The Bikeshite Thread

[hairnet]

Hardly rideable

[brandersnatch]

Saw this a couple of weeks ago.

 

Note pie warmer!

Possibly shite

 

 

One's too many, ten's not enough!

[twosmoke300]

Just been out for a little bimble on the wet dream and really enjoyed it .

 

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[John F]

brandersnatch, on 20 May 2017 - 9:32 PM, said:

Saw this a couple of weeks ago. IMG_1313.JPG

 

One's too many, ten's not enough!

 

I had to laugh at Santa Claus in the background:-D

[michael1703]

What the Fuck?

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbikes/honda-cbr900-fireblade-streetfighter-project/1238241647

[andy18s]

Ah the famous car wheel conversion

Great for not going around corners at all.....

[John F]

Does it come complete with the sidecar, then?

[strangeangel]

Ah the famous car wheel conversion

Great for not going around corners at all.....

 

GR8 for sidecar outfits, but otherwise retarded.

[CreepingJesus]

For extra stabilities when on the back wheel innit? Also, wide car tyres cheaper.

[LostnotFound]

What the Fuck?

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbikes/honda-cbr900-fireblade-streetfighter-project/1238241647

Just needs finishing off... By being chucked into the back of a transit and bridged?

[brandersnatch]

 

A fair few years ago, this was taken in 2004, I owned this. Rover V8. Auto box. Sierra IRS.

Looks shite! Wasn't! Handled well, went well. Never let me down. Still going well, I saw it last year.

 

 

One's too many, ten's not enough!

[CreepingJesus]

Remember being wowed by Tom Tuohy's trikes many years ago, but I've long wondered...how well do they steer? What's the turning circle like?

[jonathan_dyane]

Surely not the Windscale Tom Touhy?

[michael1703]

Saw this a couple of weeks ago. IMG_1313.JPG

 

Note pie warmer!

IMG_1314.JPG

Possibly shite

 

 

One's too many, ten's not enough!

Things to note in picture

 

Man with invisible dog has a drink problem as apparent with the bottle in his pocket

 

There's a man with a purple beard

[brandersnatch]

Remember being wowed by Tom Tuohy's trikes many years ago, but I've long wondered...how well do they steer? What's the turning circle like?

That's a Tom Touhy trike. Number 77. It really was very good. Steering was a bit heavy but it would track straight and true and corner very well. Turning circle was fine, never gave any problems.

 

 

One's too many, ten's not enough!

[brandersnatch]

Things to note in picture

 

Man with invisible dog has a drink problem as apparent with the bottle in his pocket

 

There's a man with a purple beard

That's not a drink problem, he's looking after his bottle very well.

Also there's always a man with a purple beard!

In my world anyway

 

 

One's too many, ten's not enough!

[John F]

I'm taking my CBX750F in for its first MOT in nine years tomorrow...

[Guest Hooli]

What the Fuck?

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbikes/honda-cbr900-fireblade-streetfighter-project/1238241647

 

Must be a few bits there worth saving to fix another blade.

[michael1703]

I'm after the carbs for my wife's blade, they're £150 nowadays as ever fits them on kit cars have pushed the price up.

[Aston Martin]

I saw two Goldwings in convoy, both had trailers. Might as well just buy an Aygo.

[John F]

I saw two Goldwings in convoy, both had trailers. Might as well just buy an Aygo.

 

I used to regularly see a fully-dressed Goldwing with sidecar & trailer around Margate when I lived in that part of the world. And occasionally an NSU Kettenkrad, which was much, much nicer.

[Eddie Honda]

I saw two Goldwings in convoy, both had trailers. Might as well just buy an Aygo.

What no chairs and matching his 'n' hers clothing?

[John F]

John F, on 21 May 2017 - 9:59 PM, said:

I'm taking my CBX750F in for its first MOT in nine years tomorrow...

 

Pass, no advisories

[brandersnatch]

Haven't seen one of these for years. My first bike! First of August 1980 not that it's an important date to me or anything

Can't be many left now.

 

 

One's too many, ten's not enough!

[John F]

No indeed, iirc the z250's cam ran in the head which killed lots of them off at a young age.

[twosmoke300]

I was unlucky enough to have one of those and it's bigger even more unreliable sibling the gpz305 . The 305 was a nice bike - when it ran

[John F]

I was unlucky enough to have one of those and it's bigger even more unreliable sibling the gpz305 . The 305 was a nice bike - when it ran

 

Wow, they've got their own website

 

http://www.z250.co.uk/index.html

 

(Discovered whilst double-checking whether later models of the z250 also got a belt drive like the GPz 305... they did)

[twosmoke300]

Just post after post on oil intervals and cam bearing line boring I'm guessing ?

[John F]

twosmoke300, on 22 May 2017 - 8:02 PM, said:

Just post after post on oil intervals and cam bearing line boring I'm guessing ?

 

Nope, not even that... it appears to be a solo effort from some dyed-in-the-wool z250 licker & mainly consists of some old press photos & a description of the features of each model.

 

Nary a mention of phosphor bronze, sadly.

[DodgeRover]

The old XL or CB 250 used to run well with 1000 mile oil changes a friend ran his cb250rs upto about 50k before we stripped it for a look and it was spotless.