Despite the current Marquez domination, to me Rossi is still the man.  Here he is a few days ago driving a Mercedes F1 car, while Lewis Hamilton rides an M1.  Legends.

 

 

 

On 11/27/2019 at 5:22 PM, papa al said:

gone 

don't expect to see here again

papa has his contact info if you w

Gone as in participating on forum...  or gone to another country...

On 12/4/2019 at 10:35 AM, ballpoint said:

On 12/4/2019 at 2:49 AM, melvinmelvin said:

 

I was told by the wife... Don’t do that again. About her 3rd time on the Harley I think we were in West Virginia headed to Florida. 30 day ride. Turn right hilly area the real quick down and left and that’s when I drug the foot rest.... handled great ... yes I asked if she shiat her pants.. Incase needed to pull over... 

 

up in the Carolinas went on real winding long winding all the way

was a bit a work after awhile on the Streetglide throwing it left and right.... loved it! Now I’ve got that 200 cc and don’t what to do... maybe mow the yard.

 

 

1 hour ago, DJ54 said:

Gone as in participating on forum...  or gone to another country...

Still in Thailand, but not on here.

With thaiguzzi leaving us and Justgrazing not seen for some time now, it looks like this grand old thread is finally spluttering to an end.  Hopefully it will be resurrected next year, but for now:

Ho, Ho Harley

Satan's Santas?

One for the road. Santa's little helper. "All I want for Christmas is ..."

 

Back in my country of origin for the holidays, I visited old friends who run a popular motorcycle business. They had just received the latest Benelli, the single cylinder Imperiale 400. Single OHC, fuel injection, ABS etc. Quoted power output is 20 bhp.  Costs 1.700 Euro less than the cheapest Royal Enfield Bullet.

i do wonder whether this bike will get to the Thai market.
 

 

came across a weirdo from Sweden on youtube,

 

 

the air bike, and some others . . . .

 

On 12/25/2019 at 2:25 PM, ballpoint said:

With thaiguzzi leaving us and Justgrazing not seen for some time now, it looks like this grand old thread is finally spluttering to an end.  Hopefully it will be resurrected next year, but for now:

Solly chaps .. I've been diverted by a project so ain't been TV'ing lately .. 

 

" Don't think its going to Reindeer so I'll take the bike " ..

 

1916 Traub .. the only one which makes it pretty much priceless .. 

And the almost equally rare 1918 GCS .. 

 

On 12/16/2019 at 8:12 AM, ballpoint said:

Despite the current Marquez domination, to me Rossi is still the man.  Here he is a few days ago driving a Mercedes F1 car, while Lewis Hamilton rides an M1.  Legends.

 

 

 

Yea I've seen abit of this on the 'net and El-Vale is no stranger to an F1 cockpit having previously back in the 2000's caned one of Michael Schumacher's spare Ferrari's around their test track to the point where Schumacher was hugely impressed by his times .. 

He also dabbled in WRC a few years ago and if I'm not mistaken took part in the GB round in a turbonutter Subaru .. 

Bet pre test insurance negotiations for this swapsie test by Lewis and Vale insisted all electronic aids remained fully on especially for Lewis getting across a top whack GP bike with their propensity to high side a pilot 20 foot in the air .. And his Merc' needs to be duly treated with equal big respect for its physics bending ability around the corners .. 

 

Take a Yam R1 with a 160,000 up already stick some home made panniers and top box on it then spend the next 5 yrs riding around the world sticking another 155,000 on it .. It went everywhere Siberia , Sahara , Amazon and still retains all original major components .. A tribute to Yam's build quality indeed and proof you don't need a dedicated trailie for big adventure .. 

 

 

Who needs a surf board ..

Bungee jumping was one of the most terrifying and at the same time fortifying things I've ever done but I never thought about asking the bike if she wanted a go .. 

The late great Evel Knievel mid flight during his Wembley jump 45 yrs ago .. though the landing still makes me wince now .. 

Described as the most dangerous " motorcycle " in the world and looking at the spindly bit holding the front to the back not a gross exaggeration of the facts .. the military grade jet engine's exhaust will give you a leg tattoo worthy of the name if you try riding it in anything other than an asbestos suit .. 

 

To all the poster on this thread and  forum in general .Thank you very very much for all your entertaining  , thought provoking and around delightful posts thought out the years. It's has been a source of great joy to me . I wish all the Very happiest of New Years in this 2020. Stay well and stay posting. 

Kinda top 5 of fave steeds .. 

A motorcycle brand branded as malevolent , anti-social and occasionally downright dangerous ..

Can only be Kawasaki's 70's range of mental 2 strokers .. anyone will do but a personal fave is the rare S2 .. 

 

DKW's 125 .. Just about every small single stroker made by anyone after WW2 used ideas and technology developed from this bike and it is one of the true unsung hero's of the bike world .. 

