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

Ktm 500 EXC F

Originally Posted by Sako85

Ktm 500 EXC F
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Mate I ride a xc-f 350 better than sex at my age

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 .

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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Nice job.

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 !

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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Always wondered about those seats. Does any of the 'boing' transfer through to handling, through the body, or just compress-down ? I'd always imagined things going a bit pear-shaped if you hit a bad bump at speed, where you needed body-stability to control things