That's good, then

I'm undecided about the styling, but it's growing on me. I suspect
it'll look quite something in the flesh. Roll on 06?

 

Nice choice sir.

 

No URL, but it's a fairly unremarkable place on an estate near
Basildon.

 

http://www.motobykz.co.uk/Hesketh/Hesketh.htm

A Gentleman's Motorcycle, built by a company (once?) owned by Lord
Hesketh who (IIRC) was associated with James Hunt's F1 racing.

Actually it's quite you, I think.

 

said:

And as they make (IIRC) only 6 a year, a two year waiting list would be
more than expected.

 

Andy Bonwick wrote

AOL.

 

Very very nice. <green eyed monster> Git. </gem>

 

very nice.

 

Nice one. For a minute there you had me worried, cos I assumed when I read
your post that you'd lost your senses and gone and ordered one of them new
1200GS BMW uglymobiles.

 

Can I sit on the crate?

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Dunno if it's just me...

....but most of the posts in this thread are saying it's a lovely bike.
Now, I'm sorry Ben, but I just can't see the attraction.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Can't say I'm overkeen on the colour of that one, but a red one would be
just so ('s'talian innit). A black one ... even better.

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Nope, that's my job....

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eric the brave <"simonb_at_zapik_dot_co_dot_uk"@foo.com (eric the

Only if you go on the Cane diet.

 

Eh? I've come over all Italian. I thought you'd like that,
Guzzi-man.

 

I think so.

It just looks so *cool*.

 

I'll have one of each.

 

Ben Blaney said:

I rode one about 15 years ago - it was quite nice, in a slightly
agricultural way. Quick enough, not too heavy, but slow gearchange.

A gentlemans bike - but a country gent, not a gent-about-town like you.

 

I beg to differ. Maybe I just don't see the point in making something
new look like something old. That design idea has been done, why not
do something new?

It is very 'you' though from what I can recall of our conversations of
bikes you'd like.

 

Because it's still good-looking, I suppose. A D-type Jaguar will
always be a good looking car, for example.

You remember correctly!