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I can grasp the whole 'Cafe Racer' theme now, nothing to do with 1%'rs that is clear.

Sounds pretty fun, we were only allowed low spec 250cc bikes on our 'L' plates which we could get at 16 and cruise about independently With a car you couldn't drive independently till 17 and on your 'P' plates, needless to say many a friend had nasty scrapes (putting it lightly) hooning about with our L's

Speaking of fast, my mate just bought the new Audi QS5, Twin Turbo Diesel Soccer Mum car on steroids, it bloody flies, does 0 - 60mph in 5.1 sec, reminded me of my VL Turbo when I was 17, ahhhh fun times

Here's my ongoing project bike -- just keeping it running. A 1980 Honda CX500 Custom.

the sideways vtwin is pretty rad on that bike! wow

DJ Higgumz wrote:a 750 could only go 100 mph? I think the 350 hits 110 at redline

I didn't say it could only do 100mph, just that it made it there. I never did top it out, I usually got scared around 110mph. I have been faster on a more modern bike, but I wasn't going to go any faster on that thing.

lowsound

I have a 81 GL500 silverwing I bought new.

Gauss wrote:Here's my ongoing project bike -- just keeping it running. A 1980 Honda CX500 Custom.

I have half the mind to post a classic motorcycle thread in "everything else"

DJ Higgumz wrote:I have half the mind to post a classic motorcycle thread in "everything else"

Won't beat a beer thread though.

Tried to not further the derailment of this thread, but here is my café:


Project bike of my dad's:



And I just took possession of this beast last week. Too bad I'm not supposed to ride, this would be a fun one to keep. It was my dad's midlife crisis. He bought it in 2006 and put 2000 miles on it since then. I am selling it for him. It was build by Dynojet and is an honest 200 mph bike:

New bikes don't do much for me, but damn those yamahas!