



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For me if you are going to talk the triple pipes talk you need to able to walk the triple pipes walk?

 

 

Or sentiments to that effect.

Which for some reason reminder me of this

 

37 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

For me if you are going to talk the triple pipes talk you need to able to walk the triple pipes walk?

 

 

Or sentiments to that effect.

IMHO, ugly as sin.

Motor is a SOHC CB750 with 2 extra cylinders glued on.

A sales disaster and rightly so.

Bearing in mind this was sold at the same time as a

Ducati 900SS

Moto Guzzi Le Mans MK I & II

Laverda Jota Triple 1000cc.

All 3 above, instant classics, best machines in class, fast, powerful, great handling and superior in every way to just about anything out there at the time.

All looked fantastic, especially the 900SS, one of the most evocative m/c's of recent decades.

Prices in the UK nudging close to 40K GBP for original numbered, mint versions.

 

Sorry, but comparing a Benelli 6 to a Hurricane is like comparing a turd to a bar of Swiss chocolate.

 

Here's a modern interpretation of a Benelli 350/4;

 

 

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

Yes i'm sure it is classed as a classic today, and yes i'm sure it did'nt leak oil and yes i'm sure it was umpteen times more reliable than a BSA/Triumph/Norton of the time.

But...

looking at the motor just reminds me of a sewing machine

EVERYTHING and i mean EVERYTHING is pressed steel - front forks, frame and swingarm

the only tubular stuff i see is the rear brake pedal, the mudguard stays and the handlebars.

Some old boy used to his Velo 350 or BSA Gold Star 350 seeing that would not inspire confidence going round a greasy corner in deepest crappy Winter England....

A C90 on steroids...

 

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

Wasn’t that the Honda Bentley 125cc SuperSport? 

Yep 15hp @ 10,500 rpm. Not bad for an oldie. 

 

This is the lust-fullness of youth. There was a guy in our village who had one when i was a teenager. Most of the other bikes were Ariels or Bantams.

15 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Without surfing the modern almost horizontal one are Italian, i think.

The speedway engines above are GM ( Giuseppe Marzotto ).  JAWA is the other player.  They look similar.

A Rickman Interceptor 750

The engine is a Royle Oilfield  Enfield 750, fitted in to a Rickman  brothers  frame only 130 where built, the engines were  left over from another defunct project, so Rickman's come up with this,  the write up at the time the 750 engine proved to be a good one, a dry sump pressurized  system with the oil tank built in to the engine case, dry weight 365 pounds .