02GF74
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 11:03 AM |
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anyone like old bikes?
I mean really really old bikes 
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DarrenW
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 12:20 PM |
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Arent they nice. Wonder if they can be road legal?
Go to information, mouse on bottom lh pic - you will find the bikes have a Filly Functional Front Springer. How very spiffing.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 12:32 PM |
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I think being replicas they would need to conform to current regulations as far as lights, noise, emissions etc... that could be a problem.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 02:06 PM |
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Mr. Whippy,
See you're building - "JBA Falcon,VW buggy,Beetle, F1 car & M bike".
What, all at the same time?? Where does work (sorry for that word) fit in??
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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pewe
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 02:41 PM |
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If you like those sort of bikes you could do worse than going to watch the Banbury run held each year around (suprise) Banbury in June.
See www.banbury-run.co.uk/ for more details and pics.
Cheers, Pewe 
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 06:31 PM |
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Waaaaaah, want one, now!
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 07:17 PM |
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Thought you meant some of my ex's
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 08:06 PM |
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That explains the rusty nuts. 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 08:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dick Axtell
Mr. Whippy,
See you're building - "JBA Falcon,VW buggy,Beetle, F1 car & M bike".
What, all at the same time?? Where does work (sorry for that word) fit in??
You don't know the half of it. Add building kit houses, restoring a sailing boat and doing r/c models to that and your starting to getting
there. The days are always too short, so I'll sleep when I'm dead as they say.
Oh I do work full time in an office 8 - 5.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 29/1/08 at 09:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
That explains the rusty nuts.
Ooh, thats below the belt!
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Peteff
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| posted on 30/1/08 at 09:55 AM |
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anyone like old bikes?
They are alright to look at but the practise is different. Give me a nice Japanese bike that starts with a button, doesn't break down and
doesn't leak oil everywhere any day.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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02GF74
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| posted on 30/1/08 at 02:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
They are alright to look at but the practise is different. Give me a nice Japanese bike that starts with a button, doesn't break down and
doesn't leak oil everywhere any day.
why do you assume that? i have to admit i doid not read that mcuh about them but the impression i got is that they are replicas of 100 yr old bike
but manufactured with modern materials and technique. obviously they need to be unreliable and drip oil to be 100% authentic.
and then if they break down, you could fix them with a penknife, and old belt and wire. should the same happen with you kawfanny ZXKSRX 1300 mega
injected bike you can only get going via the AA or main stealer. 
[Edited on 30/1/08 by 02GF74]
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timf
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| posted on 30/1/08 at 03:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
doesn't leak oil everywhere any day.
ah the infamous British bike method of never having to change the oil, run a total loss system and keep topping up
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."
- Sir Winston S. Churchill, 1952
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Peteff
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| posted on 30/1/08 at 05:10 PM |
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You asked about old bikes,
not replicas of old bikes made with new techniques and materials I wouldn't know about the Jap bike main dealers as my Honda has never broken
down, I've only needed to change the filters and oil and put a new battery on it in all the years I've had it.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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