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Posted: 17:44 - 31 Jan 2014 Post subject: My new bike |
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Aw, it's so plucky. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Posted: 21:16 - 31 Jan 2014 Post subject: |
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I'm always impressed with those with practical skills. . . and somewhat jealous
Nice looking bike! |
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Well done restoring Love the fact that people put so much time into things like this to bring them back to life |
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Old Thread Alert!
There is a gap of 7 years, 221 days between these two posts... |
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That's the thing about project bikes. People only talk about the successful jobs, and not the failures. As a result, you get survivorship bias. Some optimism is always needed. However, I think the majority of projects end up as unfinished, and sold on Ebay as unfinished projects... The "most miserable Ebay bike" thread here shows up what happens to some of these. I think these types of negative experiences trying to bring an old bike back to life probably motivate a lot of people to just buying a modern retro of some sort. BMW Boxer, Moto Guzzi, Street Twin, etc. For me, personally, it was a real eye-opener when I discovered that a lot of the "real biker" lot (I mean the apparently club/MAG types on Youtube who make "rats" - not the BCF type if there even is one) don't actually know anything about bikes. It isn't uncommon to see a horrendous "putting back on the road" job on Youtube that lasts for 5 years and still results in something that hardly works, and looks like it's been set on fire and thrown in a skip. With projects come failures, and they cost a lot of money, too. |
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Pics worked
Wow, looks like a family of rodents lived in that one! |
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Yeah, I can't see the finished pics. ____________________ Current - '94 VFR750FR, '00 VFR800FI Previous - '10 Street Triple R, '92 MZ ETZ301, '05 TTR250, NSR125R, KMX125, "Honda" Win (chinese copy of an old Honda design with a C90 engine)
My bike trip around S.E. Asia 2010/2011 |
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Cool transformation for that small scoot! Nice |
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Cool transformation for that small scoot! Nice |
Thanks. I forgot to add in the story of it, I added a light inside the top box so when the lid opened, the light came on so items could be seen in the dark.
I wish I still had the scoot, but I needed the money at the time. ____________________ Thanks
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I wish I still had the scoot, but I needed the money at the time. |
Shame, nice work & fun job. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 210 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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