A thread for the bikers here…….

Puch Maxi
C50
C50
C90
CG125
CB550/4 K3
CD175 Benley
CZ125 Trials….But In wont talk about that one !!!
CB550/4 K3…I like them
Suzuki GT250
Fireblade
XL125 Trials
and my latest wheels….

hey who was laughing at FS1E’s!!!! 😀
great fun on mine… twas a purple one not a ‘kenny roberts’ I’m afraid!

yep Morini’s are great little bikes.. mine was a trailie which was fun.. the sports are wonderful but I’m too well built for one of those… the engines are really nice as is the handling.. 350cc v-twin, belt drive.. spares are easy from North Leicester M/C’s (who also import/sell bikes), and they’ve got a good club…

Re: Desmos

Originally posted by macky42
Yes they came in 250, 350 and 450, Desmo and non-Desmo.

Very nice wee bikes , have you seen the Moto Morini 500 V-Twins , some of these look good and they are advertised in Classic Bike fairly regularly – I was just wondering if anybody has had a blast on one of these ?? , the wee cafe racer ones look good . A good Sunday bike ??

Desmos

Yes they came in 250, 350 and 450, Desmo and non-Desmo.

Re: Pic – 450 Desmo

Originally posted by macky42
This was the most fun bike I ever had, looked and sounded wonderful, and had phenomenal handling. Wish I kept it, the guy who bought it had more sense as he’s still got it 25 years later 🙂

My dad had a Ducati which looked very similar to yours , I seem to remember that his was a 360cc ???

Originally posted by macky42
Wasn’t me with the FS1E, we just laughed at them 😀

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Ooops , sorry , it was Guzzneil.

Pic – Pantah

One of the first belt-drive Dukes in the country. Very expensive for the time (£3500 in 1981), and beset with problems, such as needing a gearbox rebuild within a month. When it was working, a fast and stable ride. Turned heads too!

Pic – 450 Desmo

This was the most fun bike I ever had, looked and sounded wonderful, and had phenomenal handling. Wish I kept it, the guy who bought it had more sense as he’s still got it 25 years later 🙂

Wasn’t me with the FS1E, we just laughed at them 😀

Firstly , Macky42 , Wow an FS1E , I would love to purchase one of them again – remember the ones in the Kenny Roberts colours – black and yellow , I would love to buy any of the YPVS machines , maybe an RD250YPVS – ahhh the smell of burning 2-stroke oil.
And Brad , I admit to speeding on motorway in the past – I bet most people who own bikes will at least try once to see what the max speed is , I work backshift , so when I finish work it is dark and the Motorway is deserted , I have seen 180 mph on the clock of a borrowed Hayabusa – on the M8 at 03:00 . I don’t condone this type of thing , I only do it as I cross the boundary between West Lothian and Strathclyde and both police forces only go as far as the nearest roundabout then turn and patrol the other way , so the stretch of road between Newhouse and Harthill is always empty – if I do see car headlights I slow to a legal pace.
The Ducati trellis frame doe’s look very antiquated , but it has the advantage of being very light , even the engine is a stress bearing part of the structure , it also makes everything on the bike easily accessible .
A 600cc bike is a good starter , my first decent bike was a Kawasaki ZZR600 , I loved that bike – it was reasonably fast and very comfy for long distances – but once you buy a bigger bike it is impossible , I stiil use a RVF400 occasionally but I end up wringing its neck . I did race a few years back but have had a few injuries over the past couple of years ( not all bike related ) , however I have just joined a new club and am thinking of doing the Cupar Motorcycles 400cc Production Series next year , with the RVF.

Heres some questions for the bikers: How many of you go out on a track and do 270kpm (or do you do that kind of speed on public highways)? And isnt 1000cc+ overkill? Ive heard you dont need anything past 550cc. And doesnt the Ducatis steel tube frame look a bit “nostalgic” compared to the japaneese molded aluminum frames?
BTW- I did own a 81 Yamaha 600 once (sold it before I killed myself on it)

Still a shame you don’ t mean by bike the honible fation of riding a bike like this 😀

Q

Don’t actually ride a bike, but I have been an avid follower of all things bike related for a while now and I have to say the new Kawasaki ZX-10R looks awesome!

Regards, Dazza.:cool:

FS1E (‘fizzie’)
CB100N (only bike I’ve bought brand new, Dad had to sign the finance papers!)

BSA A10

Triumph 3TA

Moto-Morini 350cc Kanguro (v-twin trailie)

Triumph (Hinkley) Tiger… great fun that was.. great engine, just pick a speed and it would just do it..

Currently…

just a 1975 Moto-Guzzi T3 with marzochi front end, borrani wheels, LM2 cyl heads etc etc etc.. and an electrical fault which means it won’t charge! don’t ya just love those GERMAN electrics!

Neil.

BSA Bantam D7
CZ 250 (cheapo Czech workaday bike but excellent handling)
Ducati 450 Desmo (glorious)
BSA A10 (in bits)
Ducati 200 Elite (in bits)
Ducati 900 GTS
Ducati 500 Pantah (first of the belt-drive V-Twins, a bit fragile)
Honda 250 Superdream
Suzuki Bandit 600

The last two were just for commuting. Don’t have anything at the moment, just as well probably as I’m one of these old ‘born-again’ bikers and bound to have an accident
😀

A 999 or RSV Mille would be nice.

Kawasaki GPz550 1988-90
Kawasaki ZZR600 1990-91
Kawasaki ZZR600 1991-94
Kawasaki ZZR1100 1994-96
Honda VFR 400 1995-present ( smashed )
Yamaha YZF750R 1996-96
Yamaha YZF750SP 1996-1997
Yamaha FZR400 1997-98
Honda RVF 400 1998-98 ( smashed two in one year )
Ducati 900SS 1999-2000
Ducati 888SP 1998-Present (in boxes )
Ducati 748 1999-2000
Honda CBR1100 1999-2000
Ducati 996 2003-present

And various other sheds , 1100 Suzuki Katana , Honda CB900 etc

Not on the road

Aprilia RS250 – trackday use
Honda CBR600 – ex-Clubmans , trackday use
Honda RVF400 – race bike – for next years Cupar Motorcycles 400cc Scottish Production Series
Yamaha TY80 My sons
Yamaha TY175
Kawasaki KX250
Honda XR400
2 Ossa 250cc’s
1 Ossa 350cc

Hmmm , only a partial list – the rest were just cheapo transport

Wants – An Aprilia RSV Mille , Ducati 999 and a Velocette Venom