Revitalised with another old clunker...
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Over the past couple of years, due to being a bit beat up and not finding my Harleys very comfortable any more, I've been trying a series of more and more insipid, easy to ride, convenient bikes. Still been covering miles in all weathers, but a sort of "going through the motions" really. A mate made me an offer for my Bonneville (Hinckley), so I had a browse through the eBay listings and sort of accidentally bought a pressy for my better half. We had a trundle down to Devon in the TR and the plan was I'd ride it back part of the way just to make sure I was happy with it before handing it over, then she could ride it the rest of the way. Hmmm... I somehow didn't get around to swapping riders and, contrary to my expectations, I could still move after a hundred and twenty miles. Since then it's been spoodled and tweaked and I've been finding excuses to pop out and measure up a bathroom or similar just as a reason to go for a blast - so much so, that I've covered more miles on this in the past month than I'd done in the previous twelve. As for t'other half, might need to get her a puppy...
Laverda 750SF, 1972, 360 degree twin, 65 b.h.p. - plenty fast enough for fun and it sounds glorious.
Laverda 750SF, 1972, 360 degree twin, 65 b.h.p. - plenty fast enough for fun and it sounds glorious.
Cheers, I enjoy cleaning this bike and sitting back with a beer looking at it as much as I enjoy riding it. The TR is running a tuned Rover Vitesse 3.5 V8 lump with e.f.i., so is a lot faster than it looks; the Dodge runs a cast iron, 170c.i. (2.8) slant six with a three speed column change, so is even slower than it looks... and more primitive.
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