12 hours ago, johng said:

Ha Ha   yes my bad   Deep Purple not Led Zeppelin...

Sounds like a communication breakdown, or maybe just dazed and confused.

3 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

Sounds like a communication breakdown, or maybe just dazed and confused.

Purple haze all around.

1 hour ago, Damrongsak said:

Purple haze all around.

( all along the ) Watch ( tower ) out for the Crosstown traffic .. 

I have only one a-burnin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire

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Goodness gracious great balls of fire ...

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Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

 

Had supper with Jimmy Page years ago in Pattaya

Had supper with Jimmy Page years ago in Pattaya

I hear they are getting on the road again & will also have a new album out later this year.
Sorry off-topic (I saw them at Knebworth(I think!))


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good news ! Love all their stuff. If he is not the greatest rock guitarist ever, he is tied for first place

 

 

Can you say Beater ? For Sale here, 29K 

 

Pretty little thing! rc166, worth upwards off 500k off your British pounds!

 

Couple of 1930's Be-eM's sporting varying bits of aerodynamic bodywork .. 

from a time when everyone was experimenting with aero 

Old beemers always look cool in black .. 

 

10 hours ago, CGW said:

Pretty little thing! rc166, worth upwards off 500k off your British pounds!

Interesting article about the RC166 engine:  https://www.cycleworld.com/calming-crankshaft-hondas-six-cylinder-racer#page-5

If we are doing 6 cyl, there is only one :

 

I seem to remember someone turbo charging one in this guise.....

 

If we are doing 6 cyl, there is only one :
 
I seem to remember someone turbo charging one in this guise.....
 

That exhaust is badass...

10 hours ago, KNJ said:

If we are doing 6 cyl, there is only one :

 

I seem to remember someone turbo charging one in this guise.....

 

Get your ears around this:

 

A nice Honda CX500 café racer

A 71 Bonneville black beauty.  Check out the air scoop on the front brake hub.

 

To keep the thread ticking along...   A one off, art deco front wheel drive bike, named 'The Killer', powered by 3x 60cc 2 strokes, radially arranged around the front wheel:

 

The bike was built as a homage to this, also front wheel driven, German machine from the mid 30's:

On ‎4‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 5:35 PM, ballpoint said:

A 71 Bonneville black beauty.  Check out the air scoop on the front brake hub.

 

Nice  but still available all for only 2350 Euros........... gasp

Check out the make believe front drum brake on the Yam' 

And a Vincent with the real thing .. 

 

A couple of Commandos:

One in John Player livery

 

And t'other a very nice looking 1974 Interstate custom

And another for good measure.  A beautifully restored 1975 MK III:

3 hours ago, KNJ said:

Nice  but still available all for only 2350 Euros........... gasp

Ahh, a Fontana 4ls magnesium drum brake - I had one in my Ducati 250 racer in ‘68, in Ceriani forks. The very best one could get in those days.

 

I like the Yamaha. Best of both worlds?

 

 

Another bike with a concealed or inhub disc brake

 

 

and one can buy a modern copy of the original 

 

 

1962 Lambretta TV175 was the first production two wheeled vehicle to gain a disc brake, this was made in a joint venture between Innocenti and an Italian company called Campagnolo.

Mechanically actuated so while disc in name not so much disc by nature.

Not heard from Thaiguzzi for a while.  Hopefully he's okay and just gone to cooler climes temporarily.  I'll put this nice G5 café Racer and a glass of beer out and see if they entice him back.

 

 

Motorumi 125 horizontal stroker twin from the 60's .. Neat or what .. 

 

18 hours ago, ballpoint said:

I'll put this nice G5 café Racer and a glass of beer out and see if they entice him back

I've left out a Parilla trialer as well .. 

Couple of 50's Parilla 175 road bikes .. 

 

Not as well known as the motorcycles a Brough Superior car .. Dont'cha just love those running board mudguards and suicide doors .. The pic' don't really convey how big the thing is .. 

 

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

Not as well known as the motorcycles a Brough Superior car .. Dont'cha just love those running board mudguards and suicide doors .. The pic' don't really convey how big the thing is .. 

 

One sold at Bonhams last year for £70,000.  I'd have thought it would go for more than that, considering this one was owned by George Brough for 30 years.

 

All the Japanese fiddled with turbocharging their bikes early 80's though without doubt the best of 'em was the Kawa GPZ750 turbo .. 

Not a looker by today's standards but a genuinely fast bike back in the day doing a standing 1/4 mile in a shade over 10 secs and top-end close to 150 mph .. Turbo'd up version had DFi similar to GPZ 1100 and a bit more bodywork while the standard n/a bike in the bottom pic had to make do with carbs .. 

 

 

Badboy CBX with a **** off big turbo ..