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04-09-07, 01:31 PM | #1 |
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Classic Bikes
Would you ever consider owning a classic bike, or would you consider it something to scary? My old man had a Norton Dominator so I was looking at those, though this is nothing 100% from me, more a wandering mind. Now as I understand the gear select is on the right and 3 down 1 up? Maybe I could find one and maybe someone let me ride it, just to cool my interested mind.
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04-09-07, 01:52 PM | #2 |
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Re: Classic Bikes
Often fancy a classic bike to tinker with, for slow (and short) rides out for coffee/fish and chips/ice cream trips. Also if it's a spare/other bike you don't mind it being off the road whilst you tinker with it. Been mulling the idea over in my head a little, maybe in a year or two.
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04-09-07, 02:00 PM | #3 |
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i'd have a CBX1000
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04-09-07, 02:05 PM | #4 |
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Yes I would, my dads got three at home. He keeps threatening to let me ride one...
Its motorcycling from a different era and its part of the history of it. I quite like some of the older machines... I'd like Brough Superior or a Vincent Black Shadow would be quite tasty as well. Yep Grinch, gears are on the wrong side and work on a "racing pattern" but if you go back to the really old stuff it can be any old mixture of levers and controls, my dad has a BSA 250cc single, from I think 1923, the throttle is a thumb lever on the right hand handlebar, the gear change is a hand lever on the fuel tank... everythings back to front. You cant really call yourself a motorcyclist according to my dad till you've mastered a cold start of something like his Matchless G80... without it breaking the kick start spring or bending your leg the wrong way... This is his Matchless 1948, 3 speed, 500cc single, has a twistgrip throttle but as you said, rear brake and gear lever are reversed as is the shift pattern ( just like a modern race bike. ) No rear suspension though...
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I wouldnt mind an old Zthou, in the green and yellow colour sceme
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04-09-07, 02:08 PM | #6 |
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Restored an 1981 Fantic Trials a couple of years ago.
Is 25 years old enough to class as classic ? I would quite like an old British bike to tinker with. |
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I wouldn't mind giving a Curvy SV a try... they're old! lol
To the topic, I'd like to try a REALLY old bike, but never want to own one. Not practical, not fast, nothing 'special', just old.
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The gear/rear brake pedals aren't reversed: they are on modern bikes! |
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I suspect you're right I cant exactly remember what dad said, I was to busy laughing at having no suspension on the rear
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Ain't that what the big springs on the seat are for?
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