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PostPosted: 17:13 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Ferrari bike up for auction! Reply with quote

https://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/unique-ferrari-motorbike-up-for-auction-2012-04-19

Thought it was pretty cool Cool

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PostPosted: 17:17 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Re: Ferrari bike up for auction! Reply with quote

bikertomm wrote:
https://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/unique-ferrari-motorbike-up-for-auction-2012-04-19

Thought it was pretty cool Cool

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Prepare for a hail of insults this has been posted countless times and most people hate the bike.
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PostPosted: 17:24 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gotta laugh whenever this comes up!

Just think, some poor sucker, actually stumped up the overinflated price, somewhere down the line. Laughing

True to form, like a bad penny, it keeps turning up!

Do you reckon anyone's ever ridden it?
Riding it down the drive then back into the, centrally heated, garage doesn't count.
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PostPosted: 17:56 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've seen this earlier, it's like that Lamborghini bike from '80, just an useless ad.

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PostPosted: 17:56 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I'd pay 5grand max for it If I was really rich, so that I could put it into my living room and brag to everyone that I own a ferrari.
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PostPosted: 18:08 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yarri wrote:
I think I'd pay 5grand max for it If I was really rich, so that I could put it into my living room and brag to everyone that I own a ferrari.


If you were really rich you might as well just buy a Ferrari car and brag about owning that, then you wouldn't have to have that ugly thing cluttering up your living room.
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PostPosted: 19:03 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you want a bike that looks like a Ferrari, just buy one of these:

https://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/suzuki-history/1995/1995_RF900R_red_450.jpg

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PostPosted: 21:06 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It was built completely from scratch by bike-maker Dave Kay. Kay had written to Ferrari to ask if he could create a motorcycle as a tribute to the late Enzo


Well according to that it sounds like Ferrari didn't even build it, just agreed to have their badges on it.
Which surely means its worth even less than i thought (which to be honest wasnt a lot).
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PostPosted: 21:45 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Re: Ferrari bike up for auction! Reply with quote

chris-red wrote:
Prepare for a hail of insults this has been posted countless times and most people hate the bike.


indeedio, a 4-year old could make make a better-looking one out of poo-stained lego and hair from the dog's basket.
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PostPosted: 21:46 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

That Thing is fucking hideous
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PostPosted: 21:53 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

The engine looks like a replica of a 70s MV Agusta looking at the rocker covers and the block itself. Is that what it is?

I like it in some ways, classic tank shape, the silencers and those wheels look good.

Its just a pity that silly tail piece and completly incongruous fairing have been allowed to mess up what would otherwise have been nice flowing lines.

The seat size and shape, also rather silly.

It should have been envisaged as more a classic racer sort of shape and style I think personally, that way the aircooled motor, twin shock rear and those reverse cone silencers would be fitting.
As it is it looks more like a bad bitsa with Ferrari logos!
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PostPosted: 21:58 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks sad like it's lowering it's head in shame, it know what it looks like Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 22:43 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rather ride Vanessa Feltz tbh.
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PostPosted: 22:55 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jynister wrote:
Rather ride Vanessa Feltz tbh.


You must really have low self-esteem to be considering that!

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PostPosted: 22:59 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a table top ornament.

Everything is one off, so you can't repair it without a big bank balance. I'd have it for a few grand.

I'd rather have a H1, H3, RD500, MV, etc, etc,
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PostPosted: 23:49 - 19 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

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is expected to fetch a cool £100,000

Weren't they asking £250,000 for it a few years back? Shocked wonder why it didn't sell seeing as the same bloke still owns it Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 20:06 - 20 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Embarassed Embarassed Embarassed i like it
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PostPosted: 20:48 - 20 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

andyscooter wrote:
Embarassed Embarassed Embarassed i like it


Might I suggest that Sir goes and beats himself silly [with a stick] before posting anything else?
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PostPosted: 20:55 - 20 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

andyscooter wrote:
Embarassed Embarassed Embarassed i like it


Liking it has nothing to do with it. Regardless of the fact they should stick to what they know, cars, because they can't do bikes.

Question is, would you pay £100,000 for it?
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PostPosted: 09:17 - 21 Apr 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

it looks nice but i would never buy it, maybe for a few hundred and use it as a paper weight
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