So, it seems we have scooter enthusiasts so I thought I start this thread off with a couple of my babies
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The last pic tells you how old I am
Skud
So, it seems we have scooter enthusiasts so I thought I start this thread off with a couple of my babies
DCP_0019_0001.JPGDCP_0002.JPGDCP_0005.JPGDCP_0010.JPGf9e1re2.jpgme and 93.jpg
The last pic tells you how old I am
Skud
i-9 11900KF@ 5.1 GHZ CPU Watercooled, 32GB Corsair vengeance@4133Mhz, ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero (WiFi 6E) Z590 , MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 3080Ti, 2 x 1Tb Samsung NVMe 980 Pro, 43" Gigabyte Aorus FV43U QLED 4K monitor, GVL 224 Ju 88 Big Throttle, BAUR BRD-DS with KG-13A control column, MFG Crosswind Rudders, GVL224 Ju88 Trim Wheel Box, GVL224 Ju 88 Switch Panel, Blackhog SB-2, SB AE-9, Audeze LCD-GX headset, TrackIR5, Buttkicker Simkit + Buttkicker Gamer2, 2 x DSD Flight Panel 2s
2 wheels....All the same to me...
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.'' - Bertrand Russell1.618 - You know this number?My Turing machine :CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz Sandybridge, Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme -Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3,
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Dual Channel Kit, Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5, OS:Windows 10
Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder II ForceFeedback Joystick, Throttle: CH Products Pro Throttle
ATAG_Lewis Youtube Channel
Here’s my ride. Bought it new in 2000 and just turned 163,000 km this summer. It’s been all over North America and a few (mis)adventures. About the only thing original on it is the frame - literally! LOL
VR: None
HP Omen Laptop 15, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H 16 GB DDR4 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU 6 GB VRAM Win 11 64 bit 22H2 (KB5020044), Nvidia GeForce Driver ver 527.56, TrackIR 5, Gear Falcon Trim Box, Gear Falcon Throttle Quadrant, TM16000 joystick, TM Warthog HOTAS, CH Quadrant, Saitek Pro Combat rudder pedals
Installation path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz
Oooo, bikes.
I've had a few in the last 24 years of riding. Here are my two most recent.
2005 Kawasaki Vulcan (Drifter edition)
Currently riding this 2014 Kawasaki Vaquero 1700cc
Last edited by DRock; Jan-31-2018 at 09:54.
I don't have photos of my first two... but these are images i grabbed from the inertweb in the right colours.
Nostalgia hit !!
MBX.jpg 50cc or raw power... at 16 i was a GOD !! who was frequently overtaken going uphill on my way home from school by the old lady on her C90. She didnt even have a propper jacket or any Ramones patches.
next up was a grey import i got from BAT Motorcyles.
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a strange bike.... it had a rev limiter which would basically cut the power normally mid overtake with a car coming head on. Such fun. was astep of from a moped though... and i loved it depsite it being pretty awful.
other brief candidates were a borrowed TZR125, an RGV250 that I had on loan for about a month... man that was fun !!... an RD350 that I blew up twice...
borrowed an FZR 750 which was pretty good as it goes...
Then I got a ZX-9R which my brother sold me. The original B model. It was MAD... it was fast as hell, and had a terrible front end that was hell bent on high-siding you.
Hugely exciting, often scarey... it really was a beast. Classic Kawasaki really... "get a massive engine and put it in... I dunno... anything... pipe cleaners instead of forks?... yeah... that will do". My my isn't it fast kids !
I loved it !
I crashed it too and lived to tell the tale. Rebuilt it and rode it for another 3 years or so before some toe-rag stole it in the night. No more heart attack inducing high-side gambling for me !
here she is:
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I then heard about a ZX-7R with 3,000 miles on it going for 3 grand. I didnt really want it being a pretty big step down in power but took it for a test ride anyway...
It felt underpowered (compared to the 9R !!) on the straights... and then I found some tiwsty roads and totally fell in love. Just WOW !
Planted. No scares from the front end... just brilliant really.
I've had the 7R ever since. Changed the gearing to trade a bit of top speed for a bit of GET OFF THE LIGHTS ! Mostly standard other than that.
this a a few years back now ! I've cut my hair since then.
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I did think about a Triumph 675 Daytona for a bit.... it's the only bike that has really made me sit up and look... but i cangt really afford one and I'm still dippy about the 7R.
this is me at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last summer playing by the rules.
looks like I set a trend !
