more bike porn

[moe666]

On 10/3/2019 at 7:51 PM, VocalNeal said:

Dropping large nuts from the tops down next to guys on watch drinking tea. Got there attention.

Too many really, stranger things do happen at sea.

Put a penny on a water sight glass for the 650lb boiler then flip it down to the burner level. You ask hot huh, they say nah doesn't take me long to look at a penny.

[Denim]

And now a bit of tiddler porn for fans of small things. Always wished my wave had a manual clutch so when I saw this Ryuka Retro RK100 in a local dealer yesterday I was tempted to get it for pottering around the village. A snip at 29,000 baht. If the engine gives out could probably fit a 110 honda unit in it.

 

 

 

 

Also sold as the Lifan Victor in some countries with different trim etc.

 

 

[VocalNeal]

Still my dream bike. Old habits die hard.

 

[canthai55]

 

[VocalNeal]

That's the idle I would like from a scooter. ????

[Justgrazing]

On 10/8/2019 at 8:36 AM, ballpoint said:

 

The rather striking, and not giving a fork, tesi 3D raceface prototype

Yamaha's pitch on hub steering concept with an Omega shape " chassis " similar to the Bim' but with a different take on the steering arrangement .. A lot of motorcycle journo's and publications have this bike as one of the most under rated to come out of Japan .. Praise for its mile covering ability and when you wanted sporty it could with a F I  FZR 1000 lump and was also one of the first to fit ABS plus Yam' build qual' .. but it was never a commercial hit on account of being a bit too quirky with that front despite the advantages they bring in handling and braking and was quietly dropped from the range .. 

The bottom one was caned around the TT to quite a respectable lap time in the Proddie class ..

 

[canthai55]

24 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

 but it was never a commercial hit on account of being a bit too quirky with that front despite the advantages they bring in handling and braking

Me - I could never ride a bike that looks like that

No matter how much better it is

And this from a guy who has always favored Go over Show

Just too Fugly

[kickstart]

Bike porn ,or an extra  from Easy Ride, this was built here in Thailand by an Aussie guy near me , shod with an XS 650 lump    

[thaiguzzi]

For Harley fans;

Nicely done WLA project with.......... an XL motor in it.

Yes, that IS A unit construction SPORTSTER motor in there!

Confirmed with a stock looking primary cover.

Kudos to the builder, very well done.

 

[Damrongsak]

Some bikers are just plain nuts.

 

Korry Hogan Top Fuel Record 255 MPH

 

 

He crashed one time at 246 MPH.  Road rash at around 400 Km/hr. I guess he walked away from it, though his butt was probably on fire.

 

 

[papa al]

57 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

Some bikers are just plain nuts.

Duh yea !!

Otherwise we'd just golf or tennis.

[canthai55]

1 hour ago, Damrongsak said:

though his butt was probably on fire.

 

[Damrongsak]

42 minutes ago, papa al said:

Duh yea !!

Otherwise we'd just golf or tennis.

Oh, puhleese!  Boring. 

 

But you have to admit, hitting the tarmac at 400 Km/hr is a little more exciting than falling off a Montesa Cota at 3 Km/hr.  Unless you are riding on/around big, pointy rocks.  

[papa al]

41 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

Oh, puhleese!  Boring. 

 

But you have to admit, hitting the tarmac at 400 Km/hr is a little more exciting than falling off a Montesa Cota at 3 Km/hr.  Unless you are riding on/around big, pointy rocks.  

more like 0.3 kph, but yes

[guzzi850m2]

23 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

For Harley fans;

Nicely done WLA project with.......... an XL motor in it.

Yes, that IS A unit construction SPORTSTER motor in there!

Confirmed with a stock looking primary cover.

Kudos to the builder, very well done.

 

Hand gear shifter, I don't get it when using your foot is so much better/faster.

I used to be a HD fan/owner but I sort of lost interest. They are just too expensive for what you are getting compared to other brands and they seems to refuse moving away from the V-Twin concept and are super heavy. 

[thaiguzzi]

4 hours ago, canthai55 said:

 

Ouch!

[thaiguzzi]

5 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Some bikers are just plain nuts.

 

Korry Hogan Top Fuel Record 255 MPH

 

 

He crashed one time at 246 MPH.  Road rash at around 400 Km/hr. I guess he walked away from it, though his butt was probably on fire.

 

 

That record was set in 2011, i presume they are a fair bit faster now...

