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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The presenter couldn't be more 'wooden' but for those of a certain age (old bastards) a trip down memory lane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HESIjHvOjtw

[STEMO]

I could never get excited about bikes. I think it had something to do with self preservation. 

[Doctor Gollum]

I could never get excited about bikes. I think it had something to do with self preservation. 

It's a lot harder to fall off four wheels

[Lizzie Zoom]

I've never let myself get onto a bike with a motor since riding pillion on my fathers Lambreta in 1964.  I wanted to live!!

[BazaJT]

All this while the Brits stuck doggedly to the parallel twin apart from the Triumph Trident/BSA Rocket 3 triples.

[b4ndit]

Some really nice bike in there 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Always wanted a Z1 and a CBX. Still do.

.......and a GS1000.....and a 2 stroke water bottle.

[Andy B]

Some really nice bike in there 

 ..... and a Bond Bug 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

...and a Guzzi Le Mans and a Jota.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Some really nice bike in there 

 ..... and a Bond Bug 

I owned a couple of 'plastic pigs' of the Reliant Regal variety.

It didn't end well. I rolled them both.

[BazaJT]

Italian bikes were super cool and usually looked stunning then promptly broke down when it rained because of their dodgy electrics Not a superbike I know but Kawasaki also did a 250 two stroke triple which they called the Samurai that looked very nice but you had to be prepared to "fall on your sword"to ride one with any intent due to the absolutely dire handling.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I've never let myself get onto a bike with a motor since riding pillion on my fathers Lambreta in 1964.  I wanted to live!!

It's a scooter so doesn't count, Lizzie.

Was your Dad a Mod back in the day?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Italian bikes were super cool and usually looked stunning then promptly broke down when it rained because of their dodgy electrics Not a superbike I know but Kawasaki also did a 250 two stroke triple which they called the Samurai that looked very nice but you had to be prepared to "fall on your sword"to ride one with any intent due to the absolutely dire handling.

There is a Benelli Six in there somewhere.  A nice red one.

[BazaJT]

Yes I noted that one too Opti Agree also about the Lambretta.In our house if it had two wheels and an engine it had to be a motorbike not a scooter.One of my older brothers once went out to buy a bike and came back with a Lambretta no one apart from our parents talked to him for a month which is how long he owned it

[b4ndit]

Always wanted a Z1 and a CBX. Still do.

.......and a GS1000.....and a 2 stroke water bottle.

Had a z1 when i was in the RN used it daily great bike bit skittish in the wet sold that and bought an XS 750 good bike but heavy

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Always wanted a Z1 and a CBX. Still do.

.......and a GS1000.....and a 2 stroke water bottle.

Had a z1 when i was in the RN used it daily great bike bit skittish in the wet sold that and bought an XS 750 good bike but heavy

I remember these. Shaft drive. A 3 cylinder version of the huge XS1100.

[b4ndit]

Always wanted a Z1 and a CBX. Still do.

.......and a GS1000.....and a 2 stroke water bottle.

Had a z1 when i was in the RN used it daily great bike bit skittish in the wet sold that and bought an XS 750 good bike but heavy

I remember these. Shaft drive. A 3 cylinder version of the huge XS1100.

That's the one

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Italian bikes were super cool and usually looked stunning then promptly broke down when it rained because of their dodgy electrics Not a superbike I know but Kawasaki also did a 250 two stroke triple which they called the Samurai that looked very nice but you had to be prepared to "fall on your sword"to ride one with any intent due to the absolutely dire handling.

I have a ficked right leg and non operating left kidney due to one of those. 
The 500 and 750 triples (aka Widowmakers) were truly evil things though. Very fast in their day, with awful handling and no brakes. I loved them. 
The Suzuki kettle was dog slow but looked impressive. An RD 400 would leave it for dead.
I rode a Jota about 10 years ago, and I must admit, for a 40 odd year old bike, I was impressed.

[dave the builder]

I had an xs400 custom (427cc ,harris pipes etc)
plenty of torque ,comfortable plod along machine
gave up bikes after the second tarmac surfing event 
(both due to talent-less car drivers trying to kill me )

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I could never get excited about bikes. I think it had something to do with self preservation. 

You missed a trick, because quite a few 'biker birds' tended to have loose knicker elastic. The less attractive the biker bird the easier the knickers came down.

Probably no different to a few scouse girls you've met after they've  been lubricated with a rum and coke or six. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Italian bikes were super cool and usually looked stunning then promptly broke down when it rained because of their dodgy electrics Not a superbike I know but Kawasaki also did a 250 two stroke triple which they called the Samurai that looked very nice but you had to be prepared to "fall on your sword"to ride one with any intent due to the absolutely dire handling.

I have a ficked right leg and non operating left kidney due to one of those. 
The 500 and 750 triples (aka Widowmakers) were truly evil things though. Very fast in their day, with awful handling and no brakes. I loved them. 
The Suzuki kettle was dog slow but looked impressive. An RD 400 would leave it for dead.
I rode a Jota about 10 years ago, and I must admit, for a 40 odd year old bike, I was impressed.

