Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

Originally Posted by 308

Looks a lot flasher than mine - yes those cam chain doohickeys often get a mention on the various forum threads. A bloody good score for $900, that's the only benefit of hanging around people who are "drama" - they often make irrational economic decisions to the benefit of others
I see you had your set up for road by the look of the tyres, mine has an old Land Transport plate on the neck so it was registered at some stage and while I do like the idea of a Motard I figure something that does two things (trail and road) often doesn't do each thing properly
Just my opinion, many would say that Motard is a thing all of its own..

I want an elec start on my next bike as it's a helluva lot easier if you've stalled it halfway up a steep bit
Also I'm really aware that tech has moved on a lot since the mid 90s and the modern 300/350s are pretty damn quick
Also I love two strokes

Do you still ride?

My mate has one of those new tyre setups with the inflated rim-wrapper that runs at high pressure so he can run the actual tyre really low pressure for more grip - he reckons that they are the absolute tits

The Harley and an attempt at a supermotard from a 1997 Suzuki Bandit 10 years ago.

Originally Posted by outlander

Attachment 134741Attachment 134742Attachment 134743Attachment 134744 The Harley and an attempt at a supermotard from a 1997 Suzuki Bandit 10 years ago.

I love what you did with that Sportster, those whitewalls are an excellent classic touch.

I’m boring, ride Harleys but did have a Suzuki XN85. ( some of you will have to google that to figure out what one is)

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

I love what you did with that Sportster, those whitewalls are an excellent classic touch.

I’m boring, ride Harleys but did have a Suzuki XN85. ( some of you will have to google that to figure out what one is)

The XN and the CX650 turbo bikes never really caught on. Only ever rode the CX and felt that the price and disappointing response from the engine ruled it out for my use. How did the 850 perform?

Originally Posted by outlander

The XN and the CX650 turbo bikes never really caught on. Only ever rode the CX and felt that the price and disappointing response from the engine ruled it out for my use. How did the 850 perform?

They’re XN85 because they put out 85hp, they’re actually 650cc

It rode like and handled well, after the T-Sport Superglide it felt like scooter on steroids, when the boost came on it really rocketed but predictably so.
A bike I regret selling, it’s now in the hand of a NI collector.

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

I love what you did with that Sportster, those whitewalls are an excellent classic touch.

I’m boring, ride Harleys but did have a Suzuki XN85. ( some of you will have to google that to figure out what one is)

That Sporty is possibly the only bike I've built or owned in 55 years that will loose me money. Not even break even. Never again...