Apart from your Raptor do you have any more toys in the garage?
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Re: Apart from your Raptor do you have any more toys in the garage?
Love motors like that... and say what you like about Honda they do know how to make engines and bolt 'em together.But I also have an ancient '96 Honda Prelude V-tec which I bought a couple of years ago as a winter driver with a view to using it as a trackday car at some point, because I didn't want to use my "then other car" but liked it so much I sold the other one and now just use this, its a genuine 61,000k with FSH, last owner was would you believe !!!
A little old lady who owned it for 13-14 years its a bit rough around the edges, where she bumped into things a bit, but it goes like stink and surprises many newer cars, its raw and noisy with pretty firm suspension, but I love it and will never sell it.
Had a mate who owned one of these and he always said it was the best bike he ever had. Is that the standard tank? looks like one of the old Guzzi Le Mans tank71 BSA A65L with 750 barrels, end fed crank, soon to be 5 speed with trick fork damping
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Had the BSA since 1981, not the stock tank, its off a later T140, fits right on.
It is the bike I have had longest, still compares well on handling, big skinny wheels , not fashionable, but they work so well.
It is the bike I have had longest, still compares well on handling, big skinny wheels , not fashionable, but they work so well.
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3 old suzuki DR Big in mine, one orange 750cc, and two 800cc. One will be modified in supermoto (the red one), the other is under modification to be in a vintage enduro style:
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The orange one looks stunning!gilbert666 wrote:3 old suzuki DR Big in mine, one orange 750cc, and two 800cc. One will be modified in supermoto (the red one), the other is under modification to be in a vintage enduro style:
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The DR Big 800 is one of this bikes that I have one my wishlist to use as base to make an Cafe Racer, the problem over her is to find a cheep unit in bad shape.
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In france you can easily find one, complete but with some work to do on it, for about 200€/300€. Thats what I paid for each one!
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Mmm thats sound interestinggilbert666 wrote:In france you can easily find one, complete but with some work to do on it, for about 200€/300€. Thats what I paid for each one!
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I just got a new base for another bike! A old FZ750.
I will build a race replica on this one with modern a fork, swing and and brakes.
I will build a race replica on this one with modern a fork, swing and and brakes.
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Got a few bikes, xr400, harley chop I made, 750 sohc honda chop, vstrom 1000..the list goes on..
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Any picsgeoff wrote:Got a few bikes, xr400, harley chop I made, 750 sohc honda chop, vstrom 1000..the list goes on..
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Here you go.
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And the sohc 750, work in progress...
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Great stuff!geoff wrote:And the sohc 750, work in progress...
I like the last one as it's a classic fun bike!
I'm building a SV650 to my wife
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I have an SV as well. Your restoration is really nice Your wife will be happy!
One question though, why is the Suzuki S on the tank back to front?
One question though, why is the Suzuki S on the tank back to front?
Yellow 2001 SV650s,2002 VRaptor
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge