Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

[Alzero]

scooter breakdown service in DaNang. Two young woman taking their bike to the workshop.
Sharp eyes may spot the Laverda Club NSW 40th year sticker on my top box.

 

[Exmoor beast]

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Sharp eyes may spot the Laverda Club NSW 40th year sticker on my top box.

I do love the scooter culture mentality- it’ll go on the scooter because that’s what we’ve got!

 

[piranha-bro2]

I do love the scooter culture mentality- it’ll go on the scooter because that’s what we’ve got!

Exactly - and no enforcers standing nearby to lay down the law. The law of necessity prevails!

 

[chrisk]

scooter breakdown service in DaNang. Two young woman taking their bike to the workshop.

Where’s the right foot peg?

 

[Alzero]

Exactly - and no enforcers standing nearby to lay down the law. The law of necessity prevails!

There are enforcers all over, but most don’t wear uniforms. Traffic regulations are essentially non existent and only traffic lights at major intersections are obeyed. There are no stop signs or one way streets: they would be ignored anyway! The one thing that you never see is exhaust smoke. No 2-stroke motors and no oil burners leaving a trail. Occasionally I see a municipal vehicle leaving a bit of diesel smoke, but that’s it. All new bikes shut off at stop lights automatically and many riders do so manually as well. It helps that every stop light has a large digital countdown timer so you know when to restart.

 

[Tippie]

There are enforcers all over, but most don’t wear uniforms.

I think that applies to most countries these days.

 

[Charley]

Another unexpected visitor to the shipyard.
Old Honda Goldwing. First I've seen in a while.

 

[Mastroianni]

This Saturday, I went with a friend—a seasoned enthusiast of vintage farm machinery—to "Tractomania" in Caussade, a village located in the Tarn-et-Garonne department (82).
It is an event that highlights tractors—this year, the featured brand was Fendt—but it also serves as a swap meet for various parts, a marketplace for two-wheeled vehicles and more, and an exhibition of antique vehicles.
There is just tons of old scrap metal.

https://www.tractomania.fr/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caussade

 

[Mastroianni]

Steam engines are English.

 

[Mastroianni]

 

[Schurminater]

Parked up Locally to me.

 

[Andy J]

Driving around the small country lanes of Devon, as Mastroianni commented above, there is no end of scrap tractors etc piled up around the various farms we have passed.... I know most farmers tend to hate to throw anything away but there surely comes a point when they ought to?

 

[EncinoBoy]

We N. Americans are a bit surprised at that sighting of the unsecured Honda GoldWing especially in a
dock/shipyard environment. All of them are normally attached to VERY large link chains supported off
a vessel bow.

 

[Exmoor beast]

Driving around the small country lanes of Devon, as Mastroianni commented above, there is no end of scrap tractors etc piled up around the various farms we have passed.... I know most farmers tend to hate to throw anything away but there surely comes a point when they ought to?

They’re only scrap old tractors till you try to buy one- then they are collectors items!

 

[Andy J]

And a different type of Devonshire scrap but I can probably understand a bit more why it is being (sort of) preserved.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Driving around the small country lanes of Devon, as Mastroianni commented above, there is no end of scrap tractors etc piled up around the various farms we have passed.... I know most farmers tend to hate to throw anything away but there surely comes a point when they ought to?

But what would become of THE BARN FIND, Andy?!

 

[Alzero]

The family truckster:

After 1000kms I’m very happy with this EV for city use. Depending on how much we use it I swap batteries once or twice a week. As I said before battery exchanges are free of charge until 2028. Top speed is well over the 50 kph that is my personal speed limit in the city. No issues with stability grip with the Pirelli tires and YSS shocks. 50l top box hold two helmets and two rain suits.

 

[Andy J]

But what would become of THE BARN FIND, Andy?!

They become rarer and then an even better find!