Have a laugh Today! Damn Harley riders!

Redhawk - reckon most of us are in the garage quite a lot admiring or tinkering with our bikes - nothing wrong with that.
The Vincent is the ultimate motorcycle for me

It's OK with me, but my wife wouldn't understand if she caught me

Vincents are very cool, but as I never recall seeing one in my youth it would sort of be a false memory for me. The "Export Bonneville" as we called it when I was at school, meaning the one with the US tank and the KZ1000A are the two bikes I dreamed of owning at 18. I feel very lucky to have both ( well the Tiger's not a Bonneville, but I actually like it better) and I'm sure they could prove through forensic science that there is drool belonging to me on my garage floor.

redhawk4 wrote: I have a 73 Triumph Tiger 750 because it's a really cool piece of history from the country I was born in and lived in for 40 years. I think it looks beautiful, but is it the best bike on the planet? was it it the best bike in 1973, heck no. That's how people need to feel about their Harleys and have an open enough mind to look around them and experience other things, to have an actual perspective.

She may have her shortcomings, but she's a looker IMO

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I agree. True words of wisdom! You are the New site "Diplomat"! Must be the "Churchill" in you!
I enjoy both American & Japanese! I only pick on the crazy ones! So what else do I see NOW local?
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I think it's built that way so you don't have to consider putting 900lb of Harley on a center stand - you don't need one because it already sits on the ground, no flat spots in your tires during winter storage, firstly because theirs no weight on them, and secondly you'll only be riding it in the winter, you can't ride it in the summer because the sparks will start wildfires.

While a lot of custom bikes are fascinating to look at, I don't get the idea behind defying the laws of physics that goes into so may of the chopper/cruiser inspired designs. It's like buying a Ferrari and swapping out the wheels for bicycle tires and somehow believing that's an improvement. The KZ equivalent would be buying a GSXR and swapping in KZ1000 forks and a KZ1000 swingarm complete with the wheels and NOS OEM Japanese tires. Anything that reduces the safety of a motorcycle. meaning in any situation you have less of a safety margin, is not a good idea IMO, unless it's just a static work of art.

I was staying in a hotel in the middle of nowhere, one evening there were a whole load of expensive custom bikes parked there. One was particularly eye catching and we spent a few minutes looking it over, although ultimately my conclusion was why would you want a bike like that. The next day when we left, we didn't more than a 1/4 mile before coming up on traffic at a standstill. It turned out the bike we'd been looking at had failed to make a slight curve in the road and the rider was being loaded into an ambulance, the bike didn't look as pretty upside down in a ditch. I would estimate my BMW could take that curve at 120 mph, if you were brave/stupid enough, but it was the sort of road you'd generally have been riding at 50-60 mph, so you'd have plenty in hand compared to the bike's capabilities, I doubt the guy was even doing 50 when he left the road from the distance traveled before it came to a stop, As Scottie used to say "Yee canee change the laws of physics"

650ed wrote: Same here! There was a time when motorcycle manufacturers didn't hide the engines under plastic shrouds because the engines were true works of art. Exhibit A:

Ed

I'm with you Ed! Here's exhibit B. Not quite as pretty as a Vincent but I like it.
My 1970 BSA 650 Lightning.

Bill

I always thought if they came out with a electric start model, they may have had a chance.
Steve

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I'm with you Ed! Here's exhibit B. Not quite as pretty as a Vincent but I like it.
My 1970 BSA 650 Lightning.

Bill[/quote]

Bill, That is a really BEAUTIFUL bike! Mine never looked that good. Ed

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650ed wrote: [quote="KZQ" post=701702
I'm with you Ed! Here's exhibit B. Not quite as pretty as a Vincent but I like it.
My 1970 BSA 650 Lightning.

Bill

Bill, That is a really BEAUTIFUL bike! Mine never looked that good. Ed[/quote]

On the old bikes the engines were so much of the look and appeal of the bikes, I don't think Triumph would have been nearly as successful if it wasn't for the engine shape, it's instantly recognizable. Even on the more modern KZ's that engine dominates the bike. Now they are water cooled with pipes running all over and usually, and thankfully hidden behind plastic, there are cars with more appealing looking motors than most of today's bikes. I'd not really thought of it before, but now I am thinking about it, that's one of the reasons so few modern bikes appeal to me.

Nice looking BSA,

Thanks Guys, This bike is up in my family room these days, hasn't see gas or oil for a decade.



Bill

KZQ wrote: Thanks Guys, This bike is up in my family room these days, hasn't see gas or oil for a decade.

Bill

A Classic work of art,
Pete

Wow. Why own it if you can't or won't ride it? I be proud to.