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

Originally Posted by Ftx325

New boing boing sprung seat on and slightly more tweaked bars finalized (mounted above top clamp now with riser clamps just to lift them slightly) and front dropped 32 mm to sharpen (lol) the steering . Now it feels a little more like what I'm used to . And seat surprisingly comfy .

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Not quite my cup of tea normally but it looks good, very cool!

Yeah well not really my cup of tea either truth be known , but at least it's something a little different to the usual now to look at and to ride I find it more comfortable now .
I must admit it's growing on me .
Not what I would normally ride but beggers can't be choosers I suppose .
This was my last bike I was forced to sell for example .
This is my favorite cuppa given the choice..




And I do miss her so , but that's life with kids to feed and support with their endeavors .
Priorities and all that...

Originally Posted by Ftx325

Yeah well not really my cup of tea either truth be known , but at least it's something a little different to the usual now to look at and to ride I find it more comfortable now .
I must admit it's growing on me .
Not what I would normally ride but beggers can't be choosers I suppose .
This was my last bike I was forced to sell for example .
This is my favorite cuppa given the choice..

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And I do miss her so , but that's life with kids to feed and support with their endeavors .
Priorities and all that...

Sold my Himalayan today...Picked up and gone knowing I am going to miss it...but it is my fault for replacing it nearly a year ago....Good thing it is not a women or I would have been two timing for 12 months....



Actually to put it in dating terms...Wife = Yamaha XV1000 for 30 years....Mistress of 4 years Himalayan, second mistress 1 year Katana 600....

Can handle 3 bikes as the difficult part is choosing which one I want to enjoy at any given time...knowing I still have the others for next time...but can barely handle one woman - two would cripple me, three would probably kill me .....

No fun is it seeing a bike you've enjoyed riding away with someone else piloting it .
I also had to sell my classic Bonnie I had rebuilt from the ground up and owned for 20 yrs and the missus sold her 600 Yammy . All sold within a month . Also sold my Triumph Spitfire classic car around the same time which we also regret but as mentioned , kids first before toys .
But the itch to ride never seems to go away . I am only using the VT for work but that's better than being bikeless .

Originally Posted by Ftx325

Yeah well not really my cup of tea either truth be known , but at least it's something a little different to the usual now to look at and to ride I find it more comfortable now .
I must admit it's growing on me .
Not what I would normally ride but beggers can't be choosers I suppose .
This was my last bike I was forced to sell for example .
This is my favorite cuppa given the choice..

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And I do miss her so , but that's life with kids to feed and support with their endeavors .
Priorities and all that...

Eventually the kids leave and you can have a life again.

We have plenty to do . It just involves doing with the kids . We go bush more often which is good , instead of riding . And I used some of the proceeds on new rifles and scopes so not complaining !

Day 1 of lockdown purchased a Triumph Daytona 675. Crashed and deregistered but pretty minimal damage!
Has been about 10 years since I've had a road bike so really looking forward to getting back out there!
Top photo was when I picked it up, 2nd photo was stripped right down, bottom photo is it coming back together. Basically ready now, just awaiting the fairings to be repaired then they can be painted and get rid of the horrid flames.
Then re-vin time and back on the road

Originally Posted by Mad_Fisho

Day 1 of lockdown purchased a Triumph Daytona 675. Crashed and deregistered but pretty minimal damage!
Has been about 10 years since I've had a road bike so really looking forward to getting back out there!
Top photo was when I picked it up, 2nd photo was stripped right down, bottom photo is it coming back together. Basically ready now, just awaiting the fairings to be repaired then they can be painted and get rid of the horrid flames.
Then re-vin time and back on the road

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Nice. A mate of mine is looking for one as a track bike at the moment.

