Scramblers

[AllanB]

I remember the scramblers of my youth. Fun times fatting along the footpath etc.

Guess the Trumpy is the closest factory one around. DR misses out it that it looks too dirt. With the USA fashion crowd having thrashed choppers, bobbers and working on café racers now, maybe the scrambler will be next?

Anyway - I like them. Some examples to strain your undies over.

[Tazz]

I read murmurings of a Ducati Scrambler over on advrider ;)

ahh, here we are: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/news/article.cfm?c_id=9&objectid=11272562

[HenryDorsetCase]

I am a big fan of them having owned a Triumph Scrambler.

The big advantage for my short arse is I can ride them. Most dirt bike seats are level with my nipples. mmmm nipples.

I also really like the tracker style. head on over to Bike EXIF: its where the cool shit lives.

or pipeburn

https://www.facebook.com/DocschopsClassicMotorcycles

really like this guys work

[Mo NZ]

Dave has done a review on the Triumph Scrambler.
They are a Bonnie Hybrid.

Page 1 of 1300 odd pages is found here, it starts with a review.

There are not many used Scramblers for sale...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141616

[Drew]

We make our own low budget versions.

[gjm]

Back in the 70s, Ducati manufactured a scrambler based on the 250 Mk3 - I had a road bike version.

My very first bike was a Triumph Trials Cub... Not a scrambler, but not really a trials bike either. Great fun though.

Ariel made off-road bikes using the Red Hunter engine (although others used over-bored 350cc NH bottom ends). Sammy Miller's bike, GOV132, was a trials bike, but there was also the HS5 intended for scrambling.

I like the look, and have found that for an on/off road bike, a scrambler rather than a moto-x seems to transition better.

[unstuck]

Phwooorr, I like that clubman.:drool:

[gjm]

Phwooorr, I like that clubman.:drool:

It's sweet. Made by (or at least, made with parts from) LSL in Germany. More pics here: http://www.clubman.de/php/start.php

[AllanB]

We make our own low budget versions.

Jeepers ........ but you are on the right path!

[Drew]

Jeepers ........ but you are on the right path!
More, off the right path. They go out a couple times a month, and get a damned good thrashing. My one (pictured) started life as a very bent GL145.

[Fern]

I am a big fan of them having owned a Triumph Scrambler.

The big advantage for my short arse is I can ride them. Most dirt bike seats are level with my nipples. mmmm nipples.



I'm a 5' 5.5'' gurl with a 32'' leg, ride a DRZ400.. bike is nowhere near my nipples, maybe you need to man up and learn to ride a bike without having to put both feet down at every intersection...

p.s my nipples are nowhere near my waist!

:bleh::bleh::shit:<_<<_<

[Drew]

I'm a 5' 5.5'' gurl with a 32'' leg,Weight, and cup size please. Perhaps age too.

[husaberg]

Honda did one in the 90's can't remember what it was called Japan only I thing it looked a bit like a Cl350 funny enough.........
I can't find the exact one but here is another.

[ellipsis]

...CL450, they were evident here, I'm sure...


http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac85/motorcycle-mania/CL4501_zpsaf17fe87.jpg (http://s888.photobucket.com/user/motorcycle-mania/media/CL4501_zpsaf17fe87.jpg.html)

[AllanB]

The W series Kawakas would make a nice Scrambler base .....

Mmmmmm nipples

[Paul in NZ]

As is well known I'm a huge street scrambler fanboy.... I just love mine to bits...

Back in the day we had a shed full of proper off roaders including my Norton engined beast. It was a 500cc Dominator engine in an Aerial Huntmaster frame, Triumph gearbox, Norton long roadholders with a 21” rim up front and a James gas tank.. (phoar) Open primary, straight pipes and a shit load of FUN....

It certainly put the basic back into basic biking even by 60's standards...

[HenryDorsetCase]

I'm a 5' 5.5'' gurl with a 32'' leg, ride a DRZ400.. bike is nowhere near my nipples, maybe you need to man up and learn to ride a bike without having to put both feet down at every intersection...

p.s my nipples are nowhere near my waist!

:bleh::bleh::shit:<_<<_<

I am 5ft 4 with a 28 inch inseam in riding boots. I have moobs but due to a lot of hard work over the past year or so they have gone from a B cup to an A cup.

HTH :)

[HenryDorsetCase]

Honda did one in the 90's can't remember what it was called Japan only I thing it looked a bit like a Cl350 funny enough.........
I can't find the exact one but here is another.

That was done by Denny Berg of Cobra for Honda USA to demonstrate what could be done with their VT750 platform. The S not the shaft drive C version.

You can pick one up ex-demo for like $11k. Great basis for a custom bike I reckon.

Gwan you know you want to.

All you need to do is:

re-lace the wheels to say 18 and 19 inch (or, get one of those Grimeca 4LS drum brakes then do the wheels)

longer shocks.

new subframe.

off roady tyres.

investigate the gearing.

tank and sidecovers (I always like the oval number boards look of a 70's MX'er.

handlebars and controls.

go ride.

Shouldnt cost more than say $25k all in.

edit: here's the other one he did around the same time. oooh errr missus: http://www.cycleworld.com/2011/01/27/cobra-custom-honda-rs750-flat-tracker-special-feature/

[HenryDorsetCase]

...CL450, they were evident here, I'm sure...


http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac85/motorcycle-mania/CL4501_zpsaf17fe87.jpg (http://s888.photobucket.com/user/motorcycle-mania/media/CL4501_zpsaf17fe87.jpg.html)

I'll give you five grand cash money for that one.

[gjm]

I fancied one of these.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=297954