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02-12-2006, 04:39 AM
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lol, i have a true archaic bike then, a 1943 royal enfield 350, its green goes up to 58mph and is fun to ride, they dont call em thumpers for nothing, they rattle you about a bit at times, but have a factor 90 grin to em. |
02-12-2006, 07:55 AM
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Those Pics make me so sad Anthony But the new dream bikes Kicks A$$ I have a 2005 limitied edition all Black Yamaha R6 I just love it my hubby has theexact same bike and we have a great time riding them |
02-12-2006, 11:29 AM
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Hey madjon, I love those old british thumpers. Had a 500 Matchless, took the heal of my cowboy boot starting it, also 350? BSA, 500 triumph and a few nortons. |
02-12-2006, 09:25 PM
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the old bikes a good way to chill and see where your going, not going full speed everywhere has some benefits, it handles well and is fun to ride, also i can catch myself if i drift off a bit, its more forgiving in handling than a snappy race bike, everybody seems to be going from a to b as fast as possible, ridden a 500 matchless before, nice bike, though it did kick back and send me off the other side! |
02-12-2006, 09:36 PM
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The old Nortons are nice... the new Nortons are also very nice. I do know, that I am not worried now about fast, but more I love the Agusta styling, quality and build. Riding an Agusta is like riding a Harley... you have a fat the entire time, the power is present if you want it, but the pure riding brilliance the bike delivers under you just makes all your worries disappear whilst upon them. |
03-12-2006, 11:29 AM
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sounds like you have found a good bike for you, everybody has their own ideals in a machine and what they like about them, what you can hope for is finding the one which you are after, sounds like you have found what you are after which is good, ive played with jap bikes and im too slow to react now, have a norvin sprint racer in the workshop which my old dad used to ride in races, hes 70 and rebuilding it to go racing! im too slow in reactions now to do it, had a few high speed adventures of me own though, im alive so the god of the road must have liked me, o to shit yer pants in 6 seconds, or about 180hp and way too fast down the motorway, cant handle speed now, i prefer a slower pace of life, being alive and getting there seems to be me nowadays, currently rebuilding bike and have no transport,which is a bummer, but should be finished for summer:smoking: |
03-12-2006, 11:33 AM
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ok trying to get picture of how it looked a few months ago on, so bear with me. |
03-12-2006, 07:13 PM
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Ohhh... I love the old bikes restored. I like slow and get their also actually, just love the Agusta, even though it has a shitload of power, I am with you, in that I don't have the reactions like I used too at 20... I think PTSD has a lot to do with it actually. |
03-12-2006, 11:56 PM
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Not to Many people would know what a NorVin is. It was a long time before anything came close to what those old beasts could do. The featherbed frame is still considered one of the best handling tube frames and it's over 50 years old, and you just got to love that old Vincent Motor. The one Bike I dream of getting my hands on is a Brough Superior with the JAP motor. I also love horse power even tho I just cruise around it's nice to be able to melt the rear tire if you need to or pass that line of cars with just a little twist of the wrist. |
04-12-2006, 10:56 AM
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my (older) brother got himself the "New Triumph Bonneville" when they started making them again in 2001
that's all it took to give me the bug again
but i consider riding in town nothing short of urban combat!
all senses on red alert
hell, i'm hyper vigilant anyway thanks to PTSD
do any other riders feel like the 2 kinda go together?
it's a hoot to make the British Motorcycle Rally each year and see the old farts like us get out... | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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