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November 24 Kitt Hill meet


Saul

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Five of us from Fowey.  Martin on his R100 Bitsa, Andy on his Tiger, Paul on his V7, Gary on his Bonnie and me on the CBF just because I was too lazy to get the Hornet out of the shed.  🤣 Headed up to Kitt Hill this morning   

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Good breakfast at Kitt Hill and 100 plus bikes.   I took some photos of what interested me.  
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Interesting Triumph 

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Nice Drag Queen 

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Oh and this Mubaro what ever the fuck that is.   Cool looking bike though.  
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After a couple of hours looking at and chatting bikes we headed back to Chequered Flag for a posh coffee and some more bike chat.  
Some interesting bikes for sale there.   
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2 hours ago, Catteeclan said:

Well done Saul.
This looks like a new copy of the Matchless G3 I've been working on.

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I don't know anything about that Mubaro, I would say it was old restored rather than new but where it comes from I don't know.  I thought the numbers on the side of the engine casing looked Eastern European but that was as far as any of us got.  Didn't see the owner as it would have been nice to know.  

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7 hours ago, YamaHead said:

Nice one @Saul....decent collection of hardware.... I like the blue Triumph--👍

I did too, cool as hell, and I don't normally like customs.   But that one looks just right.  😉

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54 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

That Transalp is cheap   👍

Yes I had noticed that, should be more like £2,500 I would have thought. 

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41 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

First thing i thought when i saw the price is whats wrong with it

Me too, looks as clean as a pin with 20,000 miles on the clock.  If it was good it would be at least a grand more.  That place hasn't got the best of reputations as is, I wouldn't gamble on that TransAlp personally.  

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3 hours ago, Saul said:

Me too, looks as clean as a pin with 20,000 miles on the clock.  If it was good it would be at least a grand more.  That place hasn't got the best of reputations as is, I wouldn't gamble on that TransAlp personally.  

If it's not weeping from the output shaft after a few kms, a Transalp is as bulleproof as it gets, along with your CBF you'd own the team to be the cockroach of motorcyclists if there ever is a nuclear doomsday.

 

I like your choice of bikes that peak your interest. There's no GS, but nobody is perfect.

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8 hours ago, Pedro said:

If it's not weeping from the output shaft after a few kms, a Transalp is as bulleproof as it gets, along with your CBF you'd own the team to be the cockroach of motorcyclists if there ever is a nuclear doomsday.

 

I like your choice of bikes that peak your interest. There's no GS, but nobody is perfect.

I'm not sure your choice of phrase is the most flattering 🤣  But I do like my CBF Cockroach and chose that particular model for the obvious reasons, although I was seriously tempted to get one of the more spicey Honda 600/4's.  I know the Transalps' reputation but so does everybody else that's why Bob, Fred and I are surprised by that that one's particular price.  It's just too cheap by quite a margin, to be fair you could buy it and possibly re engine it and still come out below market value but why would you want the hassle?  That dealer has a reputation as a rip off merchant.  So a bike tidy and way to cheap, along with that does wave a red flag to me.   If I was genuinely interested in buying a Transalp  I would look for one with decent history and pay a bit more.    They are a bit tall for me  and I can't be arsed with lowering.   I also can't get away from my preconception that dirt Bikes should be small and light.   😎.    I can't help but think a Dullville would suit me more in terms of practicality but don't know if I could handle the shame of owning one.  🤣

I didn't see any GS's at Kitt Hill although I wasn't particularly looking for any.  I'm sure there would have been some there but I didn't get out of the main car park.   I do really like the older Airhead BMW's (GS included) and Flying Brick K bikes, the newer ones leave me a bit cold if I am honest.   I'm sure they are great bikes but just not really my thing.  

This

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186729566992?_skw=BNW+K75&itmmeta=01JBXH35AWE96149Q9F4ZN8K46&hash=item2b79f31310:g:0roAAOSwJBVm~90~&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnardssz%2B3ieXChWp7tjW9ZPEgyb9ZwP1Cu%2FU%2BOyRsXfTzU2duBouNqihhh63Jnm1NzKsIwrQxzH7%2FzEuhWkMmxcR8yOQKFR1hwj448c9ojzzdGGXDZjlmLAQtDku0nvtOOV96ZShX%2B8%2BL7L4I%2BAUNL50P8z4MzuY%2BCdAZV8au0l1JWSeL6RWqTs1fDD6pX92bpyQbZ3NFbJLas02GfuKdFcybd0F%2FUGbcykBi1QVJdheZf6cdHP5S4jhLmLuYznl5OrfplvCekL9bk9fxdOcfN|tkp%3ABk9SR77VjLHfZA

