Eric the chicken
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Wasn't that all part of the fun though?
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stuvy
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For me no it’s not
I want to go out on a ride and enjoy the ride not fix some muppets bike that doesn’t know what he’s doing
I used to have a mostly carbon and titanium 853 in the garage ,,,, it was for polishing and just looking at , then I went and bought a GS ,,, just for riding , it got washed once a year at the end of the season and put away .
Not sure which one was more satisfying to own ,,, both great but in different kind of ways.
I'm one who wants to put fuel, tyres and brakes in, service it and look after the oily, whirry bits - and enjoy riding it. I don't mind a bit of fettling, but I don't want something unreliable or fragile.
I never owned a Ducati, because I'd have broken it - and couldn't be doing with the high-maintenace fuss and faff, for no better an engine, and supposed better handling etc.
That said - the paint and finish quality on my 04 Bee-Em - is poor compared to a lot of its Japanese Peers that cost less, and WAY poorer than the finish quality and build quality of the Beemers of the 70s and 80's. Those boxers may have been oddball and an aquired taste - but they were nicely screwed together.
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Used to have an early 748 too, it was deeply satisfying but I found out that they were better suited to tracks than busy roads. Had a 900 Superlite which was more of a ‘gentleman’s’ bike then a 900s monster first edition then a ST2. The monster was the best to live with…
I still have that Rockster in the pic (the pic is only a few weeks old).
All my riding these last few years though has been Mountain Biking - so the Beemer is sadly neglected. I love motorcycles, always was obsessed with the things since I was a kid - but all the joy is being sucked out of rising on UK Roads. Either its a Plod with a Hairdrier lurking, or some Scummy Civvy in a Scamera Van - the speed limits are getting silly (IMO so the Police can extract more money by making a safe speed for decades into an "unsafe" one) - and the standard of driving (& the attitude & behaviour) of motorists is worse than its ever been.
Riding an MTB gives me a buzz without having to worry about my licence - so the poor bike is getting used.
invest 40 quid in a unicycle ,,, I have two , they are the best fun you can have ,, mighty bits of kit , and they will improve your normal riding skills too... I used to use mine for gig transport for nipping up to the stage from the desk area pre prod ,, trust me you will have fun and frustration in equal amounts to start with.
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Yes I sympathise, I suppose it’s where people live that’s also part of the the problem, I’m just on the Yorkshire/Derbyshire border so not too bad as yet. I did also ride an Mz Skorpion sport 660 single for many years and most of the fun could be had at 40-80mph on tight corners. It was like a two wheeled caterham seven
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I had a T120R Bonny when I was a nipper and I took it on a six month tour around Europe, loaded it up with all the camping gear, spares and threw a girlfriend on the back as a good measure. The bike attracted a lot of attention at various stop overs and I gave most of the spares to other French, Italian and German Triumph owners, mine never missed a beat.
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Iv still got one since I was 14 it’s very true that it’s frustrating but once you master it they are great fun
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There were a couple of 748's running around with TL1000 engines in. Depending on which way you looked at it you were curing the handling problems of the TL, or the power/reliability issues of the Duc twin.
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I have always liked the Yamaha SRX 600 and the SZR660, I'd REALLY love an Over Racing SRX but they are very rare and expensive!
A guy called John Laker raced an almost standard SRX in the Sound Of Singles championship (SOS) very successfully against the factory bikes.
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Apparently a 916 got the treatment too, and once the 'pretty bits' are back on you'd have to look twice to tell.
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It was a very simple conversion , really only two front engine mounting plates from what I remember.
I had an early 748 , think it was about 97 or 98 but it was the one with basically no stickers , just a small 748 on the sides ,,, I bought a set of Cagiva Mito stickers for it ,,,
