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MasterBlaster
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woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Cool, ride Mick, seems to fit the terrain that you show. A growing in numbers elderly population in France, so be careful. Is that your first bike?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Mick!
TreeHouser
Jay.
I rode bikes when I was younger, and occasionally on holiday I'll rent one. I'd rate myself as pretty competent.
I will be careful for sure, my teararse days are behind me. I could have paid half as much and gone twice as fast,
its purely a pleasure ride, never at night/raining/winter etc.
I have gone on record as saying that I'd never do anything risky, but having reach 50 I figured that I owed myself something outside the business and renovation of the house.
Something like this you keep for a decade or so and then when you're too old or lose interest you cash in.
I rode bikes when I was younger, and occasionally on holiday I'll rent one. I'd rate myself as pretty competent.
I will be careful for sure, my teararse days are behind me. I could have paid half as much and gone twice as fast,
its purely a pleasure ride, never at night/raining/winter etc.
I have gone on record as saying that I'd never do anything risky, but having reach 50 I figured that I owed myself something outside the business and renovation of the house.
Something like this you keep for a decade or so and then when you're too old or lose interest you cash in.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Message received. Thanks.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I know a guy that had a few Nortons. One in particular was always trying to kill him. The last straw was when the clutch handle broke at a stop light and shot him out into the intersection into a truck.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Whats the story with them?
They look a lot like the Japanese bikes of the day.
Or do the Japanese bikes look a lot like Nortons? Who followed who?
I want a v 65 Magna.
They look a lot like the Japanese bikes of the day.
Or do the Japanese bikes look a lot like Nortons? Who followed who?
I want a v 65 Magna.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
I guess the first paragraph sums it up.
http://www.classic-british-motorcycles.com/norton-motorcycles.html
I recall riding a Norton and the vibration problem the article speaks about.
http://www.classic-british-motorcycles.com/norton-motorcycles.html
I recall riding a Norton and the vibration problem the article speaks about.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Ha! Thats great.
My second bike was a 72 CB 750. Still have it.
Well, third I guess. First was a Kawasaki 100, then a Honda 90.
I have a CB 350 in the shed too.
My second bike was a 72 CB 750. Still have it.
Well, third I guess. First was a Kawasaki 100, then a Honda 90.
I have a CB 350 in the shed too.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I only had one, a Suzuki DR650, which I used for the entirety of my four month motorcycling career. Wish I had it back. Might actually be for sale, the family friend I sold it to passed away this year. I think I'll pass.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
305, my ride during high school. It had a nice open pipe sound which I could flip open and close with these things on the pipe ends they called "cut outs". Basically just washers on a swivel to muffle the noise. Got a few tickets for that by not seeing a cop in time. The guy that had it before me built it up, put a different cam in it. There was still a guy with the same bike that I could never beat in a straight race. The 250 and 305 were a popular bike. A guy living on my street had a Honda bike dealership.
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SoonerFan
TreeHouser
My first ride...
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Very cool bike, Jay!
Burnham
Woods walker
Mick, I had a Norton 850 back in my college days, was white but otherwise looked just like yours. Fun machine.
Mick!
TreeHouser
I remember reading that earlier in the "your greatest vehicle" thread. Along with Gerry B's statement that it was "one of the best of the Limey bikes" it was part of my decision making process.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Jay, those classic old Jap bikes are still really cheap.
I know of a barn with a water cooled GT750 and a couple of GT500s sitting rotting away.
I know of a barn with a water cooled GT750 and a couple of GT500s sitting rotting away.
Steve Mack
Life Member.
The Japanese started copying British bikes in the 60'. First one I saw here was a Kawasaki W1 in '65, looked much the same as a BSA but sounded different. Both 650's.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
I love moto.....
430am.....waiting to drive to Utah to ride 1000 miles of trail for 12 days....Wish me luck.....I'll try to send pictures if I get a signal......I mean Utah is pretty far out there.
430am.....waiting to drive to Utah to ride 1000 miles of trail for 12 days....Wish me luck.....I'll try to send pictures if I get a signal......I mean Utah is pretty far out there.
