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Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:48 pm
by mogster
I would be happy to give any of them space in the shed
The Indian is really cool.
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:37 pm
by dr_bar
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...
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http://www.bygonebicyclist.com/?p=817
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:17 am
by mogster
Nice
We saw a similar steam powered bike at the Great Dorset Steam Fair last year & it was running!!
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:38 am
by totalmotorcycle
mogster wrote:Nice
We saw a similar steam powered bike at the Great Dorset Steam Fair last year & it was running!!
Amazing!
If gas/petrol gets too high in cost, maybe the next thing will be steam bikes?!
2021 Suzuki GSX-2600R Steam
Mike
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:22 am
by BobK
Here's my RD400, around 1983:
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:15 pm
by mogster
Great jacket
The bike is cool too:D
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:03 am
by BobK
mogster wrote:Great jacket
The bike is cool too:D
It was great! It kept me partially not-soaked. Back in those days ATGATT meant wearing some sort of helmet.
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.
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:16 am
by totalmotorcycle
BobK wrote:Here's my RD400, around 1983:
Ah, reminds me of my old 1982 Yamaha Seca 650R... if it was offered new again I'd buy it (again).
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)
Mike
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:22 pm
by HYPERR
BobK wrote:Here's my RD400, around 1983:
I love the RDs!
I wish I could find a clean unmolested RZ350 KRS.
BTW, how do you like your XR?
Re: Lovely Old Bikes
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:02 am
by BobK
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.
