Well, today I managed my longest ride since becoming ill at the beginning of February; 55 miles out to Epping on a lovely B-road route that I carved out for myself last year. It's my favourite local route, in fact. What can i say about this bike, save that it really is a wonderful machine. I'm so happy my hand was forced, because this will be the bike I see out my riding days with.
When you think you've seen it all
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Similar in concept of the Quasar from the late 70sOriginally Posted by Gyp
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Nah, more like the BMW C125!
The quasar was a proper feet forward bike.
It is the b*stard child of a scooter married to an RT and drenched in fluorescent paint.
Burn it, burn it with pitchforks.
Collecting my new (to me) 120 next week, cannot wait. Absolutely stunning bikes.Well, today I managed my longest ride since becoming ill at the beginning of February; 55 miles out to Epping on a lovely B-road route that I carved out for myself last year. It's my favourite local route, in fact. What can i say about this bike, save that it really is a wonderful machine. I'm so happy my hand was forced, because this will be the bike I see out my riding days with.
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Great plate!Going away for a fortnight, so I took both bikes out for a run today.
Great plate! A couple of mine....
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In no way top heavy. I imagine it handles like a hippogriff.
One for the Polite high-vis wearing w**kers.
Random thoughts...
That Thruxton has to be one of the best looking bikes ever.
Freddie has sold me on visiting Suffolk.
I still cant work out how his spark plugs on his Bonnie ejected themselves.
A good summary on the bike.
What would he do without Monica?
Re his spark plugs , he has had issues before with them. Some numpty probably over tightened them and or couldn’t work out which way to unscrew them. Old British and Jap bikes are often Helicoiled due to previous owner’s mistakes.
Anyone after a Ducati 916?
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Agreed re Freddie Dobbs, he has no edge and is easy on the ear. If I had a criticism its that he “ likes everything “ its rare he dismisses a product. He absolutely loves the latest period revivals from Enfield and BSA.
Saw one today here in Ireland. Pointless as the Gardai don't wear checkerboard tops, just hivis and they are Gardai not polite/police. So fecking pointless and I made the twat wait
Good meet tonight if you live in the area, I was at a great Bibury meet last night as well.
Bucks British & Classic
Motorcycle Club
Shiny Bike night 2023 is at The Plough at Cadsden HP27 0NB
Wednesday June 21st
Shiny Bike Night 2022 pictures here
We meet at The Plough at Cadsden Nr. Princes Risborough Bucks HP27 0NB every Wednesday evening.
The club originated in 1989 from the remains of a local Triumph owners club. We've met at 5 different pubs since then but have been in residence at the Plough at Cadsden since 2001.
I had a bimble this morning, mostly around the north east of the county (roads good enough for anything faster are few and far between!)
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Really liking that.
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took my T120 out for a bimble/test drive,been having a recurring missfire since the rebuild last year.finally cured it by binning the boyer bransden electronic ignition system and going back to good old fashioned points and condensers.i had forgotten what a faff setting up two sets of points and making them both match up with the strobe is.hadnt done it for 20 years so took me a bit longer than it should but i got there runs lovely now dosent miss a beat....
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Still got points on my old GS1000 and won't be modernising for the same reasons you have found. Procedure for set up is well explained in the manual and was almost a pleasure to tweak in. Didn't bother with dwell though!
i remember those suzukis back in the day,nearly bought one once,nice bike,user friendly.on the triumph both cylinders are timed separately but both have to match the same timing mark when strobe seting the timing.great fun..Still got points on my old GS1000 and won't be modernising for the same reasons you have found. Procedure for set up is well explained in the manual and was almost a pleasure to tweak in. Didn't bother with dwell though!
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Me as a 20 year old having not long passed my test 1982 later swapped it for a newer GS850GStill got points on my old GS1000 and won't be modernising for the same reasons you have found. Procedure for set up is well explained in the manual and was almost a pleasure to tweak in. Didn't bother with dwell though!
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Still got points on my old GS1000 and won't be modernising for the same reasons you have found. Procedure for set up is well explained in the manual and was almost a pleasure to tweak in. Didn't bother with dwell though!
