Pedro Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 As I was heading out after lunch, four bikes arrived, one of them worthy of a picture. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 28/01/2023 at 14:23, Pedro said: As I was heading out after lunch, four bikes arrived, one of them worthy of a picture. Expand Wow......that's an oldie! Worth a few quid these days! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I'm not a great fan of BMW's but i'd love one of those 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 28/01/2023 at 15:00, boboneleg said: I'm not a great fan of BMW's but i'd love one of those Expand I would too, single seat looks just right, though, with the white fender and luggage rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 Shiny paint and “Property of Jesus” sticker make the bike 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 Varied selection of bikes today at the cafe, the Portuguese made 2 stroke SIS Sachs oldie made me take the phone out and show you guys something not very common in the UK, and then I took a couple more pictures. Quite a range of different bikes there today Half ratty VFR750 with broken plastics was the loudest bike by far, which was a surprise considering the exhausts look so silent! Some kind of NC club had a rideout to the area, they had stickers made and everything 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 14:54, Pedro said: Varied selection of bikes today at the cafe, the Portuguese made 2 stroke SIS Sachs oldie made me take the phone out and show you guys something not very common in the UK, and then I took a couple more pictures. Quite a range of different bikes there today Half ratty VFR750 with broken plastics was the loudest bike by far, which was a surprise considering the exhausts look so silent! Some kind of NC club had a rideout to the area, they had stickers made and everything Expand Very unusual to see a Sachs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 15:06, XTreme said: Very unusual to see a Sachs! Expand It was a collaboration between the portuguese company SIS that made the bike and assembled it under license from German Fitchel & Sachs who allowed their engines to be made here. It was a big thing in the 70s when big bikes like you had in the UK were big money. They're not unusual here, obviously. The V5 meant it was a proper bike, it had five gears 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 14:54, Pedro said: half ratty VFR750 with broken plastics was the loudest bike by far, which was a surprise considering the exhausts look so silent! Expand I had one of those in blue, sold a CB750F1 to get it and at first ride i thought i made a mistake as riding it home it seemed to have the same performance as the CB750 which i was disappointed with as i wanted something quicker, but when i got it on the oped road i decided to take it to the red line and oh boy what a difference, when it reached the rev's that the CB was running out of breath at it just took off, it was like a rocket i just burst out laughing to myself, I owned it for about 4 years but had a speeding ticket for three of the four years i owned it so it had to go i was like an idiot on it. Put about 45000 trouble free miles on it except for my bad maintenance it was faultless 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 15:47, Sir Fallsalot said: 450000 Expand In 4 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 14:54, Pedro said: Varied selection of bikes today at the cafe, the Portuguese made 2 stroke SIS Sachs oldie made me take the phone out and show you guys something not very common in the UK, and then I took a couple more pictures. Quite a range of different bikes there today Half ratty VFR750 with broken plastics was the loudest bike by far, which was a surprise considering the exhausts look so silent! Some kind of NC club had a rideout to the area, they had stickers made and everything Expand that blue cb 5 is like the model i used to have only mine was red 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 16:14, XTreme said: In 4 years? Expand Yes in my youth i used to live on the bike didn't have a car so used to commute on it as well as ride for pleasure it had 64000 miles on it when i sold it. I bumped into it in Aberystwyth about two years later and it still hadn't got to 65000 miles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 Surely there's an extra 0 in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 16:51, Pedro said: Surely there's an extra 0 in there. Expand Your wrong Pedro honestly look again LOL Oops 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 16:59, Sir Fallsalot said: Your wrong Pedro honestly look again LOL Oops Expand Bullshitting Photoshopper! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 16:14, XTreme said: In 4 years? Expand Fuck me that's unusual i just remembered the registration number of it i cant remember the numbers of the bikes i have now LOL Not on the road anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 17:07, Sir Fallsalot said: Fuck me that's unusual i just remembered the registration number of it i cant remember the numbers of the bikes i have now LOL Not on the road anymore Expand Can you remember Leigh @Sir Fallsalot ? He’s got a 750 , it’s probably the bike he rides the most now as the rest don’t work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 Seaside neglected bike, no piece of it is not really very corroded. Zoom in 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Thats not got long left to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 25/02/2023 at 10:30, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Thats not got long left to live. Expand It ticks over just nicely and it’s been like that for years already 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 25/02/2023 at 10:34, Pedro said: It ticks over just nicely and it’s been like that for years already Expand How long before it's too rusty to get through and MOT ITV or whatever its called in Portugal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 25/02/2023 at 10:35, Slowlycatchymonkey said: How long before it's too rusty to get through and MOT ITV or whatever its called in Portugal? Expand There is still nothing like that for bikes here, it’s about to start though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 25/02/2023 at 10:30, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Thats not got long left to live. Expand The thing will still keep running despite having no bodywork left. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 25/02/2023 at 10:38, Pedro said: There is still nothing like that for bikes here, it’s about to start though. Expand Well I don't think much of MOT's cos stats wise they don't appear to impact on accident rates but looking at that heap I can see why they'd consider introducing it. Shame though. When's it coming in? Don't you have to get your vehicle emissions checked then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 25/02/2023 at 10:40, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Well I don't think much of MOT's cos stats wise they don't appear to impact on accident rates but looking at that heap I can see why they'd consider introducing it. Shame though. When's it coming in? Don't you have to get your vehicle emissions checked then? Expand In Spain it's only noise levels for bikes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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