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PostPosted: 18:31 - 31 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bhud wrote:
At the end of the day, these people are using a bandwagon as a stepping stone, so they're going to move on. Whether onto e-bikes or just the attractiveness of wealth, i.e. a new and shiny car when they no longer need to e-beg. But I think it needs to be happening more quickly than it is, or else, at the current rate, the regulations might be tightened.


I agree with your reasoning but given that a historic motorbike is exempt from both the Congestion and ULEZ I wonder if the first angry political voice might be Genghis Khan Thinking I've already met a few people who commute into town on a '70s bike and that proposition becomes more viable when the window moves up to '80s bikes IMHO.

Really though the number of classic bikes - butchered or otherwise - is so tiny I don't think the piss taking even registers but it's definitely worth keeping an eye on whether the car lot fuck up.
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PostPosted: 19:28 - 31 May 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Easy-X wrote:

I agree with your reasoning but given that a historic motorbike is exempt from both the Congestion and ULEZ I wonder if the first angry political voice might be Genghis Khan Thinking I've already met a few people who commute into town on a '70s bike and that proposition becomes more viable when the window moves up to '80s bikes IMHO.


Exactly. 80s bikes are mostly good. They can be maintained for a long time, or brought back from near-death. They're also petrol burners.

This could be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, nobody really cares if a few people commute into London on old bikes, as long as they aren't getting noticed too much. On the other hand, 80s bikes with open pipes, riders raging at pedestrians crossing the road, etc. is not going to be tolerated. London is a major city, and, as in all major cities, control of the streets is a political hot topic, and there's no real room for rampant individualism. Therefore, just a single motorcyclist speeding through a protest could be enough to turn a negative spotlight on things. Similarly, breaching future lockdowns, revving under a tunnel like their favourite Youtube motovloggers, or doing any of the minor things which don't really matter at all when you're out of the capital but which give such a feeling of freedom to a Londoner because they're slightly antisocial or transgressive within that London bubble, will take on a new dimension of importance.

So perhaps it really is a good thing that CX500s and the like are being butchered, hardly to be ridden again. This makes them rarer, and less likely to be seen as serious commuting machines. It's hard to say which way it will go, but it's troubling. People who go out of their way to get their hands on 80s bikes rarely were around in the 80s, they have no appreciation of the aesthetics of that time, they watch a polished Youtube video and believe they can create a postmodern identity of their own by effacing motoring history with an angle grinder. Society is ailing, the people are getting sick and losing their identities and souls. The cafe racers reflect this.
So anyone stubborn enough to hold onto an 80s bike, maintain it and rip it around on a commute is going to be someone with something to prove, which in today's terms means content on an Instagram account. In the course of doing so, they won't care about being socially responsible, and it's quite likely that, simply because the bikes were so good, this will come to the attention of Khan.

I note that someone in Youtube-land with an apparent ear to the Cotswolds set believes that there will be a historic cutoff for late 80s vehicles, i.e. the rolling exemptions will end. Once more, this is because Testarossa and Countach, and nothing to do with Sarah on her old V-Max proving something or the other about her balls, or Bob the inherited-wealth British redneck "country boy" with meaningless tattoos on his CD200 cafe racer. If bikes can fly under the radar and not be noticed, they won't be noticed for quite a while, and that's really good.

Anyway, I've taken this way off-topic.

Here's to bring it back:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164886711485


Laughing

I like the way this one has started with the tail end, then stopped before even making a seat. "Hmm, no, bad idea, I'd better get rid!"
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PostPosted: 00:16 - 01 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aaaarghh!!! Again with the "before I fucked it" photo at the end. They're toying with us Sad
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PostPosted: 05:22 - 02 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing

tbh that rear section is very wrong - the tail piece on the 250rs is quite a nice design, and that's nothing like it should be, ditto the seat and presumably seat base
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PostPosted: 13:19 - 02 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
If it was really like the last photo before he 'improved' it
The guys a fucking moron
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PostPosted: 23:50 - 02 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
You're 100% right guys. That final picture is a kick in the nuts. It's not only the tail end, but those sweet Honda square clocks, typical of Honda small and midsize bikes of the time (and the enduros of all makes). And that paintjob on that steely tank. Before he fucked it, there was a bike that could make you feel 16/17 again. If he'd been around in those days, that butchery would never have crossed his mind. But what can you do.
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 06 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Browsing through the listings there seem to be a surprising number of Harleys on offer just lately. I don't mind some of the classic designs but WTF...

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

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Do they come from the factory like this? Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:37 - 06 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's just disgusting
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PostPosted: 20:40 - 06 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284316060878?hash=item42328eccce:g:B1AAAOSwH2pgtggX


Nice CX500.....https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-ogAAOSwPplgtggz/s-l1600.jpg
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PostPosted: 20:52 - 06 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Easy-X wrote:
Browsing through the listings there seem to be a surprising number of Harleys on offer just lately. I don't mind some of the classic designs but WTF...

