Excellent new section
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What qualifies as a 'Classic' bike..?
A very subjective question!,
I personally dont think that you can set a particular date as I think everyone looks back on the bikes of their youth and class them as their classic, I also think its just about everyone enjoying the older bikes which they lusted after or cherished as a youth but maybe could not afford.
Just my 2p as they say.
I personally dont think that you can set a particular date as I think everyone looks back on the bikes of their youth and class them as their classic, I also think its just about everyone enjoying the older bikes which they lusted after or cherished as a youth but maybe could not afford.
Just my 2p as they say.
I think that sums it up nicely. Defining what is a 'Classic' is going to be contentious as MikeP pointed out in another thread. A lot of 80s jap stuff like Gpz900s, FJ Yams CX500s early Blades etc I regard as emerging Classics but to other people they are already Classic. I would class the early Bloor Triumphs as emerging Classics as well.
billynomates
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A Honda XR500 or an SWM RSGS370 are classics to me...... but that's me. Other's 'classics' will be different classics.
Great to see the new section, and I'll be watching it as I like the older iron.
Great to see the new section, and I'll be watching it as I like the older iron.
billynomates
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A Honda XR500 or an SWM RSGS440 are classics to me...... but that's me. Other's 'classics' will be different classics.
Great to see the new section, and I'll be watching it as I like the older iron.
Indeed does anyone own a Triumph Hurricane on here.
If it isn't 40 years old, it's just an old bike that some people rave about.
There, that's that settled
There, that's that settled
If it isn't 40 years old, it's just an old bike that some people rave about.
There, that's that settled
So,
Joanna Lumley - yes.
Dita Von Tease (sp?) - no.
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i thought triumph hurricanes looked great when they were new.
i think they look like the dog's dinner they really are now
...and that one above...they've even ruined the paint
i think they look like the dog's dinner they really are now
...and that one above...they've even ruined the paint
One of my customers owns two - One might get ridden every once every few years.
He usually on his K75
At first glance, I thought that there were two puddles of engine oil underneath that
They did but then you probably thought you looked great wearing enormous flares and a purple shirt with collars that were so sharp you could have cut your finger on them
They really stood out at the time, unfortunately some designs just don't stand the test of time.
Yep! Craig Vetter design. Hold just over 2 gallons of fuel in that tank so about as much use as a chocolate fireguard (since everybody seems to be vanning it to bike does I don't suppose it matters)
Just like the HD Sportsters of the time - not enough fuel capacity to actually get anywhere
Well, maybe home from the Bar where you've just picked up a gorgeous babe (biker fantasy number 101
).
Just like the HD Sportsters of the time - not enough fuel capacity to actually get anywhere
Well, maybe home from the Bar where you've just picked up a gorgeous babe (biker fantasy number 101
You needed a Norton to really impress the chicks...at least they wouldn't fall off the back.
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