Margate Meltdown...

[thanetspeedshop]

Loads of motorbikes at the seaside; here's some I 'specially liked:

[bamberwell]

i love jota's!! one of our van drivers has a montjuich....

[Chipchap]

bamberwell said:

i love jota's!! one of our van drivers has a montjuich....

Not normally a fan of Jota's when they have the multi adjustable bars etc but that one with big cowhorns and that lovely tucked in 3 into 1 will give off a lovely howl.

Needs the fork legs swapping over left to right though to get those lovely P8 Goldline calipers behind the forks.


Allan

[thanetspeedshop]

Yeah, seen that Jota about a bit locally and it does sound great.

120 deg RGS/SFC may not sound quite as good, but how cool?

[giocast]

yes T, it was the coolest thing.

[jjones]

giocast said:

yes T, it was the coolest thing.

And the all time lurking award goes to...

[Unbusy]

Worth waiting for, some cracking bikes there!
Just waiting for the angry mob to rant over social distancing before noticing ...

[dibblecorse]

Unbusy said:

Worth waiting for, some cracking bikes there!
Just waiting for the angry mob to rant over social distancing before noticing ...

It won't be long, before the other side turn up berating the OP for starting another thread thats obviously trolling motorcyclists flouting the rules lol ...

Lets see ....

[FezSpider]

Lol, there on there way
Nicely done giocast, I see what you did. Fishing today?

[carinaman]

Love the Laverdas. What's the S plate Yamaha?

Spotted a Daewoo Leganza in a background. You don't see those everyday, especially during the lockdown.

[gareth_r]

carinaman said:

Love the Laverdas. What's the S plate Yamaha?...

Yamaha XS250 or 400?

EDIT.
It's a 250.

[carinaman]

gareth_r said:

Yamaha XS250 or 400?

EDIT.
It's a 250.

Thanks. The rear end has been cleaned up with the rear lamp tucked under the tail piece and the plate moved up too?

[gareth_r]

EDIT again. Now not so sure. Might be an RD, although I don't remember red RDs.

According to gov.uk, it's 247cc, which would be RD. XS was 248.


EDIT again again.
RD, I reckon. Looks like the XS seat was level with the top of the tailpiece, and the RD seat was higher.

Edited by gareth_r on Wednesday 8th April 14:51

[carinaman]

Cheers Gareth. I thought myself a bit dim for not checking the MoT history for myself but that just says red Yamaha.

[naetype]

jjones said:

giocast said:

yes T, it was the coolest thing.

And the all time lurking award goes to...

Worth it for the picture of that Laverda Jota... Brings back so many good memories of the local Ice Cream shop Italian owner's son giving it beans round my neighbourhood...

[mister_ee]

gareth_r said:

EDIT again. Now not so sure. Might be an RD, although I don't remember red RDs.

According to gov.uk, it's 247cc, which would be RD. XS was 248.


EDIT again again.
RD, I reckon. Looks like the XS seat was level with the top of the tailpiece, and the RD seat was higher.

Edited by gareth_r on Wednesday 8th April 14:51

If you look closely at the photo, you can see the exhaust through the wheel of the SS50 - it looks like a 2-stroke silencer