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Viking · #16 Post by **Viking** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:50 pm

Only three? You evil person!

Benelli TNT (but without all the problems the early ones had!)
My Falco
My old CBX750 (as it was before I sold it)

Samray · #17 Post by **Samray** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:16 pm

Too many to choose for too many reasons.

That's one, two and three cylinders.

#18 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:47 pm

That Norton does look the Mutts nuts.

Dunno about in pre JPS colours?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRXke5Msgk

Viking · #19 Post by **Viking** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:41 am

Is that the Norton rotary engined bike? Lovely.

fastasfcuk · #20 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:40 am

samray i really wish you had'nt put that picture up, i try and avoid looking at them.now you've started me off wanting one again.

Samray · #21 Post by **Samray** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:25 am

Sorry.

Gio · #22 Post by **Gio** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:53 pm

Such a shame he stuck that horrid Benelli dustbin in

Nooj · #23 Post by **Nooj** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:13 pm

My Falco
Cross plane crank R1 to streetfighter
KTM 990 SM-T for touring

Not much chance of getting the KTM, the Falco's already there and as it happens... there is a slightly mangled 6 month old R1 in the garage at the moment. However, I can't 'fighter it as it's not mine. Our mate managed to high side it at about 25mph while riding out of our place on Saturday. Silly sod.

Willopotomas · #24 Post by **Willopotomas** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:20 pm

1959 Triumph Bonneville.
A true British icon and one of the best bikes ever built anywhere in the world. Good to look at and even better to ride!

1955 Norton Manx 500cc.
Another Brit legend. The Manx. True race hero and winner of countless TT's. Well, gotta have something to go to work on eh!

1988-1993 BMW K1.
Faultless build quality, quirky looks and bulletproof motors. These will go forever and stick to the road like shit to a blanket, with bag's of power to boot. Brilliant for touring and fast riding alike.

fastasfcuk · #25 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:44 pm

Gio wrote:Such a shame he stuck that horrid Benelli dustbin in

i wish my green dustbin on my back yard looked like that.

HowardQ · #26 Post by **HowardQ** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:33 pm

HowardQ wrote:Yeh, I forgot the shed, would need to build one to allow me to add at least one stroker to my list
KH350, RD350LC , Kettle, sorry but this is getting too hard, I'd just have to have a lot more than three bikes.

Talking about my old Dunstall SS got me searching on Google and ! came up with this. I had this same catalogue back then but no credit card those days!
The prices are amazing.

http://frenchcourses.com/catalogues/Dun ... nglais.pdf

Just think of it, all that stuff for just 45 quid above the list price of a standard Dommie SS.
Mine did not have the fairing, couldn't afford it, but most of the other Norton bits in the list.
Wish I had it now .................. Sob

#27 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:33 pm

Sorry, but that K1 hasn't just been hit with the ugly stick, it's been beaten to within an inch of its life by it...

'Quirky looks', indeed...

D-Rider · #28 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:18 pm

mangocrazy wrote:Sorry, but that K1 hasn't just been hit with the ugly stick, it's been beaten to within an inch of its life by it...

'Quirky looks', indeed...

.... have to agree ........

Aladinsaneuk · #29 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:24 pm

i used to ride my dad's bonnies while he was away at sea - a '63 650 and a '77 silver jubilee special

lot of fun - the amount of times i tried to change gear on a brake lever.....

HisNibbs · #30 Post by **HisNibbs** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:46 pm

Sorry Willopotomas I like the look of the Bonnies but I can't understand the "one of the best bikes ever built anywhere in the world. Good to look at and even better to ride!"

I rode a couple and couldn't get over how much they vibrated. Feet would keep shaking off the pegs, fingers numb, vison go double etc. I'd allways be happy to get back on my "under powered" R50/5 and over a distance or challenging road, leave my mates with the 650 Bonnies, A65 BSAs and Norton Commando's far behind. I also had to do a fraction of the maintenance they did and covered two or three times their mileage.

An easy aspersion to make is that I was ridding poorly set up examples but my brother now a lazer engineer has been a top class mechanic in his time and some of the other members of that group new their stuff. In fact despite my being an aspiring mechanical engineer at the time, I was the mechanical numpty.