A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 3)

[dern]

eddd1e said:

From Abingdon Honda? I know that bike.

Yes, it's from Abingdon. Anything I should be concerned about?

Cheers,

Mark

[gwm]

Lots of great pics, that really was a crappy long winter eh?!

884 miles in one day to get this. Big thanks to grahamr88 for putting me onto it as it was exactly as described and a bargain.

Edited by gwm on Monday 20th April 00:37

Edited by gwm on Monday 20th April 00:37

[mopman94]

Took this last weekend

[Ruttager]

Taken the session before I lowsided getting on the power coming out the chicane at Mallory. The Go Pro wasn't on at the time of crash which was a shame as it might have offered a little more insight into what went wrong.

[sc0tt]

Fleegle said:

Nothing mate, she just chucked it on the dyno to see what it did


She just wanted to see flames coming out the exhaust

Girls will be girls ...

[Iang84]

3DP said:

^^Looking good Ade

FA cup semi final meant 1198 fun on quiet roads

Is that past the garden centre, it scared the hell out of me the first time I hit the section that floods in the dark

[graham22]

Fleegle said:

As said, it was the kettle engine

Lovely looking thing and looked well pampered

I was hoping he was going to stick it on the dyno

Whilst the motor's obvious - what's the frame? Looks almost TZ'ish with the bottom frame tubes removed?

[hostyle]

Going all cultural and stuff...



A friend of ours invited us to his place of work, the Mauritshuis in The Hague (NL). That's museum you can see in the background. Inside is, amongst a whole lot of other famous paintings, the Girl with the pearl by Vermeer.
Felt a bit odd hobbling around in my leathers but it was great to hear the stories behind the restorations and moving of paintings, etc. Really cool.

[podman]

Fleegle said:

Havent seen one of them for a very long time.

IIRC didnt Tony try and flog front end design/tech to the British bike industry but they wasnt interested, then BMW copied it?

Looks like a retro Yamaha GTS1000 now....and even they are pretty retro!

[graham22]

podman said:

Havent seen one of them for a very long time.

IIRC didnt Tony try and flog front end design/tech to the British bike industry but they wasnt interested, then BMW copied it?

Looks like a retro Yamaha GTS1000 now....and even they are pretty retro!

Wasn't it the Hossack (?) front end that BMW copied not long after the patents ran out?

That Tony Foale bike (with the GSX1100 motor) was built with Superbike Magazine - still have the issues at home.

[podman]

graham22 said:

podman said:

Havent seen one of them for a very long time.

IIRC didnt Tony try and flog front end design/tech to the British bike industry but they wasnt interested, then BMW copied it?

Looks like a retro Yamaha GTS1000 now....and even they are pretty retro!

Wasn't it the Hossack (?) front end that BMW copied not long after the patents ran out?

That Tony Foale bike (with the GSX1100 motor) was built with Superbike Magazine - still have the issues at home.

You could be right mate, I just remember it being a Brit design and BMW "stealing" it..

[Deranged Granny]

Tim85 said:

Deranged Granny said:

Good run out today. Bike feels so much better after I gave it an oil change.

Looks a lovely day. I do have a soft spot for those little sv's. Cool pic

Cheers! I love blatting around on the little thing!

[eddd1e]

dern said:

Yes, it's from Abingdon. Anything I should be concerned about?

Cheers,

Mark

no nothing at all mate, bike has had a very good life and very looked after

[Biker's Nemesis]

[dern]

eddd1e said:

dern said:

Yes, it's from Abingdon. Anything I should be concerned about?

Cheers,

Mark

no nothing at all mate, bike has had a very good life and very looked after

Nice one, cheers.

[grahamr88]

gwm said:

Lots of great pics, that really was a crappy long winter eh?!

884 miles in one day to get this. Big thanks to grahamr88 for putting me onto it as it was exactly as described and a bargain.

Edited by gwm on Monday 20th April 00:37

Edited by gwm on Monday 20th April 00:37

Looks like a cracking bike, and a hell of a drive to get it!

I'm going to Cadwell on Tuesday, and there are still spaces left. You should come along, you can buy me a beer!

[Tim85]

John making the fireblade look tiny. Great looking bike though.



Best friends mtb and prolapse and was it John? on the 750?

[LiamB]

Went brapping on the weekend and loved it

[gwm]

grahamr88 said:

Looks like a cracking bike, and a hell of a drive to get it!

I'm going to Cadwell on Tuesday, and there are still spaces left. You should come along, you can buy me a beer!

Only £95 too!

But virtual beer will have to do for now, definitely owe you at least a gritty hot dog for sure.

[Mad Jock]

Devil's Beeftub, A701 above Moffat:





At St Mary's Loch: