Author Topic: The cool bike thread...... (Read 72981 times)

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #500 on:** 26 August 2020, 05:53:29 pm »

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Not a fan of these efforts, way too weedy for my taste 🤷‍♂️ looks like someone's stuck an engine on a push bike.

I really like the Beemer, I love the way the whole thing flows from front to back, and for once the minimalism really works. Plus its got an almost surreal comic book look about it. But it is real and road legal (with a few bits removed for the photoshoot).
It only weights 168kg wet. Would definately turn heads.

ogri48 · « **Reply #501 on:** 26 August 2020, 07:47:21 pm »

i got this old friend back. since selling it to me mate tom about five years ago hes done a few quid onnit to say the least. acra ti system is gorgeous. single seat unit and various carbon fibre is nice, but the uprated clutch and MCT suspension is even nicerer. parked outside me workshop, is it cool? me grandaughter thinks so...

ogri48 · « **Reply #502 on:** 26 August 2020, 07:50:53 pm »

talking of Tom, i fitted a side plate conversion to his new rocket three then took it arooond the airfield for a hoon. Is it cool? dunno. but its ridiculously foccing fast and hen some. in piss pot and t shirt once the revs went past 3k it was more than flesh and blood can stand...

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #503 on:** 27 August 2020, 10:07:58 am »

Ogri, is there something wrong with the gravity in England just now?
Yeah the Yamaha is cool, more so with the exhaust fixed with the Akra stuff. Goodness only knows what Yamaha were thinking when they decided to make that. They seem to hold value well. I like em.
I'm not so sure about the Triumph. Thought the previous Rocket was a stinker. Obviously I've not riden one, but I just think it would scare the hell out of me - stupid fast, then hard work to get round a corner. Sure its got go, but really its all show - no?

fazersharp · « **Reply #504 on:** 27 August 2020, 12:49:57 pm »

Quote from: ogri48 on 26 August 2020, 07:50:53 pm

talking of Tom, i fitted a side plate conversion to his new rocket three then took it arooond the airfield for a hoon. Is it cool? dunno. but its ridiculously foccing fast and hen some. in piss pot and t shirt once the revs went past 3k it was more than flesh and blood can stand...

Looks like you took that when you got off and was on your hands and knees

coffee · « **Reply #505 on:** 28 August 2020, 04:21:34 pm »

Quote from: VNA - BMW Wank on 27 August 2020, 10:07:58 am

Ogri, is there something wrong with the gravity in England just now?
Yeah the Yamaha is cool, more so with the exhaust fixed with the Akra stuff. Goodness only knows what Yamaha were thinking when they decided to make that. They seem to hold value well. I like em.
I'm not so sure about the Triumph. Thought the previous Rocket was a stinker. Obviously I've not riden one, but I just think it would scare the hell out of me - stupid fast, then hard work to get round a corner. Sure its got go, but really its all show - no?

Don't it just show how people's choices differ ? I think both those look great! I road tested a Rocket 3 some years back though and it was daunting,the power was brilliant but the weight around slow corners and trickling in traffic was an issue for me,so much so I took the bike back before I had to,but I'm a bit of a shortarse so maybe a bigger rider wouldn't find it an issue.I really think that yamaha looks the bizz though.

Oldgit · « **Reply #506 on:** 29 August 2020, 06:02:04 pm »

this new Triumph Rocket looks like a Tonka Bike.
or a BSA Bantam on steroids.

Dudeofrude · « **Reply #507 on:** 03 September 2020, 10:50:13 am »

Yes please

Dudeofrude · « **Reply #508 on:** 08 September 2020, 08:58:46 pm »

Can't remember if its been posted before, but how about a FZS600 🤔

john roche · « **Reply #509 on:** 12 September 2020, 04:23:11 pm »

A few years back my VFR left a good part of its fairing in France after massive hailstones settled and turned the road surface to ice. It's sat in the back of the garage since. RecentlyI decided to put it back on the road as quickly and cheaply as possible. I don't think it looks too bad:

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #510 on:** 16 September 2020, 05:12:56 pm »

This is kinda sweet;
BMW G650;

coffee · « **Reply #511 on:** 19 September 2020, 11:22:02 pm »

What a cracking tool for mooching about and going to work,etc.

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #512 on:** 20 September 2020, 09:58:32 am »

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What a cracking tool for mooching about and going to work,etc.

Yeah, it is sweet. I want one.

Dudeofrude · « **Reply #513 on:** 20 September 2020, 11:10:27 pm »

https://www.carscoops.com/2020/09/bmw-r-ninet-kit-makes-the-bike-look-like-a-1930s-r7-prototype/

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #514 on:** 01 October 2020, 04:51:51 pm »

More CBX madness;

coffee · « **Reply #515 on:** 02 October 2020, 05:22:33 pm »

That is just FABULOUS

perhaps the nicest bike I've seen in a long time,WOW !!!

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #516 on:** 02 October 2020, 05:42:48 pm »

Now try this angle. Do you still like it?

vinnyb · « **Reply #517 on:** 02 October 2020, 06:37:38 pm »

A beautiful looking engine ruined by 80% of it's cycle parts.

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #518 on:** 02 October 2020, 07:55:19 pm »

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A beautiful looking engine ruined by 80% of it's cycle parts.

I think it looks absolutely fantastic in the first shot, then in the second I’m just not sure. It is certainly different, clever and the quality of work looks very good.

Would love to see it in the flesh, then maybe I could make my mind up.

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #519 on:** 02 October 2020, 07:56:18 pm »

Oldgit · « **Reply #520 on:** 03 October 2020, 03:43:45 pm »

I would have my doubts about it's stability at speed with that front suspension/fork set up.

coffee · « **Reply #521 on:** 04 October 2020, 08:24:18 pm »

Quote from: VNA - BMW Wank on 02 October 2020, 05:42:48 pm

Now try this angle. Do you still like it?

Nope! that moody collector box spoils it entirely for me ,I would even have let the number plate go.

john roche · « **Reply #522 on:** 05 October 2020, 02:01:10 am »

I used to think bad taste was better than no taste. now I'm not sure?

fazersharp · « **Reply #523 on:** 06 October 2020, 04:59:23 pm »

Quote from: john roche on 05 October 2020, 02:01:10 am

I used to think bad taste was better than no taste. now I'm not sure?

Most of these bikes do not look like they could actually be ridden. How do you not burn your leg on that exhaust.
Think the thread should be renamed - The Stupid Bike Thread.

vinnyb · « **Reply #524 on:** 06 October 2020, 09:29:49 pm »

Here you go Sharpie. Cool and useable