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killa
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PostPosted: 13:41 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: My road test and review of the Gladstone No.1 Reply with quote
The Gladstone No.1. Built by Guy Willison and Henry Cole.
Only nine to be built of this custom Bobber.

https://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z451/SV_KB/tumblr_mpnuxbSia21s6eh7to1_1280-1024x682_zpsvwwgxapg.jpg

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PostPosted: 14:57 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 15:10 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice looking bike. No Jolk.
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PostPosted: 15:34 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Didn't think the back wheel could be the furthest item of the bike at the back. C&U jizz?

Looks alright, no doubt its absolutely useless on the roads other than pottering around and boy that is gonna be a dick to keep clean, but I think it looks decent.
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PostPosted: 15:45 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
*yoke


That left him with egg on his face Wink
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PostPosted: 16:17 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
I thought that a bobber was supposed to be built by taking bits off a preexisting bike.

That frame looks brand new bespoke. That makes it a custom, not a bobber.
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PostPosted: 16:24 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gladstone No.1's sounds like a brand of fags. Thinking
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PostPosted: 16:26 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bet Henry Cole stood around spouting and doing fuck all Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 22:59 - 15 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
With no front mudguard you'd really need a rainpal to ride that
in wet weather
Impractical, overpriced, poseur crap anyway IMO, 9 is too many
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PostPosted: 08:41 - 16 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
toby1 wrote:
Bet Henry Cole stood around spouting and doing fuck all Rolling Eyes

He's nothing without his mate Gregor McEwan.


Paddy. wrote:
Didn't think the back wheel could be the furthest item of the bike at the back. C&U jizz?

Type approval.

That'll be put through an MVSA test. I mean, maybe. Or that could be left as an exercise for the owner.

No mudguard = C&U fail, but apparently not necessary for MSVA.
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PostPosted: 01:28 - 17 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
why do hipsters hate silencers on exhausts?

is it because they never ride these terrible things?
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PostPosted: 22:18 - 17 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
apparently my post was confusing to some.

lest go into it a little more.

its 2018 and in the name of fashion they make a bike that sounds like a poorly maintained bit of farm machinery.
looks like it was knocked up by a scrap man.
if the promo video is to be believed it cant be ridden in a straight line.

some bikes are annoying to live near.
i think this bike would be annoying to own.
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PostPosted: 22:27 - 17 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
wristjob wrote:
apparently my post was confusing to some.

lest go into it a little more.

its 2018 and in the name of fashion they make a bike that sounds like a poorly maintained bit of farm machinery.
looks like it was knocked up by a scrap man.
if the promo video is to be believed it cant be ridden in a straight line.

some bikes are annoying to live near.
i think this bike would be annoying to own.


Sounds just like those what come out of Milwaukee.
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PostPosted: 04:58 - 18 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
* its DNA
* pared
* carburettor
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PostPosted: 09:02 - 18 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
My 1 year old could get that tank decal down with fewer bubbles underneath.

It's not something I would own, or advocate that someone else should build.

https://classicmotorhub.com/wp-content/uploads/Gladstone-Motorcycles-No.1-Henry-Cole-2.jpg
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killa
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PostPosted: 11:02 - 20 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
*yoke


I think the guy who published it for me thought it was a mistake. Laughing

wristjob wrote:
apparently my post was confusing to some.


If you’d read the article it has no mentioned of hipsters involved in the build. No silencers means more noise, some people like that, like thousands of them, always have.
I’d personally never own a bike that made this much noise but then again this is for the kind of owner who has more than three or four bikes to choose from.
The build and quality is impressive, I’ve seen scrappy bobbers and this isn’t one of them.

The Shaggy D.A. wrote:

* its DNA
* pared
* carburettor


Ah fair play, I didn’t realise the spell check missed one T from that.
From the recorded call from Guy who built the bike, I heard it as paired down. I’d actually never heard the term “pared” until now Rolling Eyes
Not sure why everyone dislikes the bike and or article so much though Thinking
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PostPosted: 11:09 - 20 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
killa wrote:

Not sure why everyone dislikes the bike and or article so much though Thinking


Comeon, you've been on here long enough to know how these things go.

It's because there's no subframe and the chain has a tensioner.

A hardtail with a blueprinted T140 lump. I bet it can put power down in a way that would startle many and is probably more than capable of utterly overwhelming their choice of tyre.
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PostPosted: 11:17 - 20 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
Comeon, you've been on here long enough to know how these things go.


Yeah I guess I’ve spent too long away from the forum, it’s me that’s changed Laughing

stinkwheel wrote:
A hardtail with a blueprinted T140 lump. I bet it can put power down in a way that would startle many and is probably more than capable of utterly overwhelming their choice of tyre.


When I saw the photos before going to do the road test, I was more excited about the Ducati Sportclassic 1000S but it was this that I enjoyed more. Loads of grunt and really easy to ride.
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PostPosted: 12:03 - 20 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
I bet it can put power down in a way that would startle many and is probably more than capable of utterly overwhelming their choice of tyre.

Or brakes. Brake? Does it actually have one on the rear? Eh?
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PostPosted: 13:49 - 20 Jun 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:

Or brakes. Brake? Does it actually have one on the rear? Eh?


Half width, rod activated drum on the rear, same as your enfield, stand on it hard enough, it'll lock. Exotic 4-leading drum on the front probably has enough bite to be going on with providing you keep on top of adjustment. Heat dissipation may be an issue, even with the big air-scoops. i wouldn't rely on a second big stop in quick succession.
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