a couple of question on bikes

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by B_Bogus

Sold my modern bikes because they were far too scary - now the only fear is 'will I get there?'

yeah I did the same more or less. I am getting too old for 200 kph plus Japanese rockets and so bought a B5 Enfield last year. Well, it is not actually vintage, its a 2011 model mind you, but its still basically the 1955 tech. They do get a unit engine and EFI these days but the frame is straight from Redditch in the 1950's. It's not retro, the indians just kept making them the same way for 50 years. Why change a good thing? Its actually an incredibly fun bike ...

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

yeah I did the same more or less. I am getting too old for 200 kph plus Japanese rockets and so bought a B5 Enfield last year. Well, it is not actually vintage, its a 2011 model mind you, but its still basically the 1955 tech. They do get a unit engine and EFI these days but the frame is straight from Redditch in the 1950's. It's not retro, the indians just kept making them the same way for 50 years. Why change a good thing? Its actually an incredibly fun bike ...

Beauty!!!!!

I'm a huge fan of the British (design) classics like this. So pleased to see the new Triumphs and even the Norton Commando reappear (all-to-rare still in N America still). It seems that there is a skillful blending of the old with the modern. Electronics, reliable electrics, disk brakes.....but still retaining the flavour and charm of their original design.

I should get the Enfield. Talk about incentive to lose 100 lbs! LOL

[Screamadelica]

Back in the Eighties.. Vespa PE200.
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And another Saturday night out...
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How do I make these pictures bigger?

[Hooters2]

I'm on a k9 gsxr750 it's a thing of total beauty.

[Kodoss]

Nice bikes you have.

I personally prefer the older ones, where even riding with 90 km/h feels dangerous.

My first big bike, a "Jawa 500 OHC" from 1954. On my first long ride on a vintage ralley (800km) the engine shaked so much that I lost a 13cm long bolt from the engine attachment and couldn't even hold an empty glass in my hand.
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But now after a new balancing of the crankshaft it feels really nice to ride that twin-engine.

At the moment I restore a "NSU 501T" from 1929. It's a 500ccm one-cylinder 4-stroke engine.
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I hope it will be ready next year. Some parts look really horrible.

[bravoalpha]

Bonnies, Nortons, a desmo, a Jawa and all the others! -great ones! I only missing the old guzzis and a shovel/evo sporty and we will have the “great age of bikes” topic.

More on ccm, power and sound makes riding safe, not the armors. Armors makes the crash safer.