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Last edited by ATAG_Highseas; Jan-31-2018 at 13:10.
- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO - i9-13900k - ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4090 OC - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600MHz -
- CORSAIR 1200w HX Series PSU - Corsair H100x Hydro Series CPU Cooler -
- Big Screen Beyond -
- Virpil T50 Mongoos Flight Stick -
- TM Warthog Throttle -
- Slaw Device 109 Cam Rudder Pedals -
Highseas Peripherals
- Engine Switch Panel - Munitions Switch Panel - Throttle Quadrant Trim Box - Helicopter Collective - Analogue Brake Lever -
Operated by a 1972 Standard Issue Talking Monkey
Had a few . Started with a KZ 400 then a 750 Sabre ( favourite) and finally a 600 Katana. Want to get a BMW R1200R but the wife keeps talking about food on the table and all that nonsense!!!
Last edited by Ohms; Jan-31-2018 at 17:10.
- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO - i9-13900k - ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4090 OC - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600MHz -
- CORSAIR 1200w HX Series PSU - Corsair H100x Hydro Series CPU Cooler -
- Big Screen Beyond -
- Virpil T50 Mongoos Flight Stick -
- TM Warthog Throttle -
- Slaw Device 109 Cam Rudder Pedals -
Highseas Peripherals
- Engine Switch Panel - Munitions Switch Panel - Throttle Quadrant Trim Box - Helicopter Collective - Analogue Brake Lever -
Operated by a 1972 Standard Issue Talking Monkey
- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO - i9-13900k - ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4090 OC - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600MHz -
- CORSAIR 1200w HX Series PSU - Corsair H100x Hydro Series CPU Cooler -
- Big Screen Beyond -
- Virpil T50 Mongoos Flight Stick -
- TM Warthog Throttle -
- Slaw Device 109 Cam Rudder Pedals -
Highseas Peripherals
- Engine Switch Panel - Munitions Switch Panel - Throttle Quadrant Trim Box - Helicopter Collective - Analogue Brake Lever -
Operated by a 1972 Standard Issue Talking Monkey
Katana...Yoikes...I had a chap from Langley Mill give me a wheelie at 120 on one of those bloody things!
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.'' - Bertrand Russell1.618 - You know this number?My Turing machine :CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz Sandybridge, Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme -Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3,
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Dual Channel Kit, Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5, OS:Windows 10
Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder II ForceFeedback Joystick, Throttle: CH Products Pro Throttle
ATAG_Lewis Youtube Channel
It has been a while since I have been on a fast bike and boy do I miss it.
My first street bike was a 1991 ZX-7R that I put like 30,000 km on.
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Then I got a 2007 GSXR 750 that I got hit on sitting at a lights.
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Then I got a 2008 GSXR 750
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And this is just funny
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- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO - i9-13900k - ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4090 OC - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600MHz -
- CORSAIR 1200w HX Series PSU - Corsair H100x Hydro Series CPU Cooler -
- Big Screen Beyond -
- Virpil T50 Mongoos Flight Stick -
- TM Warthog Throttle -
- Slaw Device 109 Cam Rudder Pedals -
Highseas Peripherals
- Engine Switch Panel - Munitions Switch Panel - Throttle Quadrant Trim Box - Helicopter Collective - Analogue Brake Lever -
Operated by a 1972 Standard Issue Talking Monkey
Too many to list tbh but here's my current ride.
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And no it's not a T595 it's a 955i that I've Streetfightered as I found her in a breakers and was looking for a project anyway.
I have an link to a post showing the work I've done somewhere, I'll try and find it.
I have never ever had interest for bikes one way or the other. Always believed I would own a plane though. Now when I can afford it, I simply bother no more. Why should I fly in circles in a cessna ? Everything going forward with wheels is for me getting from A to B. This is why I go only to the first shop and buy a vehicle not bothering too much on other things than how many seats I need. So I got a Fiat Scudo and a Mercedes E 200 , and soon a camper.
I'd love to build one of these from an old Beamer...I just love the engine..
Closest I got was this...
But at the time I didn't really care...I looked like this...
