Motobiker

As long as that’s all he’s taking him for….

Now you would think the resident idiot would realise that quoting me not long after blocking me just means he lives up to his name. But it’s hard to resist taking about yourself while trying to insult someone else.

I don't have a van. so, I always wear gloves when riding.

That was on Saturday and I suffered like a catholic. Today Im doing it special-like, with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam. Wednesdays I like it simple.

Do you mind, I’m about to have a rump steak

There was a K1200 for sale. in Scotland, it ticked every box. Handily for me, the seller was just a couple of miles from Edinburgh Airport. Before calling him I checked and found that I could fly there from East Midlands for £45!! and could be there by 10am. I also enquired about adding it to my insurance its and so forth. Once everything was in place and I knew all the ins and outs.. I called him and when he asked me where I was, I told him and he immediately called me a time waster and hung up!! I didn't call him back.

It's very easy to injure your back lifting a bike, if it's something you're not used to doing. Also, it's next to impossible to do this solo if the bike is on a slope and especially if the tank is full. doesn't have to be much of a slope either. I guess this is aimed at the accident prone or older and less fit owner or distance solo traveler. Not something I would rush out and buy.

It was made simpler by finding a better photo that showed the engine was a Honda. that was easy using google image search. You upload a photo and google finds similar. Finding the actual bike then became much easier as, fortunately that bike has a very distinctive engine, with the plate at the engines rear with its 3 cut-slots. And so it didn't take long at all,, probably a couple of minutes for a match to turn up. Seems that particular model is extremely popular for this kind of treatment.. there are hundreds of them. A lot of them seem to have had the 'scrambler' look/treatment, which is very trendy these days. with all or most of the big brands producing one, or more. I quite liked this one. produced by Brickhouse Builds in Missouri.

Think Ive tracked down the Donor... the engine looks identical.. or very similar indeed to the Honda CB360 which was produced from 1974 to 1976. The second photo shows a rebuild made by Slipstream Creations, based in St. Louis, Missouri. https://slipstreamcreations.com A little less radical as they seem to have kept the engine, frame and tank as well as possibly the forks and wheels.

The engine is a Honda. Found a photo from the same shoot. The photo was very likely taken in Wyoming, as that is where the plane in the background is registered, its a Cessna 150H made in 1967 if you're interested. So... the Bike is a heavily modified Honda. and its probable that the only thing that is original is the engine and possibly the frame, but... who knows. They do tend to butcher bikes and either cannibalise others, or have parts made bespoke. Just look at those handlebars!!! So @Parker This bike is a one of a kind and has been built for a customer and then used in a photoshoot. Im betting America has plenty of bespoke builders, who could produce something very similar for you either with a donor bike you supply, or maybe there are the kinds of operations who produce bikes like this to sell from their workshop. Giving old bikes.. or parts of bikes a new lease of life. See my follow up post below.

All other metaphors may now retire.

ooh.. if he's handy. I have a little list. its so little it has only one name on it. fairly short.

That only applies to those built after 1981 in this country.. I would assume if other countries have similar rules then they would also have similar 'get out' clauses. perhaps this bike, very originally came from the UK. a fact lost in the mists of time. or when it was built, things like this didn't matter.

I'm not so sure that really matters any more and as the years go by.. will be even less relevant.

We have a plan.

Its the % that matters rather more than the raw numbers. what worries more is our infection rate, which is number 2 in the world. 310,000 over the past 7 days. This means something quite frightening that the media seem to be ignoring. With so much virus circulating in the general population. The virus is going to come into contact with more and more vaccinated people and will eventually do what viruses do. Adapt.

Would you notice one, even if you passed one going the other way? doubtful.

I'm not sure you're right in this case. The last time BMW tried a cruiser was back in the late 90s. They sold more than 40,000 of the thing in its various iterations, over the course of 7 years. Quite good for BMW in the years leading up to "adventure madness" Especially if you contrast those numbers with the R1150GS/GSA which started the whole thing. Over 6 years they sold 76,000 of those.. I think its more than likely that towards the end of the 1150s run, with the new 1200 waiting in the wings they cancelled production of this (in reality) niche model simply because they needed all the capacity they could muster.. they couldnt make GS's fast enough to meet the demand. The R1200C didnt really take off in the USA, the primary market because the engine an 1170cc unit was deemed too small by the press. Nowadays, good examples of these bikes are actually collectors items. I dont remember anyone at the time complaining about the foot rest position. It was all about engine size or lack of it. Looks like they have now answered that one complaint.

I have the same problem. So, i drilled holes in the sides and a slot on top for my (rather dazzling) mohican.

Depends on the circumstances.. for the tedious parts of a tour, long stretches of motorway to get down to Folkestone or across Northern France. I get 65+mpg or close to 300 miles from the tank. For rather more vigorous fun. probably around 45. But thats only a guess as its not something I obsess about. On my previous bike an R1100GS it was 45 regardless. I don't bother allowing the display to show mpg. just range as that is all I'm interested in.