It's mine!

Occasionally, the idea of having your "perfect bike" is discussed
on here. You know, the bike that that was on your wall as a
spotty oik. The bike that would stop any conversation with mates
if it passed in the street.

And, although I haven't got a MIB#, I coveted the ultimate MIB bike.
A Proper Bike. A big fsck-off engine, with a wheel at each end. Evil
handling, but - let's be honest - who cares? A bike to stir the soul.

And now I have one.

The sharp eyed among you will notice a couple of problems.
It's not road-worthy. In the slightest.

The lack of exhaust is, frankly, not a problem. With A Proper Bike, an
exhaust is a legal nicety, and the lack allows you to properly
hear what the engine is doing. No, the bigger problem is the
current lack of tank. But these are issues for the oncoming winter.
And some of you might notice the non-straightness of the handlebars.
Again, a soluble issue.

Oh, and my new digital camera can provide photos for the masses:

http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~wfg1001/Vmax/dscn0236.jpg
http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~wfg1001/Vmax/dscn0237.jpg
http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~wfg1001/Vmax/dscn0238.jpg
http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~wfg1001/Vmax/dscn0240.jpg

 

In William Grainger <> fumbled, fiddled and
fingered:

ISTR V Max tanks are underseat are'nt they ?

--
Steve Parry

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

http://wrexhamseals.tripod.com

 

(William Grainger) somehow managed to post:

I take it Image 0239 went to worldwide-wives.com?

 

I hear they are not very good in the wet!

 

< snip stuff>

Will you please stop wasting my very, very limited bandwidth. ;o)

--
Alan

http://www.ads-training.co.uk
"Kneesliders Sponsored by Cane"
GSX-R1000 , Triumph Thunderbird, ZXR750L2 Racer(gone), GS500,
GHPOTHUF#27
TGF, UKRMFBC#7, Two#24, BOTAFOF#11, YTC#9, GYASB#1. SbS#23.
DFWAG#2, DS#2, DIAABTCOD#20. remove "thisbit" in the reply
http://sportsbike.org (our own endurance team) http://Team-ukrm.com
"Nemo repente fuit turpissimus"

 

heh.

Actually, the truth is far more boring. It was
out of focus.

 

<fx: waits expectantly by postbox>

 

True, the tyres are a bit on the slick side...

 

You know, I think you're right. I meant, of course,
"lack of thing that most people would assume is the
tank, but actually isn't".

 

Are you still in a pikey low bandwidth area then?

(as I would be if I was posting from home)

 

This guy's got a tank for your vmax; maybe he'll sell it to you

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/eng/papercraft/vmax/index.html

 

<snip>

You'll soon get board with it.

 

It takes long enough to download from work, though - Champ'll be along
soon to shout at you too.

 

Literally.

 

Ignore him, he's going through the male menopause. ;o)

--
Alan

http://www.ads-training.co.uk
"Kneesliders Sponsored by Cane"
GSX-R1000 , Triumph Thunderbird, ZXR750L2 Racer(gone), GS500,
GHPOTHUF#27
TGF, UKRMFBC#7, Two#24, BOTAFOF#11, YTC#9, GYASB#1. SbS#23.
DFWAG#2, DS#2, DIAABTCOD#20. remove "thisbit" in the reply
http://sportsbike.org (our own endurance team) http://Team-ukrm.com
"Nemo repente fuit turpissimus"

 

Didn't know you spoke Russian.

 

*I* don't...

Claire's degree is officially German and Russian.

 

I suspected she was the clever one in your marriage.

 

Not that clever; after all, she married me.

 

Schoolboy error.