more bike porn

[Damrongsak]

3 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Villa near square 4 banger 2 stroke 250 from 60's ..

Wow!  Unusual.  A pile of chain saw engines ganged together.  With the size of the gas tank, I don't think it was very economical to run.

[Justgrazing]

12 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

Wow!  Unusual.  A pile of chain saw engines ganged together.  With the size of the gas tank, I don't think it was very economical to run.

Here's another Dam' .. Moto Rumi's 250 .. 

They made an oddball V4 and are said to have also made a 6 banger 2 stroke but I'm drawing a blank on pic's of that .. 

Fab' little bikes were Rumi's but like a lot of them from that time sadly no longer here .. 

Another better pic of the Villa .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

Not as well known as the bigger bikes a MV 250 G P twin ..

Harley Davidson RR250 stroker twin ..

I know nowt about these so over to you guys if ye'z knows a bit about 'em .. 

Moto Morini Bialbero 250 .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

Bianchi , Paton an' a Linto .. 

All 60'/70's 500's ..

 

[damascase]

I lovedthe sound of these twins. That Linto engine was based on two 250cc AerMacchi cylinders and heads.

[Justgrazing]

Nice colour on the oldie .. 

 

 

[Justgrazing]

17 hours ago, damascase said:

I lovedthe sound of these twins. That Linto engine was based on two 250cc AerMacchi cylinders and heads.

There you go Dam' Top end of a 500 and a rare single cyl Linto .. Look at the carb' angle on it .. A stunning little engine that .. 

Another rare bike a Mondial 500 twin .. 

 

[thaiguzzi]

7 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Nice colour on the oldie .. 

 

 

Home (shop) made version.

From an Italian bloke who knows what he is doing with Guzzis.

[Justgrazing]

Some nice Moto Guzzi's .. 

 

[thaiguzzi]

2nd photo above is a wonderful post war typical Guzzi colour.

3rd photo above is close to their trad matt racing green colour.

Just noticed - Jesus H Christ - 5k posts!

It's gotta stop...

 

[papa al]

5000 posts

ur famous

[ballpoint]

Very art deco.  A 1930 Henderson KJ inline 4 that was customised in 1936:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ballpoint]

More known for cars rather than bikes these days, here's a few Maseratis:

 

1951 Corso

 

1953 125 GT Racer

 

1956 125 GT Super

[Justgrazing]

Yamaha Superten .. could be seen as the original BIG Japanese adventure trailie as the 750 Africa twin came a year later .. Useless off road as its too big 'n heavy with crap O E suspension but they were pretty good at covering big mileage carrying a lot of kit .. and pretty indestructible as well .. a mate had one he slung down the road God knows how many times .. in the death it was held together by cables ties and duct tape but it never failed to start and would cruise 80/85 all day .. 

 

[thaiguzzi]

4 hours ago, ballpoint said:

More known for cars rather than bikes these days, here's a few Maseratis:

 

1951 Corso

 

1953 125 GT Racer

 

1956 125 GT Super

Not gonna win any beauty contests, jeez, make a D1 Bantam look pretty...

Still.. they are red i suppose....

[ballpoint]

1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said:

Not gonna win any beauty contests, jeez, make a D1 Bantam look pretty...

Still.. they are red i suppose....

Here's one that isn't red.  A 1951 125 Tipo T2

 

[ballpoint]

Speaking of Maserati bikes, here's a custom bike powered by a Quattroporte V8, the Lazareth LM 847:

 

It's actually a quad, of sorts

 

The company that made it, Lazareth, also came up with this Bonneville Scrambler, so I'll forgive them for it.

[ballpoint]

5 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Yamaha Superten .. could be seen as the original BIG Japanese adventure trailie as the 750 Africa twin came a year later .. Useless off road as its too big 'n heavy with crap O E suspension but they were pretty good at covering big mileage carrying a lot of kit .. and pretty indestructible as well .. a mate had one he slung down the road God knows how many times .. in the death it was held together by cables ties and duct tape but it never failed to start and would cruise 80/85 all day .. 

 

Bears some similarity to my old  '97 Tiger 900.  Took me all over Thailand in its day:

[damascase]

4 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

Bears some similarity to my old  '97 Tiger 900.  Took me all over Thailand in its day:

A great bike, that Tiger. Very high centre of gravity meant you had to be very careful maneuvering it, but otherwise a very sturdy bike and a stable ride.

[Justgrazing]

Couple of raucous Yams

A road legal RD700 .. 

Even more mental TZ750 tracker .. 

Just look at the 'zorsts on it .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

Morbidelli's much whispered about V12 from the 90's .. Now on any other day you'd probably dismiss talk of a dedicated V12 engined bike as a bit of " yeah whatever " but in Morbidelli's case they do have form for this sort of thing having made a V8 in the early 90's bottom pic' .. That bike itself was not all that but the engine was quite something .. There has been talk of reviving the V12 concept but I dunno if there is a market for something like that apart from a novelty value .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

LC 750 Yam' .. Yikes .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

The only photo I've found of Moto Rumi's 6 pot stroker .. No capacity stated but given the barrels and heads look similar to the 125 twin and 250/4 I'd say about 375 cc .. Love to hear that running and have a blast on it .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

250/4 at the top looks like it's been modernised as its got disx up front and Rumi went bust in the 50's .. its overall look is also more mod' .. 

Another shot of a 125 Rumi  .. 

An' a stunning little Gilera 150 .. 

 

 

[Justgrazing]

Tehuelche 100 from late 50's .. 

Spiffing looking Morini 500 .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

1960's Czech Eso 500 .. Eso later merged with Jawa .. 

Late 40's Walter 250 .. nice looking bike that .. 

Anyone wanna take a punt at the significance of the bike in the bottom shot .. 

 

 

[gomangosteen]

Two local (Chanthaburi) bikes

 

[gomangosteen]

And one more MZ in display on a shop, Chanthaburi

ok

[Justgrazing]

45 minutes ago, gomangosteen said:

Two local (Chanthaburi) bikes

 

Bottom one looks like the earlier version of a winter hack I had in't '79 .. Good bikes .. From what I recall they had a big old ign key and bizarre ign switch in the headlamp housing .. 

[ballpoint]

11 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Anyone wanna take a punt at the significance of the bike in the bottom shot .. 

1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller, regarded as the first ever production motorcycle.  This one sold for £86,200 back in 2010, which was quite a bargain, as restored ones are valued at around $3.5M