Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

[Paul Marx]

This showed up in my building bike parking floor. Crappy picture because the wife was waiting impatiently.View attachment 105815View attachment 105816

I tried one a few months back. Excellent little bike for when pushing 200kg or more hefalumps around gets too much.
It'll do all I expect of a bike.
I'd need to get used to an engine reving quite high at cruising speeds compared to my big twins.

Paul

 

[chrisk]

This showed up in my building bike parking floor. Crappy picture because the wife was waiting impatiently.View attachment 105815View attachment 105816

You were too slow, she’s left with the bloke on the scooter!

 

[Charley]

Rather splendidPre war MG type 'F' on the ferry. There were many other nice old cars on the ferry but this one caught my eye.
The reaction of a German gent, to my motorcycle, he was driving a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, was very gratifying.
I have no photo of his car unfortunately.

 

[Alzero]

I tried one a few months back. Excellent little bike for when pushing 200kg or more hefalumps around gets too much.
It'll do all I expect of a bike.
I'd need to get used to an engine reving quite high at cruising speeds compared to my big twins.

Paul

At my age I find my cruising speed has dropped!

 

[Paul Marx]

At my age I find my cruising speed has dropped!

Sort of.
I was refering to the sign posts by the side of the road. In this case, 80 or 90 km/h.

Paul

 

[RGS1000RGS]

This showed up in my building bike parking floor. Crappy picture because the wife was waiting impatiently.View attachment 105815View attachment 105816

They've been selling like hot cakes since coming onto the UK market last year and do a scrambler, flat tracker and a cafe racer model.

 

[The Sock]

Lovely little Itom (item).

 

[The Sock]

Convoluted exhaust headers, or what?

 

[The Sock]

Gotta love a dustbin fairing, and this one is a work of art!

 

[The Sock]

First new bike my father bought was an early '30s Rudge Ulster 5oocc Four Valve with, IIRC, a "Bronze Head".
Something like these two.

 

[Steve G.]

Another eclectic coffee gathering.

 

[Steve G.]

 

[Alzero]

We are temporarily staying in a working class neighborhood up near the fishing port. This popped up along the route of my daily walk. Some sort of Yanmar marine diesel. I’m curious to see how it looks today.

 

[chrisk]

We are temporarily staying in a working class neighborhood up near the fishing port. This popped up along the route of my daily walk. Some sort of Yanmar marine diesel. I’m curious to see how it looks today.View attachment 105935View attachment 105936

Keep us updated, I’m keen to see the results.
Given the valve springs on the yellow box, maybe it’s already been fixed

 

[Alzero]

Keep us updated, I’m keen to see the results.
Given the valve springs on the yellow box, maybe it’s already been fixed

You must be right, I went back today and it was gone. This was in its place:


No idea what that might be….. BTW, this is on the sidewalk, not a workshop.

 

[Exmoor beast]

Gotta hand to these guys to rip a motor apart in a yard , cut their own gaskets, probably without a manual or a great deal of tools. I love that can do attitude .

 

[Max]

We’ve become too precious, maybe! In Istanbul they were rebuilding a truck diff in the alley below my hotel window, and in the desert in Egypt I came across a truck driver using an ordinary file to make or repair the thread on the end of an axle on the ubiquitous ancient Mercedes truck. I try to take inspiration from these guys.

 

[The Sock]

Is there a collective noun for Suzuki 250s?

 

[The Sock]

New one on me, a TERROT

 

[The Sock]

Couple of Vincents, the Black Prince won the best three wheeler