They’re still one of the best looking bikes Suzuki ever built, from the 550 right up to the 1000. I nearly bought one so many times!Me as a 20 year old having not long passed my test 1982 later swapped it for a newer GS850G
My first bike after my test was a GS850G. Good times
Enoch the photo of the 850 is outside Classic Bikes / Tom and Will Swinnertons business. I bought my KH250 from them. All of their bikes are beautifully turned out. They import rebuild and resell Kawa Z900’s from £15-£24k.
http://www.classicbikes.co.uk/
Here’s a pic of me with my GS850 at the birmingham bike show… probably 1983.. still wearing the same sidi boots but a new AGV helmet.
Is that a good old Alpha 4-1?
Just a piece of pipe, but what a sound on the GS and GSX motors.
Certainly was.. no baffles either.🤪🤪
What an unique opportunity. That is really something!
Fantastic venue,great ride,great pub and grub.
But best of all bikes I dreamed of as a kid.
Brace of H1 Kawasakis
Z1s
Vetter Hurricane
Broughs
Old Dukes
One offs and specials
and much more,to much to take in.
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took my T120 out for a bimble/test drive,been having a recurring missfire since the rebuild last year.finally cured it by binning the boyer bransden electronic ignition system and going back to good old fashioned points and condensers.i had forgotten what a faff setting up two sets of points and making them both match up with the strobe is.hadnt done it for 20 years so took me a bit longer than it should but i got there runs lovely now dosent miss a beat...
I love that one.
Was at the Raven Thursday night bike meet tonight and witnessed a proper police chase when an idiot came racing past the cafes at a totally inappropriate speed, closely followed by an unmarked police bike, with full blues and two's. Don’t know the outcome, but lots of folks are worried that if this sort of thing carries on, the authorities will put a stop to the weekly meet which would be a shame, as most folk ride sensibly and just enjoy the gathering..
I hate those type of people.
Anyone who tries to out run a police motorcyclist is a fool.
Not sure where you had lunch but Harley’s in the pic behind you there is worse than awful. Wouldn’t recommend. Fairly decent coffee in Dada though.
Took my mum because she heard Steve Allen talk about it on LBC one night and insisted. Boots meal deal would have been better but it is a nice high street.
Not the best images but now my Street Scrambler has Android Auto & Apple Carplay, just like an Africa Twin
I sort of understand the functionality, but why not strap your phone to the handlebars with Quad Lock, Sp-connect or similar? I’ve been really happy with my Sp-connect setup that has wireless charging and anti-vibration.
Brilliant few days in the Borders and Northumberland. Great weather, great roads.
I think if Android Auto on the phone hadn't been deprecated I *might* have gone that route. My current phone is the first phone I've owned that's been waterproof and for which there's a quadlock case and there's no guarantee that future phones will.
Generally I find Android Auto convenient to use, and I'd rather have a £150 bit of electronics strapped to the handlebar and my £700 phone tucked away safely.
I've just realised that I'm not going to be able to fit the Motone exhaust tips to my T120; if I do, there'll be no stop for the centre stand, use of which is non-negotiable.
It's looking like it's going to mean splashing out an the Remus end cans, which is annoying given the cost implications. I won't be able to live for very long with the peashooters, though.
Not all peashooters are the same. ;-)I've just realised that I'm not going to be able to fit the Motone exhaust tips to my T120; if I do, there'll be no stop for the centre stand, use of which is non-negotiable.
It's looking like it's going to mean splashing out an the Remus end cans, which is annoying given the cost implications. I won't be able to live for very long with the peashooters, though.
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Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
I'm a fan of Remus and have added them to a few of my bikes over the years.
For me, the look of the Bonneville encapsulating the original styling won, although the false carbs took a bit to win me over though.
From a sound point of view the OEM pea-shooters didn't do much for me, but the V&H plus a "de-cat" X pipe sounds so much better.
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Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
That does make sense. I’m sporting a four-year-old phone with battery life that couldn’t handle a half a day’s ride without charging.
That's a bummer.
Is it a Euro 5 stipulation that cats are now welded on?
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Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
No, it must depend on the model my EU5 Speedmaster has non welded pipes to the cat.👍That's a bummer.
Is it a Euro 5 stipulation that cats are now welded on?
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