I had an ice blue Darmah SS900. Glorious bike to ride.
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A handsome bike, health to enjoy. You have been in one of my favourite riding areas, for me in NW Cumbria I tend to head north to SW Scotland or the borders for pleasure, rarely south into the lakes unless well out of holiday season.
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Nothing really special But I followed the original plan ..
Not perfect but Built! Not Bought!
1988 R100GS Escargot
Not perfect but Built! Not Bought!
1988 R100GS Escargot
A few shots from this year's Colombres Rally, including the ride down from Cherbourg and back up to Caen...
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Lovely bike. Looks like a non standard big tank? And an extra front mudguard stay and Lester wheels I see. Proper old school tourer
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not my pics, found whilst trawling the 'net for ideas and inspiriation.
not my pics, found whilst trawling the 'net for ideas and inspiriation.
Not my picture, also found in some corner of the 'net.
From memory, this was a Japaneese build
From memory, this was a Japaneese build
Aussie fella builds these, cant remember his name the moment...
I remembered Paul Rooney.
He has / did have a website.
He has / did have a website.
I have more, but i am 2 inches in to a botttle of whisky and done for the day.
L8r
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It's a Heinrich 36 litre tank, good for 300 miles before reserve. The front mudguard stay is because it's a /6 front mudguard. Lester wheels and a modified swing-arm mean bigger section tyres are possible - 100/90 front and 120/90 rear. A number of other modifications, too.Lovely bike. Looks like a non standard big tank? And an extra front mudguard stay and Lester wheels I see. Proper old school tourer
Whilst I appreciate the use of the airhead motors, the overall look is very 'Mad Max'!
The photos of the Paul Rooney frame are a bit mixed up, here they are again
Over on ADV, Stagehand did a write up about his time with a Rooney frame, similar to the one above.
He raced it at various events all over Europe and I think at least once in North Africa.
I think its a great thread, and tells about the trials and tribulations he had with it.
I think there is good idea in the concept of the frame, but some of the execution of the frame construction and build could be worked upon.
Have a read of the thread yourself an you decide.
And here are a couple of pictures of that bike.
He raced it at various events all over Europe and I think at least once in North Africa.
I think its a great thread, and tells about the trials and tribulations he had with it.
I think there is good idea in the concept of the frame, but some of the execution of the frame construction and build could be worked upon.
Have a read of the thread yourself an you decide.
And here are a couple of pictures of that bike.
This is another brilliant build on ADV.
One guy started it, it transferred to a 2nd, and then a third, and the 3rd fella really dropped lotsa $$$ in to it.
mmmmm, the wheels........
Had to do some work along the way, some unexpected, I suppose that comes with a custom build. Excellent read.
(am pretty sure that the third fella put Christini drive system on to a 950, thats an alright read as well)
To get all the in between and more of this one, here is the thread, heaps of pics and stuff
One guy started it, it transferred to a 2nd, and then a third, and the 3rd fella really dropped lotsa $$$ in to it.
mmmmm, the wheels........
Had to do some work along the way, some unexpected, I suppose that comes with a custom build. Excellent read.
(am pretty sure that the third fella put Christini drive system on to a 950, thats an alright read as well)
To get all the in between and more of this one, here is the thread, heaps of pics and stuff
Here are some pics of track bikes I have found over the years
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