Motorbikes

I was a real Beeza fan boy until lured away by sexy Italian hardware!

This one ended in heartbreak, again not the actual bike.
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It lasted a year before the oil turned metaflake when the bigend cages broke up, I spent the next four saving up to repair it, boosted by a payout for getting knocked off my 750F1 honda but before I could do anything about it I got an eviction notice and the money for the bike went on a mortgage deposit.
Tony Brancato ended up with the engine parts and I sold the frame etc to a chap that had bent his crashing on a roundabout.
Looking at this picture I can still feel a longing.

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This one on the other hand went round the clock, twice and is still going.


There was a bit of a rebuild after the first time with some lumpy cams, primary gears, a 950 kit and 36mm carbs but it done over 100,000miles since.
That’s my 3 fondest bikes (or examples thereof) in this thread now, plus an Indian which has still to earn more than respect.

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What a beauty! To me a total contrast of style and appeal to the Guzzi. Whilst I appreciate the engineering that went into the Le Mans models, I could find nothing remotely attractive about the entire marque. One more example of beauty being in the eye of the beholder I guess!

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Dukes of that era didn’t expect to have to work for a living.

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Oh! The pain in my left hand from pulling that clutch lever on a demo ride.Me and my mate went and bought two new Ducati 900 SS with bum stop seats but suffered with aching backs,swings and roundabouts.

The T3 was a bit prettier but I could never get on with the sticky out bits, really.

I know, talk about having to pay (in pain) for your pleasures! But you have to agree, they were both things of singular beauty and charisma. The Italians have forgotten more than the rest of the world knows about the design of cars and bikes!

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This was my 1993 750ss Ducati i had just binned my girlfriend and the bike needed some work the dealer made a mess the year before and i now had the time & space to do the job in comfort :wink:
I did about 90,000 miles in total on this bike and spent loads on it, my God to think of how much i spent on it all most another bike :joy:

Yes the clutch was a bit heavy, especially when someone had put the springs from a 450 in it. Learning to time the gear change and roll out the clutch took a while coming from a Jap 4 with no flywheel worth the name.

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Memories again Yeti,I had the Black and White California with the said bullet proof screen but not sure about that,the bikes used in the ‘Dirty Harry’ films remember.We toured Italy when on the way home the selecter gear spring broke and had to use a bungee to bring the selecter up.The left cylinder gasket blew so out came the HT lead and sparking plug and earthed it to the side of the cylinder, I kept up high revs not to allow the right cylinder to labour.We got home and everything was replace for just a few pence.Me and a mate bought 2 new Ducati 900ss a few years latter.900ss

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Fantastic bikes, though I preferred the looks of the 750’s curvy crankcase cover

The 750ss was a lovely bike but was a little to cramped for me so after 12 months I sold it and bought a new 1300cc Hayabusa which is a bike full of excitement but no finesse.My last bike was Ducati 696 which was the last bike I ever owned.696

I was thinking of the pre-trellis frame 750 without electric start :wink:

@Peder So not my style.

:small_blue_diamond:@opus,…It’s okay,.don’t be sorry about that,we’re all different.

That’s what’s interesting about motorcycles and motorcyclists (bikers).
But before you changed your post,.so you wrote about…
• undriveable bikes,.and…
• wannabee bikers.

:small_orange_diamond:And Kent in my post,.which you refer to,he is one of Sweden’s more famous bikers.
And he comes from Sweden’s most famous biker and car-family.
So I wonder who is a Wannabee Biker…?? :wink:.


• This above,.“the Punisher”,has Kent also built.

This photograph has Kent had in a Bike-magazine,.who made a report on this bike.
This after Kent won first prize in a big Bike-Show with this bike.

/Peder🙂

@Peder I just deleted a long rebuttal. Because I realized you don’t know me. You know nothing about me. I find your comments very childish.

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@artist interesting there’s a fellow named Norman Hossack who designed a modern version of that type of front suspension. It’s called the Hossack Fork. In 2005 BMW came out with the new K1200S, it had an in line 4 and what BMW called the Duolever front suspension. I had a 2006 it was an amazing suspension design. You could have the bike cranked over hard, brake and the bike wouldn’t stand up! You could also just hammer the brakes ( twin 320mm discs and Brembos) and no dive. You could hit a pot hole while leaning in to a turn and the bike would just track no drama. With 172 hp and 100ft pounds of torque, and 525lbs wet. It was a high speed Uber Sport touring monster!

:small_blue_diamond:@opus,…??? :dizzy_face:,.I don’t know,and I absolutely don’t understand what you’re talking about.

But you have a right to your opinion,.as I am entitled to mine.
And I definitely find your comments very childish.
I had time to read your now deleted longer post and was surprised.
You and two others in this thread,.seem to make a difference between people/motorcyclists,this because of what motorcycle they have.

I have Never did that,.and I would Never dream of doing that.
In my world,.everyone who drives a motorcycle is in the same big family…except,of course,.the criminal biker-gangs.


• This picture above is from my friend (Kent’s dad’s) home in Helsingborg,.a real motorcyclist who does not make a difference between people/motorcyclists.

/Peder :slightly_smiling_face:

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You and I have very different views on what being a rider is vs being a poser. As I said before you don’t know me, where I’ve been, what I’ve done and what I’ve seen. Nor do I know your tale.
It’s probably best we just agree to disagree; nothing more to see here.

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