Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

See if you could visit a major bike dealership. I would expect some mega-sized bike shops there somewhere. See what happens when you just look at the pretty pictures and miss the words.
 
chrisk said:
What a great idea! A leaning delivery trike …. I want one.
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Honda Gyro from the 1980's . 50cc two stroke. I had one as a shop hack until quite recently. It seemed like a good idea at the time and was useful for picking up parts and smoko's close by. Novelty wore off and it wasn't been used so I moved it on.
The lastest toy is a two wheel drive electric UBCO bike. About the size of a Honda 90 and great for exercising our new pup without upsetting the neighbours. Much quieter than the IT175!!
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Alzero said:
I am surprised to find that so far I have seen hardly any motorcycles here in Tokyo. Perhaps because I’m in the Ginza city sort of place? We went a ways out of the center to the Kichijoji neighborhood for a food tour and I actually saw a parked Harley and a few scooters on the road.
View attachment 90374 I also saw a few of there leaning Honda delivery trikes:View attachment 90375View attachment 90376

I heading to Shinjuku, an area with a bunch of bike dealers and accessory stores today so I hope to see a bit more.
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Honda actually paid Ariel for the rights to these, I sold some Gyro-X with a fully enclosed back , they were ex Tokyo pizza delivery bikes. Very unstable in the wind.
 
As of 2020 they were still being built with a four stroke engine, in 2021 Honda introduced an electric version with a swapable battery. The bike shop was a disappointment: tiny place with just one lift and no showroom. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow morning.
 
This is a hole in the wall bike shop in the Ebisu neighborhood of Tokyo called Good Speed. He has three! Dream 50’s one an apparent full race version and one with the wrapper still on the seat. The middle one is a type R version. There is also an unidentified race bike tooIMG_1753.jpegIMG_1752.jpegIMG_1754.jpegIMG_1755.jpeg The Dream 50 is very high up on my list of desirable new toys! I have no idea if I could even fit onto it, but, god I want one. It’s the exact opposite of a Paul Marx bike in that it’s totally useless for much of anything besides looking at!
 
Cathedral of Guzzi 😎
 

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The Dream 50's are nice. You'd park one in the lounge and just look at it.
Frame on bench looks like a TZ Yamaha.
Blue racebike looks like a Suzuki 150 GSXR. Suzuki NZ sponsor a class here for them.
 
Top day up there Hooksey. A Goose or three!! Thanks for organising. And gave me an excuse to make a day of it - 325km and nary a straight road anywhere in all of it ... gotta get some value outs these expensive tyres :) Oh, and the dirt road in to the Cathedral was a bit of fun too.

Never had to dodge so much gum tree litter and bark in the forested mountains - you had to be prepared around every blind corner!
 
Seen at the start of today’s VMCCIOM section’s Harold Rowell Memorial Run (and later on the back of a trailer so not quite sure what happened somewhere between Ramsey and Andreas.)
 

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Andy J said:
What ho, a whole room full of useless ditchpumps. 😉
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The 3-wheel drive trike military monster was something to behold. Unladen 1000kg, powered by a fan-cooled 750cc Guzzi V-twin, drop down wheels at rear to allow tracks to be fitted, steering wheel, 6 fwd, 1 reverse gear, max speed 50kph (scary thought!!). Front end looked to have about 20mm of travel in staunchions of at least 120mm dia aided by a leading link arrangement. Something to behold.
 
hooksey said:
Private collection…… Tis unbelievable, a very passionate man! Teo Lamers, he’s been in Aus for 20 yrs, came out from Europe and the bikes followed container after container. Over 200 bikes on site.
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Teo Lamers was a Guzzidealer in the Netherlands. My wife worked in his shop in the nineties when I met her.
With his (now ex) wife being Italian he had good connections in Mandello del Lario.
On the first floor of his shop he had a little museum in that time. Nice to see the bikes down under.
Yes, a very passionate man.
 
Otto said:
Teo Lamers was a Guzzidealer in the Netherlands. My wife worked in his shop in the nineties when I met her.
With his (now ex) wife being Italian he had good connections in Mandello del Lario.
On the first floor of his shop he had a little museum in that time. Nice to see the bikes down under.
Yes, a very passionate man.
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Was chatting to him - still owns the shop, run by nephews or some such ... can't remember the exact details.
 
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