Last edited by ATAG_Lewis; Jan-31-2018 at 16:20.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.'' - Bertrand Russell1.618 - You know this number?My Turing machine :CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz Sandybridge, Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme -Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3,
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Dual Channel Kit, Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5, OS:Windows 10
Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder II ForceFeedback Joystick, Throttle: CH Products Pro Throttle
ATAG_Lewis Youtube Channel
- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO - i9-13900k - ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4090 OC - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600MHz -
- CORSAIR 1200w HX Series PSU - Corsair H100x Hydro Series CPU Cooler -
- Big Screen Beyond -
- Virpil T50 Mongoos Flight Stick -
- TM Warthog Throttle -
- Slaw Device 109 Cam Rudder Pedals -
Highseas Peripherals
- Engine Switch Panel - Munitions Switch Panel - Throttle Quadrant Trim Box - Helicopter Collective - Analogue Brake Lever -
Operated by a 1972 Standard Issue Talking Monkey
- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO - i9-13900k - ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4090 OC - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600MHz -
- CORSAIR 1200w HX Series PSU - Corsair H100x Hydro Series CPU Cooler -
- Big Screen Beyond -
- Virpil T50 Mongoos Flight Stick -
- TM Warthog Throttle -
- Slaw Device 109 Cam Rudder Pedals -
Highseas Peripherals
- Engine Switch Panel - Munitions Switch Panel - Throttle Quadrant Trim Box - Helicopter Collective - Analogue Brake Lever -
Operated by a 1972 Standard Issue Talking Monkey
Up until last year I had five bikes,
1951 Aerial 500cc Red Hunter
1974 Moto Guzi 850 T
1974 BMW 90S
1974 Suzuki RE5 (rotary)
2006 Moto Guzzi Breva 750
I have sold all but the Aerial and took up flying again. This time SIM!
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ASUS GB20CB Intel I-7 w/Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070, ASUS Swift PG279Q (3), VKB GF/KG12, CH Pro throttle, MFG Crosswind Rudder, EDtracker Pro
[SIZE=1]"When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" -S. Holmes-
Now yer talkin'..!
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.'' - Bertrand Russell1.618 - You know this number?My Turing machine :CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz Sandybridge, Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme -Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3,
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Dual Channel Kit, Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5, OS:Windows 10
Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder II ForceFeedback Joystick, Throttle: CH Products Pro Throttle
ATAG_Lewis Youtube Channel
- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO - i9-13900k - ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4090 OC - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600MHz -
- CORSAIR 1200w HX Series PSU - Corsair H100x Hydro Series CPU Cooler -
- Big Screen Beyond -
- Virpil T50 Mongoos Flight Stick -
- TM Warthog Throttle -
- Slaw Device 109 Cam Rudder Pedals -
Highseas Peripherals
- Engine Switch Panel - Munitions Switch Panel - Throttle Quadrant Trim Box - Helicopter Collective - Analogue Brake Lever -
Operated by a 1972 Standard Issue Talking Monkey
I had a go on a 70's Triumph...Really quick from a standing start...I was quite surprised...I told him if he ever sold it give me first shout...and then he sold it...
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.'' - Bertrand Russell1.618 - You know this number?My Turing machine :CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz Sandybridge, Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme -Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3,
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Dual Channel Kit, Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5, OS:Windows 10
Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder II ForceFeedback Joystick, Throttle: CH Products Pro Throttle
ATAG_Lewis Youtube Channel
S!~
Got crazed after saving for 25 years for bikes. Dad raced as an amateur - drag racing - in the 70's for a few years . Me mother sold his 30+ trophies after their divorce - garage sale- for schillings - lol . So- I thought it best to start there.
1) 1976 Honda CB550F- silver paint is not stock- nor the 4into 2 pipes- but she roars- and can hit 115 mph with my 210lb arse hanging on - great bike.
2) 1976 Honda GL1000 Goldwing - naked - Linex bedlinered all painted parts- buffed out all chrome- bone stock- shaft drive. Great bike- can hang in the turns and most straight runs with my cronies $30k Harleys. Dripping with bad-ass coolness- with a touch of geek. Lovely. Has a radiator which is great when its 90 F' .
3) 1977 Honda CB750F w. Vetter Windjammer III original fairing. Barn find - wrenched it for half a day- ripped out to over 110 mph- fairing gets a bit shaky after that. Again 4-2 pipes - super-cool 70's retro look- and rumbles in and out of where-ever you want to go. Easy rider - reliable like a 40 yr old Honda. Gotta love it. Café racer Schott leather- tough ass jeans- older boots- life is good when on her. Like an old horse that can still go to battle.
