New year, new project bike

[mikeyboy]

That is,
A lovely bike,it has just the right mix of traditional bmw with a good spice up of modern.
A classic in the making I recon,
Enjoy,the feedback I’ve had from owners of similar bikes we have had had input from has been out standing.

 

[mikeyboy]

I’ve just had a speed read over the thread,
Just over a year since Ian had the basic throw together from us.
His attention to detail and further tweaks are outstanding,
A lovely bike,and I’m sure after shaking down it will be absolutely fit for purpose,
I hope you can bring yourself to get it dirty?
Following in the footsteps of tetley,
Despite the images of his immaculate bikes he absolutely uses/trashes them(even the HPN)

 

[Mad Hatter]

I’ve just had a speed read over the thread,
Just over a year since Ian had the basic throw together from us.
His attention to detail and further tweaks are outstanding,
A lovely bike,and I’m sure after shaking down it will be absolutely fit for purpose,
I hope you can bring yourself to get it dirty?
Following in the footsteps of tetley,
Despite the images of his immaculate bikes he absolutely uses/trashes them(even the HPN)

Cheers Mikeyboy, that’s praise indeed from the airhead meister himself .

Definitely going to be used in anger, already booked on two off-road events this year and a trip round the high military roads in the alps is in the making

Next up, Grunhilde, the green meany

 

[Mad Hatter]

This is it finished. Now to give it a good thrashing

 

[GT3North]

That looks sweet. Nice job.

 

[Bubb]

That looks lovely…… have fun getting it dirty, I’m sure it’ll be great.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Well, it got a good thrashing too. Took it to northern Spain for a week’s trail riding. Performed really well up until the coil developed a fault (now sorted). Great bike to ride on challenging trails, very easy to ride, tons of low down torque and the suspension was great. Happy

 

[Bubb]

Great t9 see it getting properly used.
A great looking bike, being used properly is a wonderful thing to see.

Ride safe

 

[APHezzer]

Followed by 8mm sump plate

wow - 8mm .. I thought my 5 mm plates I've made up in the past were aiming for bombproof

It's a nice looking build .. which bar risers do you have there? .. looks like a rise and offset to rear?

 

[Mad Hatter]

wow - 8mm .. I thought my 5 mm plates I've made up in the past were aiming for bombproof

It's a nice looking build .. which bar risers do you have there? .. looks like a rise and offset to rear?

Custom made ones done at the same time as the yokes

 

[Mad Hatter]

Busy year planned for the project bike in 2025, events lined up so far include a Spanish Mega Mondo in June with Austin Vince, le Grand Vadrouille in France with Cocoricorando (also in June), a Vince in Spain with Austin in September, and finally a fortnight in Morocco with Dorothy’s Sppedshop in November. Happy days

What are the rest of you doing on your airheads this year?

 

[Mad Hatter]

Very sad to announce that this bike is now for sale. I don’t want to sell it at all, it only has about a thousand miles on it since it was built (at an expense that makes my eyes water when I add it all up). If you’re interested drop me a PM. I’ll list it in the for sale section later. Only reason for selling it is because registering it in France has turned into an expensive and bureaucratic nightmare