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I'm happy to conclude that my perspective of a motored bicycle is not near to the present direction of thought. I'm happy to admit, that I'm of no benefit to this discussion. All speed though, to...

Just make sure that it's only your hat that get's removed. Some have been known to wear those assless chaps.

Horsepower is not everything you know. I've had some of these machines speed past me at well over my safe travelling speed of 85kmh. Most have the highly modified unbaffled engines too and one can...

Very minimalist as a Harley should be. If your thing is a Harley, then nicely done. Enjoy the fuck out of it.

No, for that, you need to fit the barrels and heads from an early XLCH Ironhead motor.

Too much...

Is the West Coast highway biker heaven, because of the Covid induced drought of campervans and boxes at present? I've hankered after seeing the West Coast on a bike for years, but the stories of...

Spot on.

The Harley fires one piston and then the other at 315 degrees. Then the second at 405 degrees. Hence the potato sound, love or hate it's unique.
To my ear, other twins all sound like a single to me.

Honda did a CB1100 retro in the early 90's and possibly a Jap import in 750. Wide rims, twin shock etc.

The Z1 903 was a huge leap for mankind. I also had the KZ1000 in 1977 and the Z1 smoked it with it's bigger carbs and more pointy cam profile.

The twin discs appeared in 1978.

Those CBR400R front brakes were the dogs' dangles in 1992. I would have thought that after fitting clip ons to the 550, you'd have given more though about polishing the Trumpies wheels...:D

My 1974 Honda Four twisted it's camshaft in half. Still ran on two and got me the 100km home.

I see mischief there...it's the first hardtail Trident I've ever seen.

Nicely done. Small correction though, a 'shovel' is a different kettle of fish entirely. You had an an XLH Ironhead there and the year would have been after 1976, been a right disc brake bike. Like...

It's never comfortable or advisable to wear nothing under your chaps, unless you're using a battery operated chainsaw.

'Saved their ass" ?!!!

Value for money the DR series. The early XL/XR motors ran their camshafts straight in the head ( no bearings) and caused much spending of beer money. The old Pro Link seemed plusher than the Suzuki...

I bow to your superior knowledge on Toyotas and Himalayans. The Suzuki DR 650 is an adventure old school bike, developed as a replacement for the DR600 in 1990. They are well proven Round The World...

It would be difficult to fault the old rock steady and moderately priced DR650. Parts are plentiful in many countries and they can run on molasses/paraffin :D if so required. I'm sure the suspension...

Complete with fake Amal carbs :O._Injection is the way forward though.

That model really is a fine looking motorbike.

As a morbid and perhaps irrelevant piece of info, a lifelong friend of mine in Africa, had a BMW car do a U turn in the road. He hit it at 80 km/h on a 350 Royal. Changed his appearance and took more...

The X-ray guy that photographed my epic injury to my knee, ( caused by a chinese 110cc midget bike) had just bought one. He seemed well happy with it, but I still wondered just how well it went....