A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)
Discussion
central said:
Mate had one back in the late 70s with a full fairing.It used to rattle my front windows as it came past coming in to our village.
They could'nt give them away at the time
Short video, wouldn't recommend hitting a resurfaced road at decent speeds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd8xPRAJOfM&fe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd8xPRAJOfM&fe...
Playsatan said:
I quite fancy an airhead cafe racer today.
Are they style over substance or genuinely worth garage space?
Style over substance as far as I can see. They weren't particularly good in their day other than just being dependable. Are they style over substance or genuinely worth garage space?
I think the BMW thing has been done to death now and the originality has been lost, there will be lots of these with no homes once the hipster bubble has burst.
OK the one above looks quite nice, however, the clip-ons with standard footrests always grate with me, not to mention the upright rear shocks. Does it actually run - BMWs of that age used to have car size batteries, will a small gel unit in the tail unit really fire it up?
Then again anything from that era with no side panels, K&N carbs, no/minimal clocks will look just as clean (ie Carpy CB750s).
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