4) 1978 Honda CB750F. 90% original- built to run new by some local introverts. They only sell their bikes to dudes w/o Harleys-lol. I'm sure IM off the list when I finally get one. Anyhow- chopped rear fender- little better bars -new everything- polished and ready to tear around. I'm going to switch out the seat for a brat seat- little semi- café bars- and a Mad Max bad guys bike fairing. We'll see what she'll do this summer and Ill report. I'm thinking Ill hit 120+ on that old bird. Havent ridin' it as yet- soon- spring. Re-painted jet black- look cool and un-pretentious.
5 ) 1979 BMW R100RT . Barn find. Cat sh#t on her- rats nest in the airbox-really- tossed tires- you name it. But- it was all there. Took it to a 'retired' BMW national salesman who lives and breathes "airheads". Re-built most of the mechanical - I have been riding it for the past 2 years and loving it. Hard bags - 6.5 gal. tank- got her up to 110 mph- again- fairing shake. Need to tear it down and build a Linex sprayed bike- cafe' on mild steroids- lighten it up and get into the corners. Everywhere we ride- its the bike. Just too cool. Ferrari red paint is not stock. Np- looks fast-hehe.
Ps: I get my pix off my old comp. and post. None on this new one. Coming soon!
S~! AKA_Blasto
LOL! I'm the worst pix poster ever! Ill get better ones. 77' hondda with the 79' red BMW behind- and the 78' 750 Honda black- and my Kraut arse flying with a buddy.
Last edited by AKA_Blasto; Feb-01-2018 at 12:35.
Never took great pics of my bikes, but mine were:
1. 80 somethin' Kawasaki 175...jumped that 2 stroke to death! Nailed a 35 foot step-up on it.
2. 2000-ish RM125...Superman'd it back when Pastrana was stomping indie supermans.
3. 2 80's Vintage Yamaha 100's that I bought instead of a car in Botswana (wife had car). Had a gorgeous 10 mile commute through the bush.
4. Sherco Trials 2.9...Completed my first competition a few years ago. Having a blast with it....much easier on my bones.
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All sweet bikes!!
A note on this group of bikes
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1975 Mk8 360 cc Bultaco Fronteras (x2) , 1978 Bultaco Frontera MK 11 1 x 250 and 1 x 370, 1999 Gas Gas EC 300, 2004 Gas Gas 300EC. I always loved the Bultaco Fronteras but never had them as a kid, I always had the MX bikes "Pursangs". When I hit mid-life crisis many years later I decided to get a modern bike and tried out the Gas Gas and fell in Love... it was the ultimate woods weapon that felt like you were wearing it instead of riding it.
As luck would have it I had to travel to Girona Spain and asked the US distributor if he could set up a factory visit for me. I sent him that picture. I didn't know it at the time but I later found out that the owner of Gas Gas (Narcis Casas) was the lead designer and inspiration for the world's first Endurocross bike (mx bike with lights) the Bultaco Frontera until they went belly up. Needless to say I got the red carpet rolled out for me and we sat and chatted Bultaco history for over two hours.
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Skud
i-9 11900KF@ 5.1 GHZ CPU Watercooled, 32GB Corsair vengeance@4133Mhz, ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero (WiFi 6E) Z590 , MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 3080Ti, 2 x 1Tb Samsung NVMe 980 Pro, 43" Gigabyte Aorus FV43U QLED 4K monitor, GVL 224 Ju 88 Big Throttle, BAUR BRD-DS with KG-13A control column, MFG Crosswind Rudders, GVL224 Ju88 Trim Wheel Box, GVL224 Ju 88 Switch Panel, Blackhog SB-2, SB AE-9, Audeze LCD-GX headset, TrackIR5, Buttkicker Simkit + Buttkicker Gamer2, 2 x DSD Flight Panel 2s
Man...I'd love to see that barn find RT before you worked on it...?
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.'' - Bertrand Russell1.618 - You know this number?My Turing machine :CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz Sandybridge, Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme -Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3,
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Dual Channel Kit, Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5, OS:Windows 10
Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder II ForceFeedback Joystick, Throttle: CH Products Pro Throttle
ATAG_Lewis Youtube Channel
I'm not really sure you can call those other things 'bikes'
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Last edited by ATAG_yotheguy; Feb-01-2018 at 21:57.
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Does this count?Originally Posted by ATAG_SKUD
Author of the Their Finest Hour, Their Greatest Challenge, Desert Hawks, Eagles over Tobruk, On Ne Passe Pas!, and Rising from the Ashes campaigns for Cliffs of Dover Blitz and Desert Wings - Tobruk.
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