"Cafe racers" (or whatever)

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Interesting to read that Tony :thumbup: It's reminded me of a mate of ours back when we were still in our late teens, he had a one of these little Honda's too. I have never known a bike to take so much hammering, it just kept on going and going, an amazing little bike,

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sirch345 wrote:Interesting to read that Tony :thumbup: It's reminded me of a mate of ours back when we were still in our late teens, he had a one of these little Honda's too. I have never known a bike to take so much hammering, it just kept on going and going, an amazing little bike,

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My ex also had one and try as she did, could not kill it 8O
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http://thebikeshed.cc/2016/02/11/mrs-of ... -vulcan-s/

Like that one. Beautiful workmanship and dig the box section subframe.
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I know it's a bit "mainstream" if that's even possible for a custom bike builder, but the BMW Concept 90, which the eventual RNineT was based on, remains one of my favourite looking bikes of all time..

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Ugh if I could get my hands on one of them my life would be complete
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:thumbup: that looks good in my opinion. I found a photo of the other side :)

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Motomvk wrote:I know it's a bit "mainstream" if that's even possible for a custom bike builder, but the BMW Concept 90, which the eventual RNineT was based on, remains one of my favourite looking bikes of all time..

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Ugh if I could get my hands on one of them my life would be complete
It's a stunning motorcycle. Is it the one Roland sands did?

As beautiful as these are and there's no denying the quality of the craftsmanship, I'm more into bikes like the egeland harrier, the Avon bmw, the confederate fighter (in spite of me not being into cruisers) or any of the confederate bikes. I like bare bones nakedness (oo er).
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Dendrob wrote:
Motomvk wrote:I know it's a bit "mainstream" if that's even possible for a custom bike builder, but the BMW Concept 90, which the eventual RNineT was based on, remains one of my favourite looking bikes of all time..

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Ugh if I could get my hands on one of them my life would be complete
It's a stunning motorcycle. Is it the one Roland sands did?

As beautiful as these are and there's no denying the quality of the craftsmanship, I'm more into bikes like the egeland harrier, the Avon bmw, the confederate fighter (in spite of me not being into cruisers) or any of the confederate bikes. I like bare bones nakedness (oo er).
Yeah it's the Roland Sands one..

I had to google a couple of those, that Avon Beemer looks immense, not sure about the Egeland Harrier thing though I reckon that's more of an acquired taste
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nice :thumbup:
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Talking of RNineT's:

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Mav617 wrote:Talking of RNineT's:

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Love that :thumbup: Pipes are perfect
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Phwoar:

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The Ducati looks gorgeous, though, let's face it, standard ducatis are off to a head start when it comes to looks.

But.......If I won the lottery I'd be on the phone to Mr egeland to build me one o them there harrier's. :D
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Watty wrote:
sirch345 wrote:Interesting to read that Tony :thumbup: It's reminded me of a mate of ours back when we were still in our late teens, he had a one of these little Honda's too. I have never known a bike to take so much hammering, it just kept on going and going, an amazing little bike,

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My ex also had one and try as she did, could not kill it 8O
Oh, you can kill them easily enough, I went through seven engines getting to 100k.
Some ran on Castrol R, just for the smell......it didn't half wind up British bike owners on runs!
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http://www.bikeexif.com/1978-yamaha-sr500

I love this. A headlight can make or break the aesthetics and this one (in context of the idea) is perfect.

Ok, by the time you've put on tyres to suit actually riding in Blighty and something resembling a front mudguard, you're compromising. Still love it though. Fun and funky.
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Trackers look spectacular, but they have to be done right, same with café racers really...

This ones pretty hot, ducati 900ss with extra ooooooooooooooooooooo

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