Motorcycles
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Nice filter there @Jordonf9.
I got the Thruxton home yesterday, with a rather slow and wobbly ride. I've not been on a bike in 18 months, not ridden in Australia before, and all the controls were in the wrong place! The older BMWs had indicator switches on each bar, similar to a Harley, but there's a separate cancel button, so I'm not used to the more conventional switch with a cancel button.
I need more practice!
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and we need pictures
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Suus held a launch party for the new issue of Tank Moto, so I went along.
Custom painted fuel tanks by Karl Stehn.
This bike had a Boy Scout belt repurposed as a seat strap.
Triumph were a sponsor, and they brought along a few of their bikes, including a Thruxton in the wrong colour. There were a number of bikes parked outside, and if I'd known I'd have brought mine along.
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A couple of scooters. The black one was described as a Desert Racer! :o
Choppers.
I chatted to the guy who built this BMW. It raced at the Bonneville Speed Trials in 2015, hitting 210 km/h / 130 mph, which isn't bad off an old Boxer. In fact, the original engine had blown up on the dyno a few days before he headed out, so he had to swap it out for one he had in a Café Racer. This is the sort of look I'd like to build my Thruxton to have.
The builder is into his Guzzis too - I'll have to drag @GuzziRob along to his workshop when he's over next year…
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then show us your build….
Built in '07/'08 and Im changing a few things now.
Bought this recently for a song
Broke it down to this at work in two days
Broke the motor down the next Saturday
Daily rider/grocery getter
And you can go back through my previous posts and see the Panhead I started.
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Ok, now it's a proper lid
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Another photo, from the Suus Instagram feed.
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then show us your build….
Built in '07/'08 and Im changing a few things now.
what changes ?
not to be rude but i'd drop the headlight down some for sure
pretty cool little shovel thou -
i like that allthough its a bit shiny for me
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This picture is from the BKS Leather Facebook page.
The policeman was riding at about 100 mph on the motorway when a car changed lanes as he was passing, and knocked him off. :o
Other than a bruising on his hip, he was OK. The suit's got a little damage, but looks repairable, and it's got some awesome patina now.
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CALLING SAM CALLING SAM ,dont forget the trip out is on sept 7/8/9/ allso not been on here for a while as the laptop has given up .
allthough today for some unknown reason it is working its balcking out more time than a an alcoholic .
so better go before it plays up .look for the green harley with leather bags and an iron heart sticker on the rear mudguard
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I can finally contribute to this thread now. Got my m1 3wks ago. Rode around on the 250 Rebel that i bought my gf to learn on (i looked like i was riding a toy). Week after that, i bought my own bike!!
2011 Honda Shadow Phantom
Bought locally for a great deal