Two words. Huge wheelie.

[Rods2]

A 65bhp Triumph Trident was a superbike in its day and a good allround balance of weight, good handling and reasonable power. The big bore long stroke Norman Hyde 1000cc ones were good for 100bhp but had a habit of holing the centre piston due to running lean.

[Bigron]

I must start rebuilding my Sunbeam S8, I must, I must.......

Ron.

[Rods2]

I must start rebuilding my Sunbeam S8, I must, I must.......

Ron.

You and me both with my Triumph Trident, but also my Kawasaki GPZ1100 where the front brake master cylinder seals have gone, but I found a supplier at £20. This, two new tyres, insurance and an MOT and distance glasses for getting the Kawasaki back n the road, 0-60 in 3s and 150mph, with my corrected 20:20 left eyesight, what could possibly go wrong.

[Doctor Gollum]

All this while the Brits stuck doggedly to the parallel twin apart from the Triumph Trident/BSA Rocket 3 triples.

Practically a truck engine 

[Bigron]

I wish I had kept my first bike, Rods2 - a BSA Golden Flash that I got £15 as a part-ex!

Ron.

[Rods2]

I don't regret getting rid of my first motorbike a Honda 250cc K2 with 30php, red line at 10,250 but would rev towards 11,000 but might break piston rings allegedly, not that I ever found that out, as a good boy, several time, oh no, and 100mph top speed, which I can confirm along with the same 2 up on a dense air fog descending night, some where in UK or Europe as I broke the piston rings yet again again. As a 17/18yo I lived a quiet, sheltered life allegedly.

[BazaJT]

I remember Moto Guzzi did one they called the V7 and ex-wife thought that meant it had three and a half cylinders per bank

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I remember Moto Guzzi did one they called the V7 and ex-wife thought that meant it had three and a half cylinders per bank

Ah......women. Bless their little cotton socks.

[Shackeng]

The superbikes of my day were the T110, Dominator, G45 and King of Bikes, the Black Shadow. I only had the first but yearned for the last. Some 30 years after I had ridden a bike, I was staying with a friend in Hong Kong who had bought a Yamaha shaft drive as a big boys toy, I think it was a 750. Come and have a go in the New Territories he says. Bloody hell, the gear change was on the wrong side and every gear seemed rocket assisted, it frightened me to death. I've steered clear of big bikes since.

[BazaJT]

Eldest brother had a 650 Triton-the featherbed frame was a mightily popular piece of kit back then-which he replaced with a Black Shadow,bought for peanuts and sold for peanuts too

[Bigron]

I've ridden half-a-Vincent, the 500cc Comet, and that was enough for me! 

Ron.

[BazaJT]

For a left fielder how about the Munch Mammut? Powered by a 1,000cc NSU air cooled car engine.Nearly 500 were built up to early 1990's with later models getting a capacity increase anything up to 1,996cc.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

For a left fielder how about the Munch Mammut? Powered by a 1,000cc NSU air cooled car engine.Nearly 500 were built up to early 1990's with later models getting a capacity increase anything up to 1,996cc.

Yep...that was quite an oddity.

I never saw one on the road.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Friend of mine let me ride his Moto Morini 350

It was the actual road test bike used by one of the bike mags of the time. Don't think I ever saw another.

Fabulous little 4 stroke V-twin.

[BazaJT]

I don't recall ever seeing a Munch on the road either.I certainly wouldn't have fancied trying to pick one back up after dropping it a they weighrd in at circa 350Kgs

[STEMO]

I don't recall ever seeing a Munch on the road either.I certainly wouldn't have fancied trying to pick one back up after dropping it a they weighrd in at circa 350Kgs

You can still get one 

https://www.cycleworld.com/2016/01/21/friedel-munch-mammut-2000-superbike-motorcycle-cycle-world-feature

[TheBoy]

I could never get excited about bikes. I think it had something to do with self preservation. 

That's part of the (adrenaline) rush

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Different people get  rush from different things though. For example nicking the wheels off someones car right outside their house could be exciting. 

[BazaJT]

Yes it could and possibly just as harmful depending on whos wheels you're nicking if caught

[Omegatoy]

I must start rebuilding my Sunbeam S8, I must, I must.......

Ron.

you should do it mate,rebuilt an S7 way back in the 80,s and parts were not plentiful even then! was a hell of a bike though for the first 30miles or so, then the rear pot used to get a tad hot and start pinkimg
  loved it though,Dominator 88 with all the 99 bits on was great,triumph adventurer was fun,also my Ducati darmah was a great bike and my oil in frame BSA lightning,was hust right commuting from wallinford to heathrow everyday, 10,000 miles in 6 months while using it for courier work!favourite for sheer terror was the kwacker H1 500 triple the thing was mental, not to mention scary,