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Bloody photoshop, I've corrected it he's just riding on the edge of a cliff lol

Your wish is my command @Marcel , if only we were all as sharp as you ..........

Having a 1973 bike is great......in 1973. In 2024 it doesn't hack it in any area!

@busabeast spotted in his "special" truck.

POS!

Great bit of kit, I did everything from the technical trails in the Peak District to touring right over to Colditz Castle, down through the Czech Republic, up and down the Stelvio Pass and home through Switzerland and France. One of my most favourite bikes ever……and as you know, I’ve had a few!

Too long! Probably about six weeks maybe. I think that the tracker draws a fair bit of juice. Same with the GS.

This is going to upset Buckster LOL

Me.......... I can't win a argument

Need you worry not, alls well tipped and didn't fall in to the water (Buckster) Fuck all doing now though so probably back up to the Tewkesbury yard tonight

I had a Chevy! It was a Daiwoo really, scrub that, it was a Vauxhall Astra under the bodywork. Best thing Chevrolet did withdrawing from the UK market.

I suppose they're ok if you stay out of the more modern faster roads and keep to those 40 to 60mph "period" speeds? I sometimes think about flying to Italy or Germany and pick up an old bike to ride back home on back roads. My lack of real mechanical ability kind of doesn't match that fantasy though.

A last desperate attempt to keep up with the Japs, they abandoned it and went for the T140V, a bike with a built in wrist wrestling function that doubled as a clutch.

I'm going to visit a Long Barrow tomorrow

Good luck with test. We off to Costa del Mablethorpe tomorrow about 1pm, did I tell you?

Up early tomorrow morning as the car goes through the ITV/MOT at 8.25am. And Saturday I've got to go to fucking Albox!

I got dragged to the garden centre today and saw this sign. I think it’s perfect for @Buckster’s front door

money money money... totally pointless fight , we all want to see Tyson knock some one out for old times sake though.

Not even Jesus gets tubeless wheels!

Me too, if it weren't for bad luck I would have none at all.

Yeah I thought the same but like you I know someone who won a Merc Pickup thing, plus @ £2.99 a ticket I thought it was worth a punt for the sort of bike I like but would probably never pony up to buy.

I thought those Win A Bike lotteries were sort of dodgy, but someone I know won!, it was a Honda Forza 300, I have entered a couple of times, not holding my breath on a win though.

I was being kind, you haven't met him . He is one of those guys that's in the group but nobody really knows why. Apart from the fact that we have all lived in the same town forever and went to school together. I have entered one of those bike lotteries for a R60/5 with the toaster tank. Very nice, under no illusions about winning but it's nice to dream.

That was you being kind to him? Had to look Adenoidal up, learned a new word today! In my fantasy it would be a white or black single seat R50, 60 or 69S.

Specifically for Mr Can't see for the Vibes, not so hot when you are riding with a group mostly made up with modern bikes, he always has to lead so not to be left or struggle to match the pace. We are all older so don't push that much so not a massive problem but while we are bimbling along at a comfy speed he is wringing his bike to stay with us and consequently not in his bikes comfort zone or his. Plus he is an adinoidal droning fwit so none of us cares that much about him. His only talk is Land Rovers, shot guns and Bonnies and he knows everything about everything else, superior tedious fucker. I could tell many tales but it would be unkind. Now another guy in our group has a stunning 1974 Norton Commando that he has owned for 40 years, nobody minds accommodating him as he is just a decent guy who loves his Norton. I do fantasise about a R80/R90/R100 of some form the 1970's which would probably be close to modern reliability if regularly and well looked after. Don't know if I would ride with my current group with it though. I would love to do what you suggest, sounds like a brilliant adventure.

One of my riding mates has an immaculate 1973 Bonnie, it is genuinely beautiful but he has a problem with the reality of the thing. He will on one breath tell me that anything over 70 mph and he can't see through the vibs then on the next breath tell me how much better his 50 year bike is than mine. I love the old machines the look, style and sound of them but actually wanting one for every day use you genuinely would have to be some sort of masochist.

Proper 2-Wheel tune... From back when Satch still had hair...

Fortunately, that's the price for the Equinox....as if that was any consolation. The $1100 bill for tires & a battery this week on just 1 vehicle, is plenty.

850 for tires for a bicycle? They're more than motorcycle tires?

Well there are three that I'll take a look at , all in Wiltshire . There may be some off-road lanes involved as well

Let’s face it, Jesus has a lot better taste than that.

exactly.. its just a show fight.

If Tyson comes out and starts throwing......how are they going to drag it out for more than 20 seconds?

You're right. Honda's even worse, they put it on the "premium GS level" expensive Africa Twin and all the others get shit

My guess is somewhere around 72 given the disc brake, it looks like some sort of American chopper thing with the wheel sizes, anyone got any more info ?

Even the chinese put tubeless spoked wheels on bikes, what's taking Yamaha and Suzuki so long?

I did live with one many years ago.............. so did @Skippy

How can you have a first look in 2024 of a bike that hasn't changed in 31 years you been in a coma or something

Edit Looking closer looks like it does

It's everything Pete wants in a bike.

Was in search of this but found the upper first,

The time it took you to reply

I knew there'd be a post at the end. If it's made in china,

I’ve been called lots of things, but never that before . My wife worked for a company where the MD was a colonial type, very well spoken with a large period house in its own large grounds. Like everyone else he had to put his bins out at the end of the ( long) drive on bin day. One day he went to collect them and saw that someone had spray pained “ cunt” on one of them. He wheeled it in, didn’t bother to clean the paint off but went and got a spray can and painted “Rich” in front of cunt and just put it out as normal the next week.