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

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Pretty much apart from the ridiculous ape hanger bars. A friend has one and it's an unbelievably ugly thing. Whatever floats yer boat I suppose... Sick
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PostPosted: 21:07 - 06 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brava210 wrote:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284316060878?hash=item42328eccce:g:B1AAAOSwH2pgtggX


Nice CX500.....


FFS, exhaust wrap from The Mummy Returns finished with £20 eBay end-cans...

Once, just once I'd like to see someone take a factory bike and actually improve it Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 14:34 - 10 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another day, another massively overpriced UJM..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184878533340

.. and yes it's got those crappy chinko shockers on it.
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I'll see yours and raise you £2500. Razz

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dMcAAOSwP0ZgbDBr/s-l400.jpg

Quote... the hole bike has been powder coated. Yes mate, should be in a hole Thumbs Up

Also, why does it need a fart channel like those stupid pish bikes with razor for saddles have? Is it incase you shit yourself?

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ocEAAOSw7IRgbDCd/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144061791979?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818141627%26meid%3D8f6f511559f442078821e3ce30416d06%26pid%3D101110%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D184878533340%26itm%3D144061791979%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2563228.c101110.m1982
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PostPosted: 15:12 - 10 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:
I'll see yours and raise you


I am glad I am not the only one who thinks that's fucking honkin' Shocked
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PostPosted: 15:16 - 10 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
A100man wrote:
Another day, another massively overpriced UJM..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184878533340

.. and yes it's got those crappy chinko shockers on it.


Would it even run?
The exhaust looks like a Motad adapted from a 4-into-1 to a 4-into-4 individual pipes, with no balancing pipes between them. And those are velocity stacks on CV carbs...

£6450 bargain! Laughing

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if you want something small and nimble and stand out from the crowd this is it


Yeah, wouldn't want to be a nobody and get lost in that endless sea of classic 1983 XJ550s we see out there on the roads today...
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PostPosted: 15:20 - 10 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144061791979?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818141627%26meid%3D8f6f511559f442078821e3ce30416d06%26pid%3D101110%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D184878533340%26itm%3D144061791979%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2563228.c101110.m1982


Well, that's toast. Will never be ridden again, unless you count 15 uncomfortable and noisy miles to the bike meet once a year. I'm sure he's an expert at frame geometry, and matching GXSR forks with unique swingarm and suspension combinations. Or maybe not...
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Bhud wrote:
Well, that's toast. Will never be ridden again, unless you count 15 uncomfortable and noisy miles to the bike meet once a year.


Laughing mate my arse is getting sore just looking at that "seat".
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Brava210 wrote:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284316060878?hash=item42328eccce:g:B1AAAOSwH2pgtggX


Nice CX500.....https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-ogAAOSwPplgtggz/s-l1600.jpg


Illegal numberplate on a 1981 X reg cos gubment says

"Vehicles made before 1 January 1973 may display traditional ‘black and white’ number plates (for example, white, silver or grey characters on a black plate). From April 2020 vehicles manufactured before 1 January 1980 are also able to display traditional ‘black and white’ number plates. You must:
•have applied to DVLA
•be registered within the ‘historic vehicles’ tax class"

and I dont think its quite old enough for even VHI status either
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Miserable, but at least it's cheap.. ish

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284322577431?

gotta love the chequered tape,

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A100man wrote:
Miserable, but at least it's cheap.. ish

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284322577431?

gotta love the chequered tape,

'Turns any bike into a Cafe Racer in a snap!'


I am just happy to see a bike that has bigger chicken strips than mine for once.
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PostPosted: 15:28 - 15 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:
Also, why does it need a fart channel like those stupid pish bikes with razor for saddles have?

It needs a fart channel because hipster.

The stupid pish bike saddles you refer to are actually more comfortable than normal looking ones because less pressure on sensitive areas and they're razor like in appearance because the only bits of your bum that need to be in contact with the saddle are your seat bones.
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A100man wrote:
...gotta love the chequered tape, ...'


and those mirrors Confused great if you need to watch that helicopter that's following you...
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324678705037?hash=item4b985bdf8d:g:l8EAAOSwy0xgyPm7

Just when you think you've seen your worst CX500...

I mean the seat is the stand out feature, but special mentions for the headlight and the idiot lights setup.
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The seat spells out something but I'm having trouble staring at it long enough to make it out Sick

It looks like a kiddie's swing chair.
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PostPosted: 15:49 - 17 Jun 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
arry wrote:
The seat spells out something but I'm having trouble staring at it long enough to make it out Sick

It looks like a kiddie's swing chair.


Think it's "RANSOMES", so these? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomes,_Sims_%26_Jefferies
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