I saw this bike.........

[james786]

Friends right now I am in India and here I can just only see normal bikes a very few people have power bikes here.. In this topic I found images of ultimate bikes. Which I had never seen before. Some older ones are very unique. Its nice to know that some peoples are caring these.

[RatsMC]

Wow. Are you actually living in India or just travelling?

You must have come across somethign that we don't see. I mean, Idian is even a manufacturer of bikes.

[Pantah]

I hoped I would be riding today,but not to be...maybe next week.I hung out with some classic car friends.On the mountain I saw this..........


Akira is the owner and he bought this bike from the same shop I got my VJ23A from....we became instant mates......

[Pantah]

Went for a spin today on a popular mountain road ,nearby.....There was a gathering of Honda CBs,abot 30 in all .I took photos of two engines that interested me..........

I wonder if they get any wider than the CBX


Dont see too many of these in Japan.....

[Albert]

I wonder if they get any wider than the CBX

Benelli Sei runs it close!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... S_1978.JPG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL54F6BmBJU

[Oscar]

I wonder if they get any wider than the CBX

Actually, the CBX motor was no (or very little) wider than the 750/4, because Honda relocated the alternator and clutch (from memory) behind the crankcase instead of at the ends - it was just that it was wide all the way up. I used to ride one, and it didn't feel all that huge, motor-wise, though the tank was extremely wide and with the flat seat, a short-arse like me had nothing to grip on so I had to roll-off for every change, grab both bars and then roll-on again otherwise I'd get spat backwards.

Was like riding a turbine - unbelievably smooth, reeled in the bitumen as if connected to the horizon with a large and very strong rubber band. Handling was another matter, and the famous chrome Honda brake discs were just plain scary in the wet. Heavy as...

[RatsMC]

Kevin Cameron made sense out of the I6 for me. If all cylinders are at 90 degrees, the motor always has exactly the same mass moving up as it does down - the inertia should remain absolutely constant and the vibrations should be non-existent.

[Oscar]

Now, when I say 'didn't feel all that huge', I have to admit that that was once you were on the saddle after having walked up to the wall of metal and thought: 'almighty f*ck' ...( Oh, and after checking, the motor is about 2" wider than a 750/4)

The thing was surprisingly civilised, for what was the fastest production motorcycle on sale at the time, and provided you rode it as if piloting a Destroyer rather than a Jet-Ski, reasonably adroit in twisties (though it wouldn't see which way my now-venerable '86 viffer went). Plus which, you knew that if you did go down (and I went close enough one time to damn near re-tan the insides of the pants) it would plough the path smooth for you...

[Richo]

Those front indicators are almost as wide as the engine

[MarvoGing]

We used to watch those monsters proddy race at Knockhill in (must be?) the very early eighties.
We would sit on the grass at the exit to a corner where all the bikes hooked second gear and ping out the clutch at big revs at exactly the same point and cut loose up the straight, chasing third. Such was the frame technology back then, the bikes would visibly waggle and fight most of the way up the straight before braking. The frames were nicknamed after a well known credit card - "Your flexible friend"

[Albert]

We used to watch those monsters proddy race at Knockhill in (must be?) the very early eighties.
We would sit on the grass at the exit to a corner where all the bikes hooked second gear and ping out the clutch at big revs at exactly the same point and cut loose up the straight, chasing third. Such was the frame technology back then, the bikes would visibly waggle and fight most of the way up the straight before braking. The frames were nicknamed after a well known credit card - "Your flexible friend"

My dear Sir, Knockhill in the early to late eighties is where I spent many a happy Saturday and Sunday marshalling!
You must have travelled some distance in your later years to end up at the further (and dare I say, warmer!) end of our fair Isle!

[phil]

I saw these fella's a month or so ago on my way to work and felt compelled to have a chat with them, they were about to embark on a 3000+ Km ride up Norway's magnificent west coast on two 50cc / 2.5HP Tempo mopeds, presumably from the 60's and an unknown, more modern moped of another make.


The fella on the top picture is my hero check out his helmet, goggles, gauntlets and the storm light hanging off this back of his bike, 1800+ miles on them bikes with that gear??
Modern day vikings or escaped mental patients I never could decide but I couldnt help but admire their spirit.
Sensing they were uncomfortable with the attention I gained their permission to share these pics with you and left.
(phone quality pics!)

[MarvoGing]

My dear Sir, Knockhill in the early to late eighties is where I spent many a happy Saturday and Sunday marshalling!
You must have travelled some distance in your later years to end up at the further (and dare I say, warmer!) end of our fair Isle!

@Albert; Good to hear a little more of your misspent youth. Our paths seem to have almost crossed more than once! I was based up there in the forces. One of our guys raced an RD400, sometimes on a sunny day we would just spectate, and watch the marshals running about trying to extinguish the spontaneously combusting peat fires which continually sprang up on the infield, with rubber mats on wooden poles, very funny. And the smoke wafting across the race track added a most interesting dimension to the races. I would love to think that may have been you! Here are a couple of random old pics to remind you of the times.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/m ... knock2.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/m ... knock1.jpg

[Pantah]

I saw this today at my friends shop....he just picked it up ,but hasnt decided on a price...Im tempted....

[Cam D]

I remember they had a bit of piston seizure problems when ridden hard. Great collectors piece though!

[Pantah]

Went for a ride today and came across these beauties......

[OZintheDesert]

Pantah,

There was (not if still is) one of these in the window at Stevo's in elizabeth st. The Tag says POA (Price on Application) but the little tag says $35k

Bit out of my price range im afraid

[Pantah]

I will have a look in March....No doubt at that price its bound to still be in the window ,then............You can pick one up here for around 14K....
Those 3 I saw today were in very good condition......

[JanBros]

Those 3 I saw today were in very good condition......

it's good to see that some people still use them for what they were made

[Faster1]

,, I liked it so much that I took issue with them,, and they called me to task

click
http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/5481/aprilia-tuono-v4-r-in-detail-ugly-who-cares#continua

I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I can list at least 10 other modern day bikes that I could argue look like they were designed by 4 different people,,, who didn't get along well with each other.

[RatsMC]

I will have a look in March....No doubt at that price its bound to still be in the window ,then............You can pick one up here for around 14K....
Those 3 I saw today were in very good condition......

Ugh. I've never even seen one.

And that is arguably my favorite bike or at least a primary component of my favorite series of bikes.

[Pantah]

I will have a look in March....No doubt at that price its bound to still be in the window ,then............You can pick one up here for around 14K....
Those 3 I saw today were in very good condition......

Ugh. I've never even seen one.

And that is arguably my favorite bike or at least a primary component of my favorite series of bikes.

Just another reason for you to come to the GP at Motegi in April next year,Rats.........You can get plenty of time with an RC30 at the Honda Museum right there at the course.....

[kerm74]

Pantah - was that you I saw stradling a precious Honda at the Montegi Museum a couple of years back??

[Pantah]

Pantah - was that you I saw stradling a precious Honda at the Motegi Museum a couple of years back??

Nah........must have been someone who looked vaguely like me..............

[phil]

I saw this bike...in a cyber electronic kinda way...
BMW s1000rr Custom.
Love it? Hate it? I can't decide which is unlike me...
I can appreciate it but its actually uglier than the original form it started from, so whats the point?