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Offline Bankerdanny

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Evanston Motorcycle Show
« on: September 23, 2018, 11:53:04 AM »
We had a beautiful day for a show here in Evanston today. Sunny and 70's.
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2018, 12:25:57 PM »
 Neat paint job on the Suzuki 500. Looks light and fast.
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2018, 12:58:08 PM »
fark...a norvin?
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2018, 02:57:15 PM »
Quote from: seanbarney41 on September 23, 2018, 12:58:08 PM
fark...a norvin?

No, an Egli Vincent, it was really nice, and obviously ridden a lot
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2018, 03:03:30 PM »
Better angle
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2018, 05:23:27 PM »
Quote from: Bankerdanny on September 23, 2018, 02:57:15 PM
Quote from: seanbarney41 on September 23, 2018, 12:58:08 PM
fark...a norvin?

No, an Egli Vincent, it was really nice, and obviously ridden a lot
damn, I wouldn't mind bombin' around on that from time to time
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2018, 10:38:35 PM »
I like the CL &CB in the background,  those are the 2 bikes that put Honda on the map. Then the 750's came out and Honda WAS the map!
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2018, 11:04:10 AM »
Don't tell me someone hacked a BMW R90S??? It would be the second one I have seen. Sacrilege!
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2018, 03:57:42 PM »
Quote from: MikeSimon on September 24, 2018, 11:04:10 AM
Don't tell me someone hacked a BMW R90S??? It would be the second one I have seen. Sacrilege!

The sidecar rig is an R100S

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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2018, 10:01:54 PM »
Any details on the Norton, Danny? Aftermarket frame?
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2018, 07:42:22 AM »
Sorry Scott, no I didn't pay much attention to the info sheet on the bike (like mine it was entered in the show portion and so there was some info about the year and model)
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2018, 08:19:24 AM »
Likely a Norton featherbed frame..
 A guy here built a NorKaw, stuffed a Z1 into a featherbed.
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2018, 08:22:47 PM »
The nickle plating made me wonder, but after looking at pictures, it looks to be a Norton "feather bed" frame. From an article in Classic Bike magazine about how it got it's name:

"At the Isle of Man TT, the first round of the 1950 world championships, Norton took the first three places, with Irish ace Artie Bell ahead of young rising star Geoff Duke and TT veteran Harold Daniell. At the prize-giving, Daniell said the new chassis was so comfortable he could have fallen asleep: "It was like a feather bed"."   
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Re: Evanston Motorcycle Show
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2018, 10:29:07 PM »
 Wow, I'd trade everything in my shop for a nice Vincent. Well, during race season when the Dragster isn't in there.
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