Don't think I've wanted to spend 5 grand....

...this much in a long time.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01233481744525

but then, they do say never meet your heroes?

Very nice mate, except it's a replica, I'd rather have the real thing

[andrewsmith]

Do it

Its a FZR750 underneath so won't go bang

Originally Posted by specialone

Very nice mate, except it's a replica, I'd rather have the real thing

The real thing would need a bit more than 5 grand!

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

Its a FZR750 underneath so won't go bang

I guess it's just the bedroom wall poster looks at the end of the day. It was the engine that really made those things special. It made something like 140 bhp off a 588cc rotary, which in the late 80's was rocket fuelled.

[andrewsmith]

Ralph if I had 5k I'd have the MoT legal one

[squirrel_hunter]

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

Its a FZR750 underneath so won't go bang

But thats all it is. A YZF750 with a paint job.

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

But thats all it is. A YZF750 with a paint job.

Exactly, they couldve chose any rep to do with same bike.

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

But thats all it is. A YZF750 with a paint job.

No, give the guys that did it some credit. I'm sure they wouldn't be happy if they read that comment. They've not done a bad job of it and they've obviously put in a lot more effort than just giving a YZF a paint job.

It's a custom fairing and a custom tail section. They've used YZF fuel tank and front mudguard and an aftermarket hugger, and on those it's just a paint job.

It's not like there's bags of Norton F1's out there in sheds waiting to be restored is it. Or that you're going to find an RCW588 tank on ebay!

It's also not the case that you could have made a good replica of any old race bike with it either, the bike has been chosen with an RCW replica in mind. I've seen some pretty bad so called 'replicas'. Usually built in the garages of those same amateurs that would criticize this one.

Had they manufactured a custom tank, front mudguard and hugger to get it more authentic it'd be more than 5 grand. There's a guy in Austria building new Brough Superior replicas from scratch and he doesn't talk about the price, ie: as much as a small house and if you need to ask you can't afford it.

Before criticizing somebody elses replica that they've obviously put a lot of effort into, go do a better one yourself.

The original for comparison. Manufacturing a one-off tank would be the best way to improve it.

[andrewsmith]

Agree with Ralph

The Brough's are about £150k

Don't get me wrong it's a nice looking bike, but it's not for me, if it was norton powered that might change my opinion, horses for courses I guess.