A picture a day...biker banter (Vol 5)

[Birky_41]

podman said:

Few pics from Founders Day at Stamford Hall, Leics, new event to me, focused on the (even) older stuff mainly brit stuff , some fantastic machines about and the owners/riders where real characters, everyone got a chance to ride their bike around the arena, which gives everyone else the chance to hear the bikes as well.

My personal favourite, 1914 sidecar/machine gun platform combo...

Loving this one! My grandad was in WW2 and had a similar setup I'm told. Used to love hearing the stories as a kid

[scunnylad]

chris4652009 said:

Pure filth, outstanding collection you have there

They are not mine,r1 and lc belong to a mate of mine the other r1 is his son's

He has a bit of a yellow fetish,this is his Harley


He's a serial bike builder,just rebuilt this to relive his youth

[chris4652009]

scunnylad said:

They are not mine,r1 and lc belong to a mate of mine the other r1 is his son's

He has a bit of a yellow fetish,this is his Harley


He's a serial bike builder,just rebuilt this to relive his youth

That Harley looks ace.
What is the other bike?

[Andybow]

chris4652009 said:

That Harley looks ace.
What is the other bike?

Fantic caberello

Edited by Andybow on Monday 23 July 12:33

[Mr OCD]

Not far off done ... mighty pleased with how she is looking as well.

[Gavia]

Have you learned from it though?

[CoolHands]

Looks good. What was the fit like? (of the Chinese panels)

[Mr OCD]

Gavia said:

Have you learned from it though?

Give me a chance - not even got back on it yet!

[Mr OCD]

CoolHands said:

Looks good. What was the fit like? (of the Chinese panels)

Absolutely perfect.

Being picky the matt panel colour match isn’t quite right but I’m replacing it all so doesn’t matter.

The gloss panels needed polishing properly as they were packed before fully cured so gassed a bit dulling the lacquer... not a big deal as know a man who can...

Edited by Mr OCD on Monday 23 July 20:33

[Biker's Nemesis]

Mr OCD said:

Gavia said:

Have you learned from it though?

Give me a chance - not even got back on it yet!

Put the rear footpegs on and I'll take you for a spin to get your head sorted.

[Mr OCD]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Put the rear footpegs on and I'll take you for a spin to get your head sorted.

I sold them ... absolute sod to remove so I’d never fit them again. They’d have saved the rear tail unit ironically ... :/

[Biker's Nemesis]

Mr OCD said:

I sold them ... absolute sod to remove so I’d never fit them again. They’d have saved the rear tail unit ironically ... :/

They saved my exhaust when I crashed mine.

[Mr OCD]

Biker's Nemesis said:

They saved my exhaust when I crashed mine.

Exhausts survived with a tiny mark on the carbon cap...

[B'stard Child]

Pat H said:

chris4652009 said:

scunnylad said:

Continuing the yellow yam theme

Pure filth, outstanding collection you have there

I'll take the smelly one, thanks.

Get in the Q for that one

[B'stard Child]

Andybow said:

chris4652009 said:

That Harley looks ace.
What is the other bike?

Fantic caberello

Edited by Andybow on Monday 23 July 12:33

Is it sad that I knew that or just proof that I grew up in a different Era??

[Pat H]

podman said:

Built in the riders shed! Scooter underneath the bodywork..

That is the most brilliant two wheeled contraption that I have seen for a very long time.

Ideal for pottering down to the pub.

Any more info?

[tvrolet]

B'stard Child said:

Andybow said:

chris4652009 said:

That Harley looks ace.
What is the other bike?

Fantic caberello

Edited by Andybow on Monday 23 July 12:33

Is it sad that I knew that or just proof that I grew up in a different Era??

Was it that Fantic that the pedals didn't actually lock but just hung down together and swung back and forth, or was that the Garelli? As a proud SS50 owner our pedals locked but IIRC they locked to the swing arm, so as the swing arm went up and down so the pedals went down and up.

A 5th year lad at school arrived on Fantic Chopper one day, and while we were impressed with the styling, by that time we were 6th year lads with proper 250s, and so mopeds were 'beneath us'. But in retrospect it was a well styled bike for a 16 year-old; indeed that whole era with SS50s, FS1Es etc were good looking bikes with some ingenious workarounds to allow them to be pedalled....well sort of...

[podman]

Pat H said:

podman said:

Built in the riders shed! Scooter underneath the bodywork..

That is the most brilliant two wheeled contraption that I have seen for a very long time.

Ideal for pottering down to the pub.

Any more info?

Agreed... The machine gun only just pipped it !

No, other than it bottomed out on some of the undulations on the grass..

[dern]

Done a bit of work on my scruffy commuter... installed a top box, painted the horrible scratched silver screen with some peelable black paint I had in the garage, replace the levers with some with working adjusters and delinked the brakes.

[Otter Smacker]