Or even this would suit me. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156458072359?_skw=BNW+K75&itmmeta=01JBXH35AW5P0GT7HG4E4V32F7&hash=item246da0b927:g:0wYAAOSw7tJmsgtS&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnwIJyc8D8JsLSUk9K3p7M%2B5%2B%2Fzycmmlancr3VB%2FXE6V1Pf%2FNknawtmmwA4tGnmzEVQH1ipvWyJqK8acobLO8Lto8QGhbppfaypXO%2BUWUTlERI4p63s9tJ%2B0oJarOkH90RQ8VaBaj8DTnL45Btlh3x8oS8OsPtUkrQJMNeXuKqZHfMaQ7BEG6VbsLfbqNBc17YNDewUUo7137Sj%2Fh9gq5IHWD3Jo2hGRNGsDvIvVLtKHg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR77VjLHfZA

Definitely from the Nuclear Cockroach crew. 🤣

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On 05/11/2024 at 06:56, Saul said:

I'm not sure your choice of phrase is the most flattering 🤣  But I do like my CBF Cockroach and chose that particular model for the obvious reasons, although I was seriously tempted to get one of the more spicey Honda 600/4's.  I know the Transalps' reputation but so does everybody else that's why Bob, Fred and I are surprised by that that one's particular price.  It's just too cheap by quite a margin, to be fair you could buy it and possibly re engine it and still come out below market value but why would you want the hassle?  That dealer has a reputation as a rip off merchant.  So a bike tidy and way to cheap, along with that does wave a red flag to me.   If I was genuinely interested in buying a Transalp  I would look for one with decent history and pay a bit more.    They are a bit tall for me  and I can't be arsed with lowering.   I also can't get away from my preconception that dirt Bikes should be small and light.   😎.    I can't help but think a Dullville would suit me more in terms of practicality but don't know if I could handle the shame of owning one.  🤣

I didn't see any GS's at Kitt Hill although I wasn't particularly looking for any.  I'm sure there would have been some there but I didn't get out of the main car park.   I do really like the older Airhead BMW's (GS included) and Flying Brick K bikes, the newer ones leave me a bit cold if I am honest.   I'm sure they are great bikes but just not really my thing.  

This

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186729566992?_skw=BNW+K75&itmmeta=01JBXH35AWE96149Q9F4ZN8K46&hash=item2b79f31310:g:0roAAOSwJBVm~90~&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnardssz%2B3ieXChWp7tjW9ZPEgyb9ZwP1Cu%2FU%2BOyRsXfTzU2duBouNqihhh63Jnm1NzKsIwrQxzH7%2FzEuhWkMmxcR8yOQKFR1hwj448c9ojzzdGGXDZjlmLAQtDku0nvtOOV96ZShX%2B8%2BL7L4I%2BAUNL50P8z4MzuY%2BCdAZV8au0l1JWSeL6RWqTs1fDD6pX92bpyQbZ3NFbJLas02GfuKdFcybd0F%2FUGbcykBi1QVJdheZf6cdHP5S4jhLmLuYznl5OrfplvCekL9bk9fxdOcfN|tkp%3ABk9SR77VjLHfZA

Or even this would suit me. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156458072359?_skw=BNW+K75&itmmeta=01JBXH35AW5P0GT7HG4E4V32F7&hash=item246da0b927:g:0wYAAOSw7tJmsgtS&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnwIJyc8D8JsLSUk9K3p7M%2B5%2B%2Fzycmmlancr3VB%2FXE6V1Pf%2FNknawtmmwA4tGnmzEVQH1ipvWyJqK8acobLO8Lto8QGhbppfaypXO%2BUWUTlERI4p63s9tJ%2B0oJarOkH90RQ8VaBaj8DTnL45Btlh3x8oS8OsPtUkrQJMNeXuKqZHfMaQ7BEG6VbsLfbqNBc17YNDewUUo7137Sj%2Fh9gq5IHWD3Jo2hGRNGsDvIvVLtKHg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR77VjLHfZA

Definitely from the Nuclear Cockroach crew. 🤣

I think it was a complement as in the bikes would survive anything and run forever. As for the Dullville it doesn't matter how good something handles or rides how reliable it is or cheap it is to run at some point looks have to devalue its good points, for me if the dullville was a woman the only way i'd ride it or be seen in public with it is if it had a bag on it's head, come to think of it i'd put a bag on my head as well just in case the dullville's one ripped off :classic_laugh:

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