The Indian is really cool.
Lovely Old Bikes
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mogster
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Re: Lovely Old Bikes
I would be happy to give any of them space in the shed
The Indian is really cool.
The Indian is really cool.
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Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Well, I know you like them old, so when I saw this M/C in a magazine, I had to look it up for you...
1894 Roper Steamer...
http://www.bygonebicyclist.com/?p=817
1894 Roper Steamer...
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Two wheels move the soul!"
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Two wheels move the soul!"
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Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Nice
We saw a similar steam powered bike at the Great Dorset Steam Fair last year & it was running!!
We saw a similar steam powered bike at the Great Dorset Steam Fair last year & it was running!!
MOG
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Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Amazing!mogster wrote:Nice
We saw a similar steam powered bike at the Great Dorset Steam Fair last year & it was running!!
If gas/petrol gets too high in cost, maybe the next thing will be steam bikes?!
2021 Suzuki GSX-2600R Steam
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Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Here's my RD400, around 1983:
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Great jacket 
The bike is cool too:D
The bike is cool too:D
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It was great! It kept me partially not-soaked. Back in those days ATGATT meant wearing some sort of helmet.mogster wrote:Great jacket
The bike is cool too:D
Somewhere in my sister's basement there is a picture of me on my old BSA 441, but she's too lazy to dig it out, and I'm an ocean away.
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Ah, reminds me of my old 1982 Yamaha Seca 650R... if it was offered new again I'd buy it (again).BobK wrote:Here's my RD400, around 1983:
3 Reds in a Row. My XJ650R looks great next to the new Ducati and Honda VTR considering it's old enough to be their bike's grandfather! haha.
(That's High_Sides VTR back then BTW)
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I love the RDs!BobK wrote:Here's my RD400, around 1983:
I wish I could find a clean unmolested RZ350 KRS. 
BTW, how do you like your XR?
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The XR is great! It has twice the horsepower and torque of my last bike, a Moto Guzzi Nevada, so it scoots along quite nicely. At idle and slow rpms it shudders and shakes like my old Norton Commando did, but over 3000 rpms it smooths right out so riding along the highway at any legal speed it's very relaxed and comfortable. I don't know how fast it will go; at 150 km/hr it still has plenty left.
It took me a while to get used to the weight of it, but once under way it handles well, and it's very stable on the highway. I was on a rented Suzuki GS500 last week in Tenerife and thought every passing bus and truck was going to blow me off the road.
It took me a while to get used to the weight of it, but once under way it handles well, and it's very stable on the highway. I was on a rented Suzuki GS500 last week in Tenerife and thought every passing bus and truck was going to blow me off the road.