A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)

[skahigh]

Tall_Paul said:

Another 100-ish miles on the Tuono today, managed to open the throttle more than 20% this time

Yours looks better than mine, lovely!

[podman]

Some pics from yesterdays Ace Cafe Blue Haze day...tiddlers the star of teh show for me, the RD80s, Fantic chops & 50s really caught the eye.







Very rare Bridgestone





Fantic 50 and 125 chops...cant be many of these left on the road?

[Yazza54]

You saw Alan's LC then, the white one with red stripe... The money that's gone into that is eye watering

The 500 TDR is one of my favourites

Edited by Yazza54 on Monday 19th September 09:48

[alvington89]

abw280 said:

Modern bikes are rubbish.......

Nice J2 you have there. Always liked the look of those.
Quite a rare bike these days.

[podman]

Yazza54 said:

You saw Alan's LC then, the white one with red stripe... The money that's gone into that is eye watering

The 500 TDR is one of my favourites

Edited by Yazza54 on Monday 19th September 09:48

...I see that at most southern meets Ryan, I heard recently someone had managed to spunk £35,000 into their LC..maybe more!

The TDR is a wonderful thing, he's running a dry clutch on it now as well...

[Yazza54]

podman said:

Yazza54 said:

You saw Alan's LC then, the white one with red stripe... The money that's gone into that is eye watering

The 500 TDR is one of my favourites

Edited by Yazza54 on Monday 19th September 09:48

...I see that at most southern meets Ryan, I heard recently someone had managed to spunk £35,000 into their LC..maybe more!

The TDR is a wonderful thing, he's running a dry clutch on it now as well...

I've heard it's cost him about double that!

[Andy XRV]

moto_traxport said:

New bike (to me)! Another attempt at replacing the 1998 R1 which is getting a bit long in the tooth.

That looks bloody loverly!

[ChrisG C2S]

New and old toys, one is a few days old, the other is 94 years old!
Untitled by christopherjgrant, on Flickr

[srob]

Nice Indian, do you use it much?

I'd really like a vintage Indian but the odd controls have always put me off

[tvrolet]

I do like the Indian. I kind of struggle to tell Chiefs and Scouts apart of that vintage unless they're side-by-side; but I'm guessing a Chief (and not a Big Chief)?
and if it's 1922, would it have had a front brake from the factory?

[srob]

tvrolet said:

I do like the Indian. I kind of struggle to tell Chiefs and Scouts apart of that vintage unless they're side-by-side; but I'm guessing a Chief (and not a Big Chief)?
and if it's 1922, would it have had a front brake from the factory?

I'd say that's a Scout, doesn't look like a big'un so I'd say it's a 600.

And I don't think it would have had a front brake, but can't blame someone for fitting one!

[podman]

ChrisG C2S said:

New and old toys, one is a few days old, the other is 94 years old!
Untitled by christopherjgrant, on Flickr

Id be a very happy man with those in the garage..

[airsafari87]

ChrisG C2S said:

New and old toys, one is a few days old, the other is 94 years old!
Untitled by christopherjgrant, on Flickr

A lovely 2 bike garage right there.

An old Indian is something I'd love to be able to own one day.

As a side note ... Did you catch that `Harley and the Davidsons' series on Discovery I believe it was??
Were Indian really as big a baddie as the programmes tried to make out?

[scunnylad]

podman said:

ChrisG C2S said:

New and old toys, one is a few days old, the other is 94 years old!
Untitled by christopherjgrant, on Flickr

Id be a very happy man with those in the garage..

+1


PS, great shots from the Ace café podman,must be 30 years since i've seen a fantic chopper

[tvrolet]

srob said:

tvrolet said:

I do like the Indian. I kind of struggle to tell Chiefs and Scouts apart of that vintage unless they're side-by-side; but I'm guessing a Chief (and not a Big Chief)?
and if it's 1922, would it have had a front brake from the factory?

I'd say that's a Scout, doesn't look like a big'un so I'd say it's a 600.

And I don't think it would have had a front brake, but can't blame someone for fitting one!

Difficult - I'm going to stick with a '22 Chief - just needs ChrisG to reveal the answer. As you no doubt know being a vintage guru, you could put the later (much bigger) Chief motor in an earlier Scout frame to make a Chout, so the physical sizes aren't so different.

airsafari87 said:

As a side note ... Did you catch that `Harley and the Davidsons' series on Discovery I believe it was??
Were Indian really as big a baddie as the programmes tried to make out?

I caught an episode when I was in the US a few weeks back and did comment to the wife that Indian weren't exactly being portrayed well. From what I've read (and in particular 'The Iron Redskin' is a pretty definitive book, but a bit heavy going) no, they weren't the baddies. I can't recall who was being portrayed, but Hedstrom the designer and Hendee the business guy and original bicycle factory owner read as decent guys trying to build and develop a better motorcycle.

[srob]

tvrolet said:

srob said:

tvrolet said:

I do like the Indian. I kind of struggle to tell Chiefs and Scouts apart of that vintage unless they're side-by-side; but I'm guessing a Chief (and not a Big Chief)?
and if it's 1922, would it have had a front brake from the factory?

I'd say that's a Scout, doesn't look like a big'un so I'd say it's a 600.

And I don't think it would have had a front brake, but can't blame someone for fitting one!

Difficult - I'm going to stick with a '22 Chief - just needs ChrisG to reveal the answer. As you no doubt know being a vintage guru, you could put the later (much bigger) Chief motor in an earlier Scout frame to make a Chout, so the physical sizes aren't so different.

Indeed, we'll see

I was going on the size of the barrels, looks smaller than our sv 978cc Enfield but could be wrong!

As an aside, if you ever fancy an old Indian, the good people at Yesterdays have many, including this beaut

[Biker's Nemesis]

Another 2 hours of boredom in departure before I can get on a flight home

(Bored off my tits.com)

[scunnylad]

Spa, 1983,my mates Kwak

This was at a time when this section of track was still a public road.


My first ever foreign trip on bike.
We went to Assen gp,followed by a few days in Germany then onto Spa for the gp the following weekend.

Great trip,a group of lads,most of us teenagers,foreign countries,bikes,beer,laughs

IIRC bikes that went, Mk 1 guzzi le mans,GS 1000,Z 1000 mk11,Z1R,Z650 (2)Z750 (pictured)LC350 (2)

[ChrisG C2S]

Thanks for the comments. It is a 1922 Scout 600. I struggle with the left foot clutch, right hand gear change and manual ignition advance/retard. From new these have a left hand throttle however this one was converted to right hand.

I really ought to show it more but it does't get out much. I ride it to the end of the road and back!

No idea about the front brake... Ive not had it from new

Edited by ChrisG C2S on Tuesday 20th September 19:15

[srob]

Here's one from a year newer than your Indian. Our 1923 Montgomery in Ireland a few weeks back, along with the old man's 28 AJS.