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02GF74

posted on 29/1/08 at 11:03 AM Reply With Quote
anyone like old bikes?

I mean really really old bikes
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DarrenW

posted on 29/1/08 at 12:20 PM Reply With Quote
Arent they nice. Wonder if they can be road legal?

Go to information, mouse on bottom lh pic - you will find the bikes have a Filly Functional Front Springer. How very spiffing.






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Mr Whippy

posted on 29/1/08 at 12:32 PM Reply With Quote
I think being replicas they would need to conform to current regulations as far as lights, noise, emissions etc... that could be a problem.





Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet

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Dick Axtell

posted on 29/1/08 at 02:06 PM Reply With Quote
Mr. Whippy,

See you're building - "JBA Falcon,VW buggy,Beetle, F1 car & M bike".

What, all at the same time?? Where does work (sorry for that word) fit in??





Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!

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pewe

posted on 29/1/08 at 02:41 PM Reply With Quote
If you like those sort of bikes you could do worse than going to watch the Banbury run held each year around (suprise) Banbury in June.
See www.banbury-run.co.uk/ for more details and pics.
Cheers, Pewe

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Confused but excited.

posted on 29/1/08 at 06:31 PM Reply With Quote
Waaaaaah, want one, now!





Tell them about the bent treacle edges!

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rusty nuts

posted on 29/1/08 at 07:17 PM Reply With Quote
Thought you meant some of my ex's
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Confused but excited.

posted on 29/1/08 at 08:06 PM Reply With Quote
That explains the rusty nuts.





Tell them about the bent treacle edges!

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Mr Whippy

posted on 29/1/08 at 08:51 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dick Axtell
Mr. Whippy,

See you're building - "JBA Falcon,VW buggy,Beetle, F1 car & M bike".

What, all at the same time?? Where does work (sorry for that word) fit in??


You don't know the half of it. Add building kit houses, restoring a sailing boat and doing r/c models to that and your starting to getting there. The days are always too short, so I'll sleep when I'm dead as they say.

Oh I do work full time in an office 8 - 5.





Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet

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rusty nuts

posted on 29/1/08 at 09:00 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
That explains the rusty nuts.



Ooh, thats below the belt!

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Peteff

posted on 30/1/08 at 09:55 AM Reply With Quote
anyone like old bikes?

They are alright to look at but the practise is different. Give me a nice Japanese bike that starts with a button, doesn't break down and doesn't leak oil everywhere any day.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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02GF74

posted on 30/1/08 at 02:34 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
They are alright to look at but the practise is different. Give me a nice Japanese bike that starts with a button, doesn't break down and doesn't leak oil everywhere any day.


why do you assume that? i have to admit i doid not read that mcuh about them but the impression i got is that they are replicas of 100 yr old bike but manufactured with modern materials and technique. obviously they need to be unreliable and drip oil to be 100% authentic.

and then if they break down, you could fix them with a penknife, and old belt and wire. should the same happen with you kawfanny ZXKSRX 1300 mega injected bike you can only get going via the AA or main stealer.

[Edited on 30/1/08 by 02GF74]

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timf

posted on 30/1/08 at 03:23 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
doesn't leak oil everywhere any day.


ah the infamous British bike method of never having to change the oil, run a total loss system and keep topping up






A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."
- Sir Winston S. Churchill, 1952

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Peteff

posted on 30/1/08 at 05:10 PM Reply With Quote
You asked about old bikes,

not replicas of old bikes made with new techniques and materials I wouldn't know about the Jap bike main dealers as my Honda has never broken down, I've only needed to change the filters and oil and put a new battery on it in all the years I've had it.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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