Originally Posted by Mad_Fisho

Day 1 of lockdown purchased a Triumph Daytona 675. Crashed and deregistered but pretty minimal damage!
Has been about 10 years since I've had a road bike so really looking forward to getting back out there!
Top photo was when I picked it up, 2nd photo was stripped right down, bottom photo is it coming back together. Basically ready now, just awaiting the fairings to be repaired then they can be painted and get rid of the horrid flames.
Then re-vin time and back on the road

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Go easy if its been 10 ? years..Those 675's are way faster than most would think, they give the liter-bikes a run for their money. I just went the other way and bought a bike I had as a teen; TX650 yamaha..slow, loud, poor-handling and very'Agricultural'

Originally Posted by Mad_Fisho

Day 1 of lockdown purchased a Triumph Daytona 675. Crashed and deregistered but pretty minimal damage!
Has been about 10 years since I've had a road bike so really looking forward to getting back out there!
Top photo was when I picked it up, 2nd photo was stripped right down, bottom photo is it coming back together. Basically ready now, just awaiting the fairings to be repaired then they can be painted and get rid of the horrid flames.
Then re-vin time and back on the road

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Go easy if its been 10 ? years..Those 675's are way faster than most would think, they give the liter-bikes a run for their money. I just went the other way and bought a bike I had as a teen; TX650 yamaha..slow, loud, poor-handling and very'Agricultural'

Originally Posted by rewa

Go easy if its been 10 ? years..Those 675's are way faster than most would think, they give the liter-bikes a run for their money. I just went the other way and bought a bike I had as a teen; TX650 yamaha..slow, loud, poor-handling and very'Agricultural'

Yeah I've taken it for a few small rides now that it's almost fully back together and it goes well... Luckily I've been a bit nervous on it, unlike I used to be when I was younger and went everywhere like an idiot!
Good on ya mate - good to be out there aye!

For those of you on trail bikes, I cannot recommend the Tubliss system highly enough. Especially on the back end.
For competitive riders, Mousses are most probably better, but for heading bush on a two wheeler you cannot beat the added traction the Tubliss setup offers.

The photos below are of my Michelin S12 with 90 hours on it...mostly ridden at 5psi Occasionally zero psi, and sometimes at 10psi if on an organised trail ride with gravel road sections.

Once you get the hang of fitting (and maintaining!!!) the setup they are pretty bulletproof. And a puncture takes mere minutes to sort and you are off again. Not like getting a puncture in a tube



While there was still some rubber left, a nice new nobbly with sharp edges gets up up the steep stuff with a whole lot less drama



An added bonus of having a tyre last so long, is when you eventually swap it for a new one, you have mastered the bike with poor traction for so long you look like a pro when the new tyre 'gives you wings'

Originally Posted by Mad_Fisho

Day 1 of lockdown purchased a Triumph Daytona 675. Crashed and deregistered but pretty minimal damage!
Has been about 10 years since I've had a road bike so really looking forward to getting back out there!
Top photo was when I picked it up, 2nd photo was stripped right down, bottom photo is it coming back together. Basically ready now, just awaiting the fairings to be repaired then they can be painted and get rid of the horrid flames.
Then re-vin time and back on the road

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I've got traction control and engine tuning for one of these, left over from my racing days, if you really want to ask it the question.... while it's in bits, there is some stuff you need to do to solve/mitigate some of the problems they have, especially if you have track days in mind.

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

I've got traction control and engine tuning for one of these, left over from my racing days, if you really want to ask it the question.... while it's in bits, there is some stuff you need to do to solve/mitigate some of the problems they have, especially if you have track days in mind.

She's all back together now - had a bit of a win, turns out they forgot to deregister it so I didn't have to go through the re-vin process
What are the issues you mention mate? The engine tuning I could be interested in, probably not so much the traction control.

Originally Posted by Mad_Fisho

She's all back together now - had a bit of a win, turns out they forgot to deregister it so I didn't have to go through the re-vin process
What are the issues you mention mate? The engine tuning I could be interested in, probably not so much the traction control.

That's really good news. Enjoy and give it a kick in the goolies.