The cool bike thread......

[vinnyb]

MV won every 500cc GP title from 1958 through to 1974 and Ago took 7 of those on the bounce from '66 to '72 ('74 was the last time a four stroke won the championship before the start of the two-stroke era)


Awesome stats :eek

  They certainly are, Ago's and MV's. Hailwood is my all time hero ( I actually met him once, I was about 14) but Ago was an incredible rider.

[coffee]

Thing is a lot of those titles were won against manx nortons,G50's,patons,Jawas' etc when the Japs pulled out,Agostini had very little competition for a good few years and when he did he'd struggle against the likes of Saarinen and when Phil Read started beating him after joining MV he was soon on his way.As far as I'm concerned his best days were the sixties when he had some great battles with Hailwood,Read,Ivy,etc, but one of the greatest? on paper maybe but I don't think he deserves to be classed amongst the really great,great riders.Imo he showed his true colours when he shafted Eddie Lawson when he was riding for Marlboro,Eddie asked Ago if the deal was going to be the same as last season and he said they'd pulled the funding and it was going to be a struggle to find funds,what he didn't know was Eddie was well in with the main man at Marlboro and when he questioned it he was told there was no problem with the funding and couldn't understand what Ago was on about,turns out Ago was creaming off the top and wanted to get Lawson as cheap as possible.Eddie jumped ship and won again,a proper great.IMO

[VNA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...e=emb_logo

[coffee]

You'd want understanding neighbours with that one!! :kiss

[Oldgit]

[VNA]

Jesus :eek

[Dudeofrude]

Not to my taste.. but certainly a head turner. And I'm sure there are plenty of people that would think its "cool"

[vinnyb]

It's already been down by the look of it. That's not cool. :rollin

[VNA]

Nothing that a small can of juice and some matches wouldn't fix.I mean seriously, that is one uncool motorcycle. :eek 

[fazersharp]

Fazersharp's bike ----

• Yes officer he punched my wing mirror off.
  
• Officer - can you describe the bike
  
• Err think it was black
  
• Officer - you mean like 1000's of other bikes
  

Sometimes its best not to stand out too much.

[VNA]

Sometimes its best not to stand out too much.

Was it really necessary to repost that thing, just as I am trying to unsee it?

[VNA]

[VNA]

[unfazed]

Anybody remember this cool machine
[img alt=https://orangedition.com/images/Laverda-1000-V6-900px.jpg]https://orangedition.com/images/Laverda-1000-V6-900px.jpg[/img]

[VNA]

Aye, didn't the V6 play a major role in their downfall?

The race bike looks a bit of a mess, but here it is looking a little cooler;

[unfazed]

It was a good engine, but frame design was iffy, clocked 175mph on the straight (in 1977) and ran high up in its debut endurance race until the Universal joint on the shaft drive broke. 
The location of the swinging arm pivot was totally wrong and it was putting huge strain on the UV joint, it finally broke. Rules changed to 4 cylinder make and the project was abandoned.The project did put a huge strain on their resources and the advanced Japanese 4 cylinders that finally nailed its coffin in 1985.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuVz9wY3p8s
Brand is now owned by Piaggio

[coffee]

Sometimes its best not to stand out too much.

Was it really necessary to repost that thing, just as I am trying to unsee it?

I've just took 3 vallium to try and get it out of my mind. :wall

[VNA]

I've just took 3 vallium to try and get it out of my mind.

Relax and sooth your mind by looking at this........

[vinnyb]

What are the mirrors supposed to do?

[VNA]

They are probably there so you can adjust your hair when you park up.  Or just for glancing at now and again whilst riding, just so you can check how cool you look on the bike.