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mister c
23-05-08, 10:51 AM
Right, let's see how many people know their old motorbikes. I've been trawling through my old bike pics & found this. I did ride it for a while until the frame started to rot away.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/croozenooze/SDagdCXGQdI/AAAAAAAACMw/4XQuY41r_Fs/scan0006.jpg?imgmax=512
Is it Brian?
It looks like a Brian. It is, isn't it!
mister c
23-05-08, 11:10 AM
Is it Brian?
It looks like a Brian. It is, isn't it!
It was a bit of a snail :thumright:;)
mister c
23-05-08, 11:32 AM
Malagutti ?
No.
You really do have to be a bit of a bike saddo to know this I'll be honest. I am 1 of those saddos.
Wayluya
23-05-08, 11:35 AM
Not sure - CZ / Jawa?
Reminds me of somrthing, mmmm , CZ or MZ ?
I dont think it is, but , cos of the length of name on the tank, velocette ?, no mobylette thats it isnt it ?
Jools'SV Now
23-05-08, 12:51 PM
looks suspiciously like the Honda CG125 I did my cbt on:smt017
mister c
23-05-08, 02:21 PM
Not sure - CZ / Jawa?
It's a good answer...... but your not right (In my best Roy Walker Voice)
I will give you a clue....... It's Russian & the importers were 2 blokes up in Newcastle......... I think :scratch:
Warthog
23-05-08, 02:25 PM
Ural? Do they make bikes?
yorkie_chris
23-05-08, 02:28 PM
I think they still do. Only ones I've ever seen have been boxer engined though.
DKW but I think they were East german, what about Zundapp ? again East german I think, goddam pinko commies :D
yorkie_chris
23-05-08, 02:34 PM
As much as I dislike those "goddamn pinko commies" they did make some bikes which were very nearly impossible to kill, and easily maintained with a set of vice grips and a hammer.
As much as I dislike those "goddamn pinko commies" they did make some bikes which were very nearly impossible to kill, and easily maintained with a set of vice grips and a hammer.
You're probably right actually, wasnt there a russian bike maker called cossack or something ? They used to sell sidecar combo,s
yorkie_chris
23-05-08, 02:39 PM
Ahhh I think they were an importer based up north...
Did they import some motorcycle that got flat-tracked a lot?
mister c
23-05-08, 04:16 PM
Ural? Do they make bikes?
Same people.
This was their 125cc machine & what a bag of garbage it was :)
This was known as the Neval (Neville & Alan) Minsk.
The gear lever doubled as the kickstart, but it was just made of steel, so every time it rained & you went to kick start it, your foot came off the lever & it left a BIG mark & bruise up your leg.
It had a top speed of about 45mph on a good day and had the obligatory east european wah ding ding sound. Old geezers used to come up telling me that they had one of those when they were younger thinking it was a BSA Bantam
muffles
23-05-08, 06:14 PM
the importers were 2 blokes up in Newcastle......... I think :scratch:
Julio Geordio!!
There's a very military looking Ural sidecar combo in my back garden, I don't own the obnoxious, poorly nailed together pile of scrap, my housemate does. He's a freakin weirdo
Warthog
23-05-08, 06:35 PM
what a fluke :takeabow:
what a fluke :takeabow:
I wouldn't call it a fluke, I'd call it an unfortunate coincidence.
Want a photo of it? He's planning on fitting a replica MG34 machine gun on the sidecar, with an electrically operated water pistol set up wired in.
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