National Motorcycle Museum

On Apr 30, 11:21 am, "TOG@Toil" <>
wrote:
[bikes of the world]

UK, German, Japanese. And Italian if you could a bike designed and
assembled by Yamaha Italia as Italian (I personally don't).

 

I'm gobsmacked you've never had a Slowlex or Moby.

 

Sounds dreadful, doesn't it. When they torched the place a few years
ago, I thought they might at least use the insurance payout to replace
it with something more interesting.

 

I thrashed, er, rode an old 1950s Motoconfort at the AVAC classic bash
in France a few years ago. A 125, I think it was. It went rather well.
Or was it a Monet & Goyon? I disremember now.

Apparently it as the treasured possession of some French burd, whose
expression as I gave it the beans was one of absolute horror.

 

TOG@Toil wrote:

The engine from my Ducati 160 Monza Junior was sat on my front room
window ledge for 3 years as an ornament - best place for it.


--
Lozzo
Suzuki SV650S K5
Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

 

Japanese (lots)
Austrian (Puch Maxi)
German (NSU Quickly)
British (Triumph Daytona)
Italian (Ducati Monza Junior)

Five nationalities, of which only four bikes were from countries other
than Japan out of the 200 plus that have passed through my hands over
the years.


--
Lozzo
Suzuki SV650S K5
Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

 

Heh! How could I forget my Maxi??? My first ever powered two-wheeler.

Right, seven, then.

 

Only five:

Brit (AJS,Matchless,Triumph)
Jap (Suzuki and Yamaha, 2 strokes only)
Italian (Morini, Gilera , Guzzi, SWM)
German (BMW)
French (Voxan)

Still not entirely ruling out the US yet (Buell 1150R). Then I could
at least claim a full set of 72 degree V twins.

PF

 

Until the fucking Soviets invaded Afghanistan, by all accounts it was a
great place to travel through - Westerners being greeted with
friendliness and hospitality. It'll be a long time before anybody from
the West feels safe there again.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Japanese - various
E. German - MZ
W. German - R80
Italian - Vespas and Guzzi T3
British - Starfire and some shite old Enfield twin

Er... that's it.

--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

I can vouch for that personally. One example - there were two girls
amongst the six of us [1], and all the way across the country we made
exstensive use of the little tea houses that you find everywhere.
Unfailingly we were met hospitably. It wasn't until well afterwards
that I realised that these tea houses are as "women prohibited" as
gentlemen's clubs in England. We weren't even given a hint of it at
the time - because we were visitors and visitors are treated politely.

In fact, the only country I've found to beat it for hospitality is
Iran.

[1] Overland to India in 1970 by VW Microbus, as one did.

 

Five. I lose by one.
French (Mobylette),
British (Royal Enfield,
Triumph, BSA, James),
Japanese (Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki) ,
Italian (Ducati),
East German (MZ)

 

Until the Warren Terra invades, yes. Yet another country fucked.

That's something I really wanted to do, back then. Job and stuff got in
the way.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, "TOG@Toil"

Heh.

British - two.
Japanese - many.
German - one.
Indian - one.

Err...

No, that's it, I think.

Unless...

Well, the BlingMobile was actually built in Septicistan, so:

American - one.

 

I bet they have some very shiny fire extinguishers.

 

So was my last comment but it obviously parted your hair as it went
flying over.

 

British
Italian
American
Austrian
Japanese
Portugese
East German
West German

Are you sure you've only owned five because I was sure you said you
had a Puch moped? I'm assuming mopeds count for this one...

 

Yes, I forgot that, and the Jap factor. So I'm on seven.

You pipped me by one.

 

On that basis, the Wing was built in Murka, but is a Canadian model,
imported from Holland, so that's 3 for a start.

Otherwise:

2 Suzukis
5 Kawasakis
4 Hondas

 

No advance: West German; Czechoslovakian; Italian; lots of Japanese.