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Aroxx
·I didn't get home for a year during Covid. Charged the battery on the FJR (Gen 2 like yours) and it started second push of the starter. Best bike I have owned. It'll be going in to semi-retirement soon when a new Tracer9GT arrives.
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Tubber
·I’ve been thinking of getting a smaller bike that is better suited to my short local rides and could double as a good track day bike. But the FJR is just so good and I already have it. It’s no slouch on the track either just heavy and won’t lean quite as far as a smaller machine. And it’s always nice to have on the more infrequent longer trips.
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Fish70
·I've got a red one - took it all the way from CA to Quebec City and back (South route on the way out and Northern route back) - took more like 3-4 months, but it was the best time I ever had on a bike!
Love the black model - I've never actually seen that color. Only red and yellow around here.
The black has metallic flakes in it. Gorgeous.
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Malthus101
·As a kid, I thought this was the coolest bike ever! Turns out it's actually a scrambler/dirt bike with a load of theatrical modelling done all over it... who would thunk it!
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Turpinrr
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Bought this in May 1975.For a 200 it was quick and only the RD250 was quicker in that class.
My heart says get another but my head says "you must be joking" as I spent most of the time working on it.
I passed my test on my mates bike in February as I'd put clip ons on mine and the indicators weren't working due to the flasher unit being kaput.
2 days later I took the pipes of and flushed them out with caustic soda and took the asbestos wadding of the baffles.I got 97mph on the clock and it was a flying m/c briefly.
The day after I was pootling along and heard a screeching.........one of the main bearings had seized.....Bugger 😡
I can still smell 2 strokes 👍 in my imagination
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gaarddog
·a danish nimbus bike from around 1920.
It is a 750cc engine.
It is a 750cc engine.
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SpeedyPhill
·Two great men... two good reads... Brough motorcycles
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a4a
·My 2007 Ducati GT1000
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a4a
·That tank is a work of art 👍 Duacti have always made beautiful bikes at least as far back as when I started on 2 wheels.
The spoked wheels suit the bike too.
The 250, 350 and 450 Desmos were a case in point
I had a Ducati 620 that I absolutely loved. The brand does a good job of balancing all of the components. Like you pointed out, spoke wheels on a "modern retro" is appropriate. And the Termi pipes sound fantastic. Here's the Monster. Wish I had never sold it.
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hen
·I had a Ducati 620 that I absolutely loved. The brand does a good job of balancing all of the components. Like you pointed out, spoke wheels on a "modern retro" is appropriate. And the Termi pipes sound fantastic. Here's the Monster. Wish I had never sold it.
Ducati sure makes some beautiful bikes. Wile I agree on the wire wheels, those 3 spoke wheels are cool too. And that lattice frame is just drop dead gorgeous.
I tried two other bikes before I bought my 09 Bonneville; a BMW Funduro and a Monster. The Beemer bit my balls as I sat on it, cool bike but I cant have that. The Monster just had plastic everywhere and that was too big of a change coming from a 60 Triumph Speedtwin and it gave a cheap impression. I loved the look and the engine thou.
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impalla62ss
·Ducati sure makes some beautiful bikes. Wile I agree on the wire wheels, those 3 spoke wheels are cool too. And that lattice frame is just drop dead gorgeous.
I tried two other bikes before I bought my 09 Bonneville; a BMW Funduro and a Monster. The Beemer bit my balls as I sat on it, cool bike but I cant have that. The Monster just had plastic everywhere and that was too big of a change coming from a 60 Triumph Speedtwin and it gave a cheap impression. I loved the look and the engine thou.
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Turpinrr
·I had a Ducati 620 that I absolutely loved. The brand does a good job of balancing all of the components. Like you pointed out, spoke wheels on a "modern retro" is appropriate. And the Termi pipes sound fantastic. Here's the Monster. Wish I had never sold it.
I remember seeing mag wheels for the first time in the 70's but they do look right on sports bikes
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Turpinrr
·Ducati sure makes some beautiful bikes. Wile I agree on the wire wheels, those 3 spoke wheels are cool too. And that lattice frame is just drop dead gorgeous.
I tried two other bikes before I bought my 09 Bonneville; a BMW Funduro and a Monster. The Beemer bit my balls as I sat on it, cool bike but I cant have that. The Monster just had plastic everywhere and that was too big of a change coming from a 60 Triumph Speedtwin and it gave a cheap impression. I loved the look and the engine thou.
I like the Bobbers and Thruxton and quite a few of the others in the range.
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hen
·Modern retro's have to have spoked wheels in my opinion.
I remember seeing mag wheels for the first time in the 70's but they do look right on sports bikes
I agree but my retro Bonnie took inspiration from this 79 Bonneville so I guess it is all right, but still would prefer 18 or 19 inch wire wheels.
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hen
·I prefer the tank on that one to the UK version.
The export version of the rocket 3 was also better than at home
Peanut tanks look sleeker, but less practical?
Are you thinking of this Rocket 3 / Trident? I would agree, read somewhere that it was designed by a firm that never had designed a motorcycle before. Dealers had to retrofit the older style tanks to get them out of the showrooms, before BSA-Triumph caught on and changed the tanks. "Ray gun" silencers were a hit I think.
Restyled 71 Rocket 3
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Turpinrr
·Those rayguns were more beautiful than Emma Peel.
Combine the export Rocket 3 with those pipes and it's a winner.
I always preferred the Rocket 3 to the Trident apart from the T160 which is a stunner.
My mate put a pair of rayguns on his Tiger 90 instead of the peashooters..........awesome
Combine the export Rocket 3 with those pipes and it's a winner.
I always preferred the Rocket 3 to the Trident apart from the T160 which is a stunner.
My mate put a pair of rayguns on his Tiger 90 instead of the peashooters..........awesome
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