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

Loved my RZ350 too.
With my nearly finished 68 Monaro in the background , 400 Chevy taken out to 412 CI , worked over ,and twin tunnel ram with a pair of 600 Holley's poking out the bonnet .... The car was faster than the bike .

Originally Posted by Ftx325

Loved my RZ350 too.
With my nearly finished 68 Monaro in the background , 400 Chevy taken out to 412 CI , worked over ,and twin tunnel ram with a pair of 600 Holley's poking out the bonnet .... The car was faster than the bike .

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Mmmmm. I had an RZ like that too (and a 250R). Just about as much fun as the RG500

I spent the quiet times at work this week on the lathe and spun up the bar inserts and fitted them to the butchered factory bars and made my new clip-on bars . Spent the arvo today fitting them and a screen to the VT .
Sitting position is now comfy with a forward lean and weight on the bars without being a full on racer crouch . Very happy . That said the bars are very wide so may lop an inch or so off the length .
Looks old school as well so , not having test ridden yet, will currently call it mission accomplished .
Next is the springer seat....

Nice tidy looking work there Mr. F!

There's one more thing I have have just thought of over a couple of DB's to try tomorrow .
I have put a couple of stainless bolts and dome nuts though the top triple clamp riser mount holes at the moment , but I reckon a couple of 45/70 cases might fit in the holes quite nicely....

Originally Posted by Ftx325

There's one more thing I have have just thought of over a couple of DB's to try tomorrow .
I have put a couple of stainless bolts and dome nuts though the top triple clamp riser mount holes at the moment , but I reckon a couple of 45/70 cases might fit in the holes quite nicely....

I used to have the bum end of 12 gauge shells in each end of my Sportster handle-bars.

With a syphon hose running through the bar between them ‘just in case’!

Bit of gentle lathe turning and tapped into the hole nicely . Nice clean look too .

I see a couple of chop beinf shown so this is one I built. No bolt ons with this one . Powered with 67 BSA Spitfire with a few upgrades. Made all the parts from the fraTTme and forks to tank and seat and changed the shifter from RH foot shift to left hand suicide shift. Started with hight bars but ended up with the wide flat bars that I prefered [ATTACH]177766[/AACH]

Nice!
I see you too got stuck with one of those stupid big-arse number plates!

OK on a tractor but on a bike? - nah…

That's very cool . Nothing more satisfying than building them yourself from scratch . The trident I posted before was kinda the same . Didn't make the forks (you clever buga) but only the forks , front frame bars and tank were factory . The rear frame , seat , footpegs and controls , seat , oil tank , electrics box etc were all handmade and the wheels a mixture of triumph hubs and Harley rims.
A real labour of love and you did an exceptional job with that one - looks straight from the factory ...

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A 67 Thunderbolt I got from the US and restored

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Still having problems getting pics up

just bought this ct110 a few weeks ago for 600 bucks. couldn,t believe my luck. these are selling in oz for 2000 to 3000 $ with 30,000 to 50,000kms on the clock. lots of postie bike clubs and runs all over oz. this one had been a city bike with 23,000 on the clock. the ct90 is the one i have in NZ, Busting a gut to get home and take her for a hunt as soon as the lockdowns on both sides of the ditch are over.
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Nice.
Are you aware of the YT channel where a guy travels all over the world on one?? Smuggles it from north to south america broken down in three huge carry on bags on a ferry!

@inozz Lot of mischief to be had with those old girls ,back in 2015 l was invited over to Oz on a group ride from Sydney to the tip of Cape York, with a biker group l am a member of known as the Laurels Larrikins, that all raced in the Finke Desert Races in the 90's, for at least 2 race events & are too stupid to have given up dirt bikes.

On the ride back (l took my DR650 over as it all set up for long distance expeditions )we did a great road ride( uhmm race) up & down a mountain range out of Cairns in Northern Queensland & then rode down to watch the Australian Postie Bike GP in NSW, held by one of the best dirt bike racing clubs l came across in all my years while racing, the Cessnock Motorcycle Club in NSW (they are mainly a Enduro club).

This is a full on road race with riders travelling from all over & all the local towns turning out to watch postie bikes getting thrashed around the street circuit ,then the local towns supported the race by offering discounts on food & accommodation to people travelling home .When l was dirt bike racing l competed around the world, but this was right up there with any event l have been to as far as people just having fun & loving the bike culture .If you ever get a chance to go l definitively recommenced it .


https://www.cessnockmotorcycleclub.c...e-bike-gp-2019


https://youtu.be/xuHnODTux2I?t=61
@XR500 Have you got a link to that fella's video,sounds like a good while we are getting blown away down here ?

The Finke is a big race these days, huge numbers of 2 and 4 wheelers, but I just love this old footage from its early days with the big two smokes roosting big time, these guys and a couple of girls hard on the pin from start to finish.

https://youtu.be/HzyQrNU4d0o