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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #225 on: March 04, 2011, 11:30:45 AM »
Dang! If the "Rock eater" from Never Ending Story ever traded in his tricycle that is the motorbike he would buy! :D
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #226 on: March 05, 2011, 11:51:23 AM »
Here's one for you "naked" bike freaks.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=359308985
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« Reply #227 on: March 08, 2011, 04:57:17 PM »
Here's one for you "naked" bike freaks.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=359308985
That is a pretty slick looking bike Hush.. Did you see it up close or was it just some thing found on the net?

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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #228 on: March 10, 2011, 01:26:32 AM »
I just trawl Trademe, I get sent the latest listings automatically daily looking for the odd SOHC4 bargain. :D
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« Reply #229 on: March 10, 2011, 07:48:37 PM »
Thanks Hush, I will do that..

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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #230 on: March 27, 2011, 12:04:04 PM »
Here's one I have never seen, apprently it is a Harley trail bike, two stroke!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=364502115
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #231 on: April 03, 2011, 08:04:08 PM »
   Youtube   snowbike 550, It's something very familiar but different. In a cold climate state the classic 550 is ridden all year long .
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #232 on: April 12, 2011, 09:50:11 AM »
OK I have seen some ugly mongrel bikes but this poor old thing defies explanation, it's either a Suzuki TS90 or an A100 or a combination of the two!
Nothing about this bike matches, the rear guard is plastic and the front chromed!
That tank is wrong for a TS so I'm thinking it came off an A100 (which was a horrible boring little commuter bike).
Just not right what some people will do to a wee machine like that, the TS90 was one of the best little trail rides you could buy in NZ in the 70's.
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #233 on: April 13, 2011, 12:24:13 AM »
One for my CB650 brothers and sisters, catch an eyeful of this baby. ;D

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-366850665.htm
I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #234 on: April 13, 2011, 01:21:54 AM »
looks like the wrong photo to me.
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #235 on: April 14, 2011, 12:22:00 AM »
Yeah I thought the same Larry, looks way too light to be a 650!
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #236 on: April 14, 2011, 06:23:58 AM »
This is what one of my friends is working on right now. It's a 1975 xs650 engine in a flat track frame with a Triumph (mid to late 90's) front end. I wish I would have taken a pic of the wiring harness that he made too. He's big on minimalism. As you can tell in the pics, he's single. I wish I could have bikes in my house.


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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #237 on: April 14, 2011, 08:09:28 AM »
As you can tell in the pics, he's single. I wish I could have bikes in my house.

Really!? You wish you had a room in your house that looks like that?  ???
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #238 on: April 14, 2011, 08:43:12 AM »
Never did I say I wish I had a room that looked like that. I said I wish I could put bikes in my house. I would put some sort of a giant, thick rug down. I just want somewhere indoors to work on my bike.

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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #239 on: April 14, 2011, 08:48:39 AM »


Just ribbin' ya bud... ;) ;) ;D
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #240 on: April 14, 2011, 09:04:49 AM »
It's all good. The first time I went in his house I said, "So, this is why you're single." He just laughed and said that he'd rather have his bikes. I can't wait to see that Hooligan on the road!

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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #241 on: April 14, 2011, 11:32:57 AM »
good looking bike. had 3 bikes in the kitchen back in the day. ;D
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #242 on: April 16, 2011, 02:40:53 PM »
One that is crying out for restoration.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=356244167

That is nice Hushy, I've got a friend (who I haven't seen for a long time, I must catch up with him again soon) who used to race a TZ125 back in the 1980's, he's long since hung up his racing leathers (rides a Harley now) but he mounted the little Yam on a stand up on the wall of his "entertainment area". It's very pleasant sitting down having a beer from his bar and looking up at that little piece of racing history! ;D

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« Reply #243 on: April 16, 2011, 07:49:48 PM »
Do you have a copy of the Honda Shop Manual or Parts List for your bike? Get one here:
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #244 on: April 17, 2011, 10:17:56 AM »
Hey look what someone imported!
Nice little CL450 but did they come out in DOHC in 1970?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=369673185
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« Reply #245 on: April 19, 2011, 02:21:35 PM »
Check out the clean lines of a wee machine that is 61 years old.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=370258488
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #246 on: April 20, 2011, 08:29:00 PM »
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Re: Bikes wierd and wonderful
« Reply #247 on: April 21, 2011, 03:47:36 AM »
Hey look what someone imported!
Nice little CL450 but did they come out in DOHC in 1970?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=369673185

The 450 motor came out (in the US) in 1965 it had two overhead cams... the CL450 started in 1967/68, I have a 69 here, two cams see pic... ::)

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« Reply #248 on: April 22, 2011, 03:06:29 PM »
Ah I see, I've only ever seen the single cam models here in NZ, we had the CL175 and CL350 I don't recall any others.
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« Reply #249 on: April 22, 2011, 04:55:22 PM »
Ah I see, I've only ever seen the single cam models here in NZ, we had the CL175 and CL350 I don't recall any others.

Gday Rick, the 350 was a twin can as well in the CL models..... ;)
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