eBay's Most Miserable Bike

[WD Forte]

Not sure but think the 88 has some meaning to Aryan brotherhood types
(Aha! a wee google just gave this:

The 88 number stand for the 8th. letter of the alphabet . HH symbolises “Heil Hitler” which was a german salute meaning “Save Hitler”. When meeting someone, it was customary in Nazi Germany to give the Hitler salute and say the words “Heil Hitler!“.)

Keep wondering if he missed a trick not calling it Zyklon instead of Cyclone for added bad taste and to keep the old
Nazi theme type thing going.

I'm not judging or criticising of course!!
Our beloved Harry dressed as a Nazi and he's married to a black woman
of colour so it must be all right to do this sort of thing
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[Easy-X]

Talking of problematic royalty, did the paparazzi ride a CX500 in the tunnel 'cos great swathes of beard oil purchasers seem to have it in for the poor old Honda
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Tdibs]

That BMW is hilarious, pretty smart way to convince the mrs you tried as hard as you could to sell it, but for some reason nobody was interested.

Also

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-ukAAOSwd-hgZwsk/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-XL600LMF-1985/114750629735?hash=item1ab7aba767:g:-ukAAOSwd-hgZwsk
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Previous : 09 Vanvan 125| 02' Sv650s || Current: 1999 Xj600n | 1992 DR650 RSE | 2005 Fazer 1000

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[steve the grease]

One day people will look back at this time of ' cafe racers' with their brown seats and 'where has the back end of the bike gone' look, with the same incredulousness that people have for the the late sixties early seventies look.
36" over front forks 18" ape hangers , sissy bars and exhaust 6 feet high. I look at them and go " Yeah , but Why, FFS ?"
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All the above is my personal opinion, you can see my lips move, but I'm talking out of my arse.
I've been riding, and fixing , bikes for 50 years, in that time the more I learn, the less I am absolutely sure of.....

[Bhud]

[Polo]

[pepperami]

[WD Forte]

This kind of intrigued me but further examination put me off
Dip switch nowhere near grip - nah looks sloppy
ground terminal at inlet manifold - dont like that
straight through exhausts + no air filter - loud dont mean good
no front mudguard - dont ride in rain
Smiths speedo - is it calibrated for the sender?
slipped forks - springs adjusted to compensate for reduced movement?
No MOT - ok maybe its exempt but there's still an expectation of roadworthiness
and an MOT would prove this
Illegal numberplate?

I wouldn't throw 2 grand at it as I reckon its just a tarted up rat bike

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2PsAAOSwiv9gHWwb/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-FLAT-TRACKER-BOBBER-CUSTOM-BUILD-1-OFF-CAFE-RACER-CD-200-198-cc-1980/194012127346?hash=item2d2c062072:g:2PsAAOSwiv9gHWwb
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[WD Forte]

I reckon the bars are proper motorcycle ones as they're similar
to what I have on my old thing.

What annoys me is how it's so obviously just another
over priced form over function build.
I see its missing its starter motor too.
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[WD Forte]

[Shaft]

[Easy-X]

[WD Forte]

For comparison, this CD200 is pretty unfucked and £300 cheaper
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UZsAAOSwQsdgZHWE/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CD200-BENLY-1981-19-486-MILES-VERY-USEABLE-LIGHTWEIGHT-COMMUTER/233949267389?hash=item36787685bd:g:AjAAAOSwomtgZHVu
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[Polo]

[A100man]

[pepperami]

[blurredman]

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[WD Forte]

As A100man says, its still a 15hp bike on a good day
so probably no more efficient or faster than a current efi 125

We all know things drop off, get knocked off or rust and wear out over time and bikes as they aged would get ratted or modded to compensate.
I always liked rat bikes, it was cheap creative fun you did to a bike
past its best years, no one took it seriously.

Rat bikes were mostly built to ride,even in the rain!
This current trend of overpriced form over function polished turds
make a bike so ludicrously expensive any idiot who buys on dare not
use it like a regular bike lest it gets scratched, dirty or devalued.
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[Rebel]

10 grand for this work of genius. Interesting suspension mod, a couple of 8mm allen bolts should be fine.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9eMAAOSwchtgae6g/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-CUSTOM-MOTORCYCLE-CAFE-RACER-BOBBER/114752971738?hash=item1ab7cf63da:g:9eMAAOSwchtgae6g

[WD Forte]

Wasnt sure what you meant
then I saw the pic
Brilliant!!!
I bet BMW are kicking themselves and saying
"Aw shit why didn't we think of that?"


https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/YE0AAOSwbq5gae8m/s-l1600.jpg
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