unusual bikes youve encountered

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out driving today i got behind a bike called a Victory. only saw it from behind. it was white, looked new and had built in panniers and top box like a Goldwing does. i thought the styling looked like a futuristic vehicle from a 50's scifi film. it had an exhaust each side that had a series of holes in the end, resembling a gattling gun, which i found childishly amusing.
the rear passenger had matching white leathers complete with a Victory logo which looked similar to Aston/Bentley wings. an expensive set up i imagine.
it sounded like a Harley and made a shockingly loud clunk going from neutral to first
couldnt take any pics as i was driving.

has anyone else come across any unusual bikes on their travels?
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its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

https://s25.postimg.cc/4s7menc73/IMG_2151.jpg

Rrough Superior spotted at Duxford three years ago, though I wasn’t able to find any information on it.

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[Islander]

A long time ago but...

https://quasarworld.co.uk/quasars/rws_881s/q2calneshow2010.jpg

[Islander]

Likewise, a long time ago but I saw one of these at a bike meet:

https://images.1000ps.net/b-f_W3006562-van-veen-ocr-1000-wankelmotorrad-637193478024066588.jpg

And slightly less rare - a friend of mine had one of these:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Suzuki_RE5_M2.JPG/1200px-Suzuki_RE5_M2.JPG

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[stinkwheel]

I saw a totally stock-standard XS650 with the factory airbox and both mudguards...

Nah, I didn't. No such thing exists.

I did see this testament to early 90's tomfoolery the other day though... Think it's out to 810cc too.
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[mentalboy]

Not so much unusual bikes, by no means common, but seeing a pair of Vincents fully laden and out touring was something you don't see every day.

As for something a little more off the wall, it always brought a smile when my uncle rode home from the pub on his Norman Motobyk, a 1940's autocycle.
He was an interesting chap who would best be slotted in the 'mad scientist' category, liked his powered means of getting back from the pub but you couldn't get him on a 'proper' motorbike for love nor money and he wasn't too happy when I settled on bikes as my main form of transport. Only too understandable when you consider that he saw a chap on a Triumph, in the 60's, come off the slip road of a motorway, head down the embankment and into a neighbouring field...seeing the chap's head separate from his body when he went though the single strand fence was apparently a bit off putting!!
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[pepperami]

Funny how this thread has popped up.
I was out and about yesterday evening, I spoke to an old boy out on an old BSA Bantam postie bike still in it’s original Post Office colours.
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[Polarbear]

A DN-01.

https://cdn.visordown.com/styles/v2_mid/s3/1130.jpg?itok=oYAzl2cB

I saw one in a Honda dealership back when they were new. I've never seen one on the road that I can remember.
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[Shaft]

There's a little cafe near me that on Sundays always has a good selection of bikes from all eras and some pretty unusual stuff is often there, although not many as unusual as this....

https://i.ibb.co/vPmgSXM/e8550af4a23bb723760081aac92f9d88.jpg

... Healey 1000/4, basically a Squariel motor in a bespoke frame and they made less than 30 - I think the only other one I've ever seen was in a museum.
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[recman]

I saw this awful thing in Brighton about 8 years ago.
https://i.postimg.cc/25dgjXrq/IMG-20130527-00248.jpg

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[steve the grease]

[slowasyoulike]

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[stinkwheel]

Ok. Here's a couple for you.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[stinkwheel]

or how 'bout something unique? (very old digital pictures, before removable memory cards were a thing)
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Easy-X]

The tier above "rat bike" being "no fucks given"
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[A100man]

[stinkwheel]

[ThatDippyTwat]

Was behind a BT1100 the other week. Don't see many of those around. There was one of those leaning affairs, I think they're called Carvers, parked up at the Ponderosa last week.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)