 

Triumphant Bonny .. Few if any manufacturers can cross the pond and dump in Harley's backyard like Triumph did .. And the number of celeb's who chose to own a Triumph gave them a cachet that no money or advertising could ever buy .. not forgetting that a Triumph stars in one of the all time classic bits of movie footage containing a motorcycle with Stevie boy leaping one over the barbed wire in " The Great Escape " ..

 

Benelli Sei .. A rockstar of a bike from the 70's .. 

Unashamedly mimicked Honda's 500/4 x 1.5 .. horrendously expensive , not that fast , suspect reliability but with a back end that still turns heads now if you ever see one out and about .. I'd have sold my brothers kidney to buy one of these back in the day .. 

 

Honda trumped Kawasaki in 1969 with the release of their CB750 so Kawa pulled the plug on the own 750's debut and went back to the board for a redraw before returning in 1972 with the Z1 .. Folk thought the H was rapid but this was in a different league and could trash the Honda any day of the week

.. Few bikes are held in such revered esteem as these which is reflected in their 2nd hand prices  and they are No1 bike to have sat in you're sitting room .. I know my mate Dean has one in his .. 

 

 

10 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Kinda top 5 of fave steeds .. 

A motorcycle brand branded as malevolent , anti-social and occasionally downright dangerous ..

Can only be Kawasaki's 70's range of mental 2 strokers .. anyone will do but a personal fave is the rare S2 .. 

 

DKW's 125 .. Just about every small single stroker made by anyone after WW2 used ideas and technology developed from this bike and it is one of the true unsung hero's of the bike world .. 

 

Triumphant Bonny .. Few if any manufacturers can cross the pond and dump in Harley's backyard like Triumph did .. And the number of celeb's who chose to own a Triumph gave them a cachet that no money or advertising could ever buy .. not forgetting that a Triumph stars in one of the all time classic bits of movie footage containing a motorcycle with Stevie boy leaping one over the barbed wire in " The Great Escape " ..

 

Benelli Sei .. A rockstar of a bike from the 70's .. 

Unashamedly mimicked Honda's 500/4 x 1.5 .. horrendously expensive , not that fast , suspect reliability but with a back end that still turns heads now if you ever see one out and about .. I'd have sold my brothers kidney to buy one of these back in the day .. 

 

Honda trumped Kawasaki in 1969 with the release of their CB750 so Kawa pulled the plug on the own 750's debut and went back to the board for a redraw before returning in 1972 with the Z1 .. Folk thought the H was rapid but this was in a different league and could trash the Honda any day of the week

.. Few bikes are held in such revered esteem as these which is reflected in their 2nd hand prices  and they are No1 bike to have sat in you're sitting room .. I know my mate Dean has one in his ..

I once borrowed my mate's Bonny to go from Leicester to Cambridge and back.

I don't know if it was just his particular Bonny, but I remember constantly having to stop and push the left handgrip back onto the handlebars. It had a mind of its own and was obviously trying to escape.

 

Talking of escape:

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of 'Guy Martin's Great Escape 2019' (preferably torrent).

It was on Channel 4 UK last month, showing him recreating Steve McQueen's jump.

 

20 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of 'Guy Martin's Great Escape 2019' (preferably torrent).

It was on Channel 4 UK last month, showing him recreating Steve McQueen's jump.

Try www.justwatch.com 'Sof alternatively it may still be available on C4's catch up service which you should be able to view on the 'net .. 

23 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Try www.justwatch.com 'Sof alternatively it may still be available on C4's catch up service which you should be able to view on the 'net .. 

Thanks, but unfortunately not.

It doesn't appear to be on justwatch.

I can't get it to play on Linux, keeps throwing up errors.

 

Bangkok based Zeus Custom continues to do some cool stuff.  Here's their Triple X:

 

 

 

Another from Zeus Custom - the Prime.  In development:

 

The finished article:

 

One more... Polish Steel and Black.  Has that 'slid down the road at 150mph' look to it:

 

310 horsepower 1000cc based on a  1976 R90/6 engine.  More pics and story:  https://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-race-bike

 

 

mid-80s, military-spec NTX 350 Guzzi custom dual-sport with a modern 750 small block engine:  https://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-ntx-scrambler

Oops, something pasted wrong!  310 pound [140 kg], 82 horsepower for that BMW bike.

On 1/21/2020 at 11:29 PM, Damrongsak said:

310 horsepower 1000cc

Seems impossible on normally aspirated lump.

Maybe 84 HP.

Pretty clean, a customized Kawasaki ZRX1200R:

 

Custom  BMW K100 by Ardy Attaporn of Ruby Cafe in Thailand:

 

This looks like fun! Custom Yamaha  WR450F - 108kg wet and 55hp at the rear wheel.  Even has lights. (Frame welds aren't very pretty.)

 

Here's a neat little trail bike, the FX 5 Mountain Moto.  It's a bit like a mountain bike with a 125cc engine.  Only weighs about 62 kg. 

 

Spotted in Bali

6 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Spotted in Bali

Max range 50 km, top speed 45 km/h.