[QUOTE] you have the right of it.[/QUOTE] cunt. wot about an R90S in fade-orange paintwork?
I sometimes think about another airhead, but it would be a bit of a mongrel - mono frame, big /6 tank, 1000cc engine with 40mm heads and Del Ortos, 336RS cam etc, S-type fairing, Motobins discount card, and a recovery truck to follow me around.
In Now I like the R90S but loathe the orange one, personally think the smoke grey looks far better. -- Steve Parry Kawasaki ZX12-R <due shortly> 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650 87 Yamaha FS1 Sukida SK90PY 91 Kawasaki AR50 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
I really never much liked either style: black or white with pinstripes was better, preferably on a /6 tank.
In Which is the paint scheme of my uncles 1959 R69 with 8 gallon Horsk (?) tank -- Steve Parry Kawasaki ZX12-R <due shortly> 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650 87 Yamaha FS1 Sukida SK90PY 91 Kawasaki AR50 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
Cray engineering will give you 82bhp at 7500rpm for £1000. As always the limitation is the gearing. I keep looking at the back plate of the gearbox and thinking it would not be hard to replace the plate and driveshaft output with a milled duralamin replacement incorporating a 90deg bevel. Hey presto, chain drive. Would require frame/arm mods to suit. Trouble is unless you have a machine shop prepared to do it on a hobby basis the cost is prohibitive. Easier to take an 1100S and turn it into a decent looking bike with conventional tank and RS fairing. Not as cool though. Given how Pos the R1200S is and www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/192936/images/bmwsportboxer.jpg would you bother with any of it.
Thus spake Champ () unto the assembled multitudes: Sir wants a Munch Mammoth, sir does. <http://www.thecreeper.net/munch.htm> (Note bearded BMW-aproned bloke giving it the eye)
That would be one way of doing it. Madness. I'd be wanting a pleasant old truck to bimble around on, made from a carefully-selected assortment of standard bits, and the little bit of bolting-together that is the limit of my mechanical skills. It would really have to be an old airhead boxer, because that's what I like. Nah, leaves me cold.
What would it be? I have a Guzzi V7 Sport and Ducati 750SS on my list. http://www.allenmotorsports.com/images/motorcycles/Moto Guzzi V-7 Sport advert33.jpg http://www.asl-testsite.co.uk/motors/normal/Ducati-750-SuperSport-1974.jpg
In Z1 -- Steve Parry Kawasaki ZX12-R <due shortly> 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650 87 Yamaha FS1 Sukida SK90PY 91 Kawasaki AR50 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
Aber naturlisch! Loved the hit counter. I assume the interesting rear wheel casting is partly for strength and partly to cool the protesting brake drum. And what I initially thought was an airbox appears not to be. Presumably the toolkit includes a trolley jack. Does it come with the Dixon-Bate already fitted? Couldn't see it in the pics... Regards, Simonm.
From that web page: "The Mammoth was the fastest production motorcycle in the world in its day, and was known for its comfort and speed." Is that true? Was it as fast as a Vincent from twenty years previously?
Now you're talking - an Egli Vincent counts as 70's just no? -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Weren't they built in the sixties? That said, there's a bloke in France still building them after licensing the design AFAIR.
So I see. TBF more of a 60's 'ethos', though I thought they were still being built at the start of the 70's. I've posted this link before so GINGE! http://www.coys.co.uk/auctions/lot....55&PHPSESSID=82edc2a4702f1bf65f13b161941c7eee -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
