A picture a day....biker banter

[RemaL]

stickyr6 said:

New Robocop bike!! i still prefer Street Hawk







http://www.liveforfilms.com/2012/10/14/robocop-has...

New Robocop. God I hope it's like 1 or 2 and a 18 rating not like the last ones what was crap

[strudel]

stickyr6 said:

New Robocop bike!! i still prefer Street Hawk

Interesting footpeg layout. Good for speed but would affect handling I think. On the whole, I approve!

[Apriliaer]

996 sps said:

Carlique said:

Came home to find some kind person thought my car would look better with go faster stripes down the side... Needless to say, I'm ecstatic.

Utter tossers!

Boils the piss!

[srob]

Yoda. said:

podman said:

just come back from Silverston after watchimg some classic bike racing...

What series is that Podders?
A friend was mentioning watching some of this kind of thing next year...wondered if it's what he was on about (CMRC I think he said).

There's CRMC (Classic Racing Motorcycle Club) which is what Podman went to. Typically sixties and later stuff up to the eighties/early nineties now.

There's also the VMCC (Vintage Motorcycle Club) Racing Section, which is the older stuff, the earliest class being for pre-war bikes and generally going into the late fifties, early sixties. Although the VMCC have invitation classes too - at Cadwell the other day there was a class for seventies bikes like Laverdas

There used to be loads of other clubs, Forgotten Era, New era and stuff. Not sure if they're still about though?

[Yoda.]

I remember New Era with fondness rose-tinted specs...sitting on the windswept stand at Snetterton on my 6th pint of Directors in the latter half of the 80's on a Sunday afternoon. Especially the 'unlimited' class...TZ250/350's running with the odd Z1300 and a few early sporty 750's. 6 laps I think they did then...pre-chicane days too.
One of the last races I watched there was where someone had brought one of those new FZ1000's along...it must've been at least half a lap ahead of the rest of the field by the end of the race...such was the speed difference!

<puts glasses back in case>

Hopefully I'll make a few CMRC meets next year...

[podman]

srob said:

Yoda. said:

podman said:

just come back from Silverston after watchimg some classic bike racing...

What series is that Podders?
A friend was mentioning watching some of this kind of thing next year...wondered if it's what he was on about (CMRC I think he said).

There's CRMC (Classic Racing Motorcycle Club) which is what Podman went to. Typically sixties and later stuff up to the eighties/early nineties now.

Your spot on mate

http://www.crmc.co.uk/

The main reason I went was due to the blub in Practical Sportsbike magazine and to meet the LC club members, I wanted to watch the mid 80's stuff mainly, not often you see a FZ600 battling with a FJ1100...I thought(hoped) some slab sided GSXR750's may be present but they are banned...for obvious reasons I guess.

[black-k1]

Hooli said:

Mr2Mike said:

adamsky said:

Knockhill, the old BMW fell over and took a few bikes will it

How come the BMW fell over when it was on it's center stand?

Over balanced?

Wind or pushed I'd say.

The stands on those old BMWs wear so that, after time, the bike sits lower and lower on the stand until eventually there is weight being taken on both wheels. At that point, it doesn’t take much wind to blow the bike over.

[moanthebairns]

pick this up friday (providing its as described)

cant wait wanted one for ages. I never slept last night for thinking of it.

turning my ninja into a track bike

que it all going tits up we all know my luck

[MJDM]

moanthebairns said:

pick this up friday (providing its as described)

cant wait wanted one for ages. I never slept last night for thinking of it.

turning my ninja into a track bike

que it all going tits up we all know my luck

That's well nice.

[djt77]

Was asked in another thread by srod for few more pictures of what has recently become my old bike , until the new one now arrives anyways, so here goes. Prob have some better one somewhere if anyone is interested.









http://www.detailparadise.com.au/showthread.php?83... & http://www.netrider.net.au/forums/showthread.php?t...

Edited by djt77 on Tuesday 16th October 07:04

[hostyle]

@moan: if you buy, you won't be disappointed. Just check with Triumph to see if it's had it's recalls done (RR and something with the fuel pump). If not, they can still be done FoC at a dealer.

@djt77: that is stunning I really like the newer Bimotas, shame they're so bloody expensive

[MarchHare]

Still restoring the H1 Kwak but making progress....

[sprinter1050]

Got to admire that ^. But I always wonder, how much of it is new replacement parts or re-furbished/restored by you. ?

Either way looks good.

[MarchHare]

In this case I have extensively used third party specialists and NOS parts where available. The completed bike will be worth quite a bit so I don't mind investing a few quid. Third party work includes chroming, resprayed bodywork, blasting and powder coating, rebuilding wheels with new spokes and rims, rebuilt crank (needs a 50 ton press), restored clocks and switches......

All in it will have cost me 10 grand by the time it's finished.

Clearly this will not make me money but that's not why I'm doing it. Hopefully it will be something that I can take pride in, enjoy riding (it will be used, it's not going to be a show bike), and it should be near as damn it, a good as new bike.

Respect to people who can do all of this with a couple of rattle cans and a lot of skill but I'm afraid I'm not one of them.

Link to build blog; http://kawaportal.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7344

Edited by MarchHare on Tuesday 16th October 11:04

[Yazza54]

[srob]

djt77 said:

Was asked in another thread by srod for few more pictures of what has recently become my old bike , until the new one now arrives anyways, so here goes. Prob have some better one somewhere if anyone is interested.









http://www.detailparadise.com.au/showthread.php?83... & http://www.netrider.net.au/forums/showthread.php?t...

Edited by djt77 on Tuesday 16th October 07:04

That's a thing of beauty!

I've always loved the detailing on Bimotas, are you getting another one the same?

[strudel]

Yazza54 said:

[Biker's Nemesis]

Yazza54 said:

That advert is about 7 years old.

[Jazoli]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Yazza54 said:

That advert is about 7 years old.

That means its older than Yazza

[Yazza54]

Jazoli said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

Yazza54 said:

That advert is about 7 years old.

That means its older than Yazza

Oh nice bugger off for weeks then dip in and out to take the piss out of me!


I know it's old but doesn't mean everyone's seen it.