Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

[Gerald]

Kleenex motorcycles. Blow your nose and throw away.
Paul

Don't think so Paul! Gazillion of the old small Hondas still out there, many ridden hard.
Cam chain failure was often the result of neglected maintenance.
350 is the better engine for sure, in fact I recall a race where a RGS was outrun by a modded Honda 350....

 

[Paul Marx]

Don't think so Paul! Gazillion of the old small Hondas still out there, many ridden hard.
Cam chain failure was often the result of neglected maintenance.
350 is the better engine for sure, in fact I recall a race where a RGS was outrun by a modded Honda 350....

The small singles are lovely and indestructible.
Paul

 

[Tippie]

Don't think so Paul! Gazillion of the old small Hondas still out there, many ridden hard.
Cam chain failure was often the result of neglected maintenance.
350 is the better engine for sure, in fact I recall a race where a RGS was outrun by a modded Honda 350....

And that is why they are getting rare these days. The top classic racers buy every engine possible, that speed takes a high toll.

 

[pf1]

The CB350K was a great bike, fast, cheap and fun.

 

[Shajota]

I think many realised how well early Honda's were made and very robust!
I unexpectedly found this pic just the other day of my very 1st bike, a '59 Honda 125 twin which had been mercilessly used and abused mustering sheep around Quilpie. I got it when I was about 13 and after getting it going thrashed it in our local forestries much to the chagrin of our local copper. Had its limitations in the tight stuff and never really suited to any sort of jump Don't worry about the pipes, used to chop and change things all the time with whatever was up the back yard and if it was a bit loud, chuck some chicken wire down the end and crimp.....
(Apologies not really fits in the thread, but I thought some might like the pic)

 

[GregT]

Yours wasn't the only Honda 125 twin thrashed in the dirt. Mate of my business partner landed one from Oz that was thick with red dust/clay.
I managed to get it running for him and i assume it's in someone's collection here.

 

[The Sock]

Certainly the shiniest one I've ever seen.
Hadn't the heart to ask about the flux capacitor.

 

[The Sock]

These two look pretty tasty performance-wise.
SYLVA J15


This one, a ULTIMACAN-AM, with a 7 litre engine, was very capable of pulling the horizon a lot closer.
0-100mph 5.3 secs.
0-150mph under 9 secs.

 

[Paul Marx]

These two look pretty tasty performance-wise.
SYLVA J15
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This one, a ULTIMACAN-AM, with a 7 litre engine, was very capable of pulling the horizon a lot closer.
0-100mph 5.3 secs.
0-150mph under 9 secs.

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But they're cars.

Paul

 

[The Sock]

But they're cars.

Paul

And the title of the thread is:
'Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels'.
Duh!

 

[Paul Marx]

And the title of the thread is:
'Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels'.
Duh!

Unfortunately

 

[Alzero]

A couple of Italian twins in Kuranda, FNQ. One new and the other old.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Good to see you on Oz soil, Alzero. Gorgeous GT - wish Lee and I had hung onto that wreck we bought!

 

[GregT]

Those look like 17 inch Motard rims.

 

[Tippie]

Good to see you on Oz soil, Alzero. Gorgeous GT - wish Lee and I had hung onto that wreck we bought!

Wish we had hung onto numerous things, or grabbed stuff we were offered really cheap, like everyone else on here. Not easy when we were drifters.

 

[Vince]

I was offered an early model 2000cc Datsun Fairlady convertible Sports Car once in great nic for $500. I really regret not buying that.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/datsun/convertible-bodystyle/

 

[The Sock]

I was offered an early model 2000cc Datsun Fairlady convertible Sports Car once in great nic for $500. I really regret not buying that.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/datsun/convertible-bodystyle/

A '47 Indian Chief, completely original and unrestored, on the road for £40, in '71.
I hadn't passed my test yet (therefore restricted to 250cc max.), so I didn't buy.

The one that got away!


Photo is of a restored one.

 

[Vince]

I guess we all have at least one white whale that got away. We had one of those TV Pickers shows in Oz where one of the wankers found a similar Indian Barn Find like that, mega wanking occurred about always wanting one his whole life so he bought it. The next scene in the show had him selling it immediately for some piddling profit, he was so excited about making a profit and then he didn't even ride it once.

 

[Exmoor beast]

I bought my Laverda GT in ‘89 and I have nearly sold it 3 times when skint or moving house- luckily I didn’t .
Back in the eighties my neighbour offered me his beaten up Aston , it had the blown motor replaced with a Zephyr engine & had been butchered to get it to fit….£6000 was still crazy cheap.

 

[Exmoor beast]

A '47 Indian Chief, completely original and unrestored, on the road for £40, in '71.
I hadn't passed my test yet (therefore restricted to 250cc max.), so I didn't buy.

The one that got away!
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Photo is of a restored one.

What could you have bought with £40 in ‘71? Everyone sold Vincent’s for a fiver but I’ve never met anyone who bought one for a fiver?