Motorbike and scooter owners.

[Levo-Lon]

MT-09 are a nice bike (very Triumph-esk), a ball ache to do valve clearances on though so you can't have your cake and eat it I suppose..

Triumph Street Triples are nice as well, good handling bike and sound lovely.

Fabulous little bikes

 

[Levo-Lon]

Thanks, it is completely original and unrestored, I’m a bit of a Blade fanatic I’ve owned a few, this was my last one.

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I had one exactly the same, sold it in2010 for £2700, nice bike but i had a zx 12r so it felt a bit wheezy... I know they were mustard when new

 

[Cavalol]

A few more have come and gone recently, nothing special mostly the odd Chinese scooter, an (imported) CM125 and a Piaggio 49cc 2T scooter with a fantastic sounding power pipe. This is currently in my garage though...

Wasn't running, quite a bizarre story from the previous owner as to the reason why. Bloody nice bloke though. Anyhow, getting it into my van was less difficult than we thought, I have scaffold planks for ramps and a small 2 tonne winch, which helped enormously. Less helpful was the winch 'doing a cheap Chinese thing' and wrapping the cable round itself, which meant getting the bike back out a bit erm, 'entertaining' though we did it. It's one incredibly heavy pig of a bike to move, to the point of being stupid, really. Not sure if this model has reverse gear, will have a look one day this week. The exhausts are silly cut down things, bike sounds ridiculous, imho. No MOT and back brake doesn't seem to work, might have a look at it this week.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It's a Honda won't be much wrong

 

[Drago]

I had one exactly the same, sold it in2010 for £2700, nice bike but i had a zx 12r so it felt a bit wheezy... I know they were mustard when new

The full horse unrestricted ZX12 was monstrous, faster than a ZZR1400.

 

[keithmac]

A few more have come and gone recently, nothing special mostly the odd Chinese scooter, an (imported) CM125 and a Piaggio 49cc 2T scooter with a fantastic sounding power pipe. This is currently in my garage though...

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Wasn't running, quite a bizarre story from the previous owner as to the reason why. Bloody nice bloke though. Anyhow, getting it into my van was less difficult than we thought, I have scaffold planks for ramps and a small 2 tonne winch, which helped enormously. Less helpful was the winch 'doing a cheap Chinese thing' and wrapping the cable round itself, which meant getting the bike back out a bit erm, 'entertaining' though we did it. It's one incredibly heavy pig of a bike to move, to the point of being stupid, really. Not sure if this model has reverse gear, will have a look one day this week. The exhausts are silly cut down things, bike sounds ridiculous, imho. No MOT and back brake doesn't seem to work, might have a look at it this week.

Worth replacing the timing belts as they probably have never been done, not a bad job to do really.

 

[Smokin Joe]

A few more have come and gone recently, nothing special mostly the odd Chinese scooter, an (imported) CM125 and a Piaggio 49cc 2T scooter with a fantastic sounding power pipe. This is currently in my garage though...

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Wasn't running, quite a bizarre story from the previous owner as to the reason why. Bloody nice bloke though. Anyhow, getting it into my van was less difficult than we thought, I have scaffold planks for ramps and a small 2 tonne winch, which helped enormously. Less helpful was the winch 'doing a cheap Chinese thing' and wrapping the cable round itself, which meant getting the bike back out a bit erm, 'entertaining' though we did it. It's one incredibly heavy pig of a bike to move, to the point of being stupid, really. Not sure if this model has reverse gear, will have a look one day this week. The exhausts are silly cut down things, bike sounds ridiculous, imho. No MOT and back brake doesn't seem to work, might have a look at it this week.

That is just soo diferent from the original Gold Wing -

 

[Gunk]

I love those, never ridden one but really have an itch I’d like to scratch.

 

[Levo-Lon]

The full horse unrestricted ZX12 was monstrous, faster than a ZZR1400.

Yes the A1, breathtaking power, i loved the power rush

 

[Cavalol]

That is just soo diferent from the original Gold Wing -

Oddly enough, the only other Goldwing I owned was a GL1000. It'd been made into a low rider and was fun to ride. CJX21V, IIRC.

 

[Smudge]

Goldwings have never appealed to me, i've never even rode one.
But i did once test ride the Honda F6C Valkyrie cruiser, that had the same flat 6 motor. Massive great thing that is mad as a box of frogs, but that engine is sublime in how smooth it is.

 

[MarkF]

A few more have come and gone recently, nothing special mostly the odd Chinese scooter, an (imported) CM125 and a Piaggio 49cc 2T scooter with a fantastic sounding power pipe. This is currently in my garage though...

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Wasn't running, quite a bizarre story from the previous owner as to the reason why. Bloody nice bloke though. Anyhow, getting it into my van was less difficult than we thought, I have scaffold planks for ramps and a small 2 tonne winch, which helped enormously. Less helpful was the winch 'doing a cheap Chinese thing' and wrapping the cable round itself, which meant getting the bike back out a bit erm, 'entertaining' though we did it. It's one incredibly heavy pig of a bike to move, to the point of being stupid, really. Not sure if this model has reverse gear, will have a look one day this week. The exhausts are silly cut down things, bike sounds ridiculous, imho. No MOT and back brake doesn't seem to work, might have a look at it this week.

I like those early versions, very USA! Still can't get a small (250-400) trailie out of my mind but they really hold their values compared to larger bikes. I saw an Enfield Bullet trail in Shipley this morning and fell in love.

 

[Archie_tect]

Worked evenings and weekends for 2 years to save up and got a Honda CB200 [the green one, obviously!] in 1976. Went everywhere on it for a year until an artic swung out on a dual carriageway in Leeds and the trailer wheels ran over it. Fortunately I went into the central reservation [no barriers in those days] which saved me- the bike was bent like a banana. There was a police car a few cars behind me who called in support to get the HGV who hadn't stopped. Took a year to get the insurance money by which time I'd got used to the bus.
Some cuts and bruises and a hardline crack in my right tibia but got away with it.

 

[Archie_tect]

I would like one of these one day... if he ever makes more than 2!

https://www.yankodesign.com/2019/11...6xdKcda3GgRsgs8ojo-wcpc8aiM2s_1ITArPPIysfcgx8

 

[Levo-Lon]

That is just soo diferent from the original Gold Wing -

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Stunning looking wing, the only one id ride.
It has the same wow look at me as the Suzuki GT750 kettle from the same era.
Or the H2 and the Z1 and z13... As a kid i was smitten, i panic bought my Puch Maxi as soon as i could at 16