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

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

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Anyone else running an ebike? Gets a fair few places, early days however

Buddy invited me for a 77km ride around Puhoi - used his wife's ebike. Conclusion? Normal bikes are dead. They just don't know it yet.

yeah WHEN the prices come down "yeah right".
I would own one , but simply cant afford a full suspension mountain bike e-bike so my ol legs are going to have to do.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

A few recent MTB photos just to share the fun...

Cardrona MTB park by Ben, on Flickr
Cardrona MTB park by Ben, on Flickr
Naseby Mountainbiking by Ben, on Flickr
Naseby Mountainbiking by Ben, on Flickr
Naseby Mountainbiking by Ben, on Flickr

you sir , are a madman ..... I can't even look at those pics without breaking an arm or leg....

Originally Posted by Jusepy

yeah WHEN the prices come down "yeah right".
I would own one , but simply cant afford a full suspension mountain bike e-bike so my ol legs are going to have to do.

Saw an ad for one yesterday ...$10999...!!!!And a mate has bought a different one for around $6000. Here I am thinking "I would love one but..." and here is the "but"...I can buy a brand new motorbike for $8000 actually the two I was looking at were a Sol Apollo at $7990 and the other a Soco TC Maxx.....The Apollo is brand new copy of the Honda GB400 and the Soco is fully electric and NOT a scooter...(100km+ speed and range about 120km?) With E bikes costing more than this I think they will remain too pricy for what I want to do with them...

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I ended up buying a Suzuki gsx600 Katana instead - deal too good to say no to.

Someone was telling me recently that the latest top-end Specialized ebikes are $28k! Madness.

Originally Posted by timattalon

Saw an ad for one yesterday ...$10999...!!!!And a mate has bought a different one for around $6000. Here I am thinking "I would love one but..." and here is the "but"...I can buy a brand new motorbike for $8000 actually the two I was looking at were a Sol Apollo at $7990 and the other a Soco TC Maxx.....The Apollo is brand new copy of the Honda GB400 and the Soco is fully electric and NOT a scooter...(100km+ speed and range about 120km?) With E bikes costing more than this I think they will remain too pricy for what I want to do with them...

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I ended up buying a Suzuki gsx600 Katana instead - deal too good to say no to.

Pics?

Originally Posted by timattalon

.The Apollo is brand new copy of the Honda GB400

I had two GB400's back in the late '80's. The first was a standard TT without the fairing and the second was a TT MK2 with fairing and lobster back single seat. Really neat wee bikes, great fun to throw around. I saw one with a nicely made full lower fairing added on that I think had been done by someone in the Tron. It had covered the braided oil lines and the headers though which kind of spoilt the classic TT looks a bit I thought.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Pics?

@Shearer OK.

This is what I call leaning a bike over.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Someone was telling me recently that the latest top-end Specialized ebikes are $28k! Madness.

Geese, kicking on towards three times the price of my Royal Enfield 650!

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Geese, kicking on towards three times the price of my Royal Enfield 650!

@Finnwolf RE Now there is someone who appreciates a bike...I have the Himalayan as well and love it. There was rumours of a 650 option for the Himalayan but it is yet to be seen. I would be curious to see if they use the 650 twin from the interceptor etc or if the develop a 650cc version of the 400 single in the Himalayan.....

A few years back when MTB was my main recreation I bought a bike worth $3K. When some people, who weren't into MTB ,found out what I spent on it the said
"Shit! You could have bought a car for that!"
They were probably right. But then I didn't want a bloody car did I. I wanted a good MTB.
If you are into something and have the money, go for it I say. Whether thats a $20K MTB, a $60K motorbike or a $100K car. Or even a $3K pair of binos. If you can afford it you will appreciate the quality and performance.

Originally Posted by Shearer

A few years back when MTB was my main recreation I bought a bike worth $3K. When some people, who weren't into MTB ,found out what I spent on it the said
"Shit! You could have bought a car for that!"
They were probably right. But then I didn't want a bloody car did I. I wanted a good MTB.
If you are into something and have the money, go for it I say. Whether thats a $20K MTB, a $60K motorbike or a $100K car. Or even a $3K pair of binos. If you can afford it you will appreciate the quality and performance.

Wise words....And quite right...You earnt your hard earned dollars, so YOU get to choose how you spend them according to your priorities.

Originally Posted by berg243

as long as the other half agrees.

Get thr "other half" decision right to start with and like mine, she will help you decide which one you want....Mainly by testing the rear passenger facilities...