The guy was used to crashing, here is another one at 220mph, this time with interesting on board footage;

If you have'nt been to a top fuel drag race meet, i highly recommend it, not just the bikes, but especially the cars. Not only are you witnessing spectacular acceleration, but the sounds, and vibes of the ground shaking with the V8's, the ear piercing screech of the in line 4 Jap based bikes, the uneven off idle of the big HD based v twins, the smell of nitro in the air... intoxicating.

I used to do a bit of drag racing for a couple of years with my own Triumph, running on neat Methanol and around 130 bhp, running in a Supertwins class, but half the speeds and twice the times of these guys.

 

 

The only time i ever wore a FF helmet....

[canthai55]

When I raced H2's, Top Fuel cars ran 6's

Now Pro Stock runs 6's

Some real innovators in that sport

 

[Justgrazing]

Mid 60's Honda CB450 Black Bomber .. a hint from Japan that they weren't all about small bikes .. 

Cafe'd up version .. 

 

[Damrongsak]

Beezer.

 

[thaiguzzi]

19 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

Beezer.

 

Sod the BSA...

I'd caption this as Bird wiv no Bra.

Guvnor.

 

 

 

[ballpoint]

Taurus were an Italian manufacturer that lived and died in the mid 20th century.  They came out with some nice looking models, such as the 200SS in 1956...

 

...and the 500 G27 in the 40s:

 

Italian custom builder Classic Farm has created a homage to the latter, the Taurus G28, based on a Royal Enfield Bullet.  Double retro.

 

 

[ballpoint]

What do you do when you find a wrecked 1952 Black Shadow engine?

If you're US based Falcon Motorcycles, then you fix it up and make it the centrepiece of the Black Falcon.  Nice!

 

 

[ballpoint]

Another Falcon, the Kestrel.  Built from a 1970 Bonnie:

[thaiguzzi]

12 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Another Falcon, the Kestrel.  Built from a 1970 Bonnie:

Pre unit mate.

So pre 63.

Fair chance the top end of the motor is 9 stud '70, and mebbe got a '70 crank and rods in it. all doable.

But that is a P/U bottom end.

However, the bike has some nicely done, UNUSUAL touches.

The weird timing cover with extension piece,

the use of a front half unit primary cover, with a pre unit rear half - very neat,

Jap 6 spring clutch.

I like the colour details and contrast on the rims and front brake.

Stored pics in my computer files, ta.

[thaiguzzi]

12 hours ago, ballpoint said:

What do you do when you find a wrecked 1952 Black Shadow engine?

If you're US based Falcon Motorcycles, then you fix it up and make it the centrepiece of the Black Falcon.  Nice!

 

 

Nice.

Came across an Australian company recently called Irving Vincent.

Google/check them out.

A 1300 with 158bhp and 116 Ib ft of torque...

A 1600 (!!) with 186 bhp and 142 Ib ft of torque.....

And a stunning outfit.....

 

 

Don't get much more pornographic than these!

[ballpoint]

4 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Came across an Australian company recently called Irving Vincent.

Yes, started by an Aussie by the name of Ken Horner, who used to race a Vincent powered sidecar outfit in the 70s, met Phil Irving and chatted about his V-twin design and its capacity for further development, as you would, and decided to make bikes based on a replica engine.  His parent company is Horner Race Development, or HRD (what a coincidence), and, since the Vincent name was taken, named his bikes Irving Vincent.  The Austart sponsorship on the sidecar above, and bikes below, is his original company, making air starters, which gave him the resources, and I guess the money, to be able to start a new bike manufacturer from scratch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ballpoint]

Irving Vincent toyed with the idea of making a road bike, which I'm sure would have sold bigly, but only got as far as a prototype before it was canned due to emission regulations.  Now they stick to racing machines.

 

 

 

[ballpoint]

Harry Whitver is a Tennessee based painter who served as a combat artist in Vietnam before becoming a commercial artist.  He painted this picture of the legend who put the Irving in Irving Vincent, and, more importantly, the V-twin in the Vincent.

 

 

Seeing him with beer in hand reminded me of this photo I posted some time ago:

 

And another...

[damascase]

21 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Mid 60's Honda CB450 Black Bomber .. a hint from Japan that they weren't all about small bikes .. 

Cafe'd up version .. 

 

A great bike, innovative too: this DOHC engine had no valve springs, but used a torsion bar system. Apparently also used - later - in a Honda V12 F1 engine.

See http://www.chinonthetank.com/2012/12/how-cb450-torsion-bars-work/