Damerells Bike Night 18/5/23

[Saul]

Popped up to Damerells for the bike night tonight.   Took photos of what interested me.    Probably 100 bikes or so.   Lots of interesting stuff as always.  
 

[Pedro]

Is this one half way from transforming from a camaro into a giant extra terrestrial robot?

[Saul]

1 minute ago, Pedro said:

Is this one half way from transforming from a camaro into a giant extra terrestrial robot?

 

I know hideous thing but the owner was singing its praises.  Not my thing at all but interesting. 

[XTreme]

I like that Transalp!

And that CBX is absolutely stunning!

Me seeing my first CBX at Silverstone in 1978.......

[Saul]

Just now, XTreme said:

I like that Transalp!

And that CBX is absolutely stunning!

Me seeing my first CBX at Silverstone in 1978.......

That CBX only had 8,000 miles on it, like new.  I liked the 400/4 and that had covered 86,000.  Obviously rebuilt, probably more than once but cute little thing all the same.  I liked the Trans Alp but not sure about that colour, now a white one would be better. 

[XTreme]

1 minute ago, Saul said:

I liked the Trans Alp but not sure about that colour, now a white one would be better. 

It is a bit drab......but the TA was always a very understated bike!

[Catteeclan]

That looks better than new.

[XTreme]

19 minutes ago, Catteeclan said:

That looks better than new.

Not even any discolouration in the downpipes!

[Catteeclan]

10 hours ago, XTreme said:

Not even any discolouration in the downpipes!

Do you think he has a van 

[XTreme]

1 minute ago, Catteeclan said:

Do you think he has a van 

[boboneleg]

So this version has some ugly scaffolding on the front end but still no sump guard

 

[XTreme]

30 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

So this version has some ugly scaffolding on the front end but still no sump guard

 

Downpipes are very low as well.

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, boboneleg said:

So this version has some ugly scaffolding on the front end but still no sump guard

 

The guy at the Portuguese dealer says Honda call that a light bar, not a crash bar.

Honestly, looking at it in person I think some of the lower engine only bars they have are plenty enough for a tumble offroad. I wouldn't bother with the ugly ones that go in front of the bike. The exhaust being that low isn't the worse part, there's a sump going almost as low as that on the other side of the exhaust, that would be the primary source of bother, I would say a nice aftermarket engine protection bar and a cover will be fine enough for this bike though, there will be plenty, plus it's a touring bike with non pavement ability, not an enduro bike. 

I've got a gripe with them having the engine made in China though, for that alone I would rather buy a used pre-lcd Africa Twin with the Japanese engine for myself, if I ever were to buy a Honda, even if it ends up being more money than a new one of these.

[XTreme]

3 minutes ago, Pedro said:

I've got a gripe with them having the engine made in China though

I didn't know that!

Are Suzuki the only ones still building in Japan?

[Pedro]

3 minutes ago, XTreme said:

I didn't know that!

Are Suzuki the only ones still building in Japan?

I actually don't know where I got that from 

[boboneleg]

2 hours ago, Pedro said:

plus it's a touring bike with non pavement ability, not an enduro bike. 

But I used to ride my old Transalp everywhere , it was even marketed as a 'go anywhere' travel bike originally.  I think a lot of peeps will be expecting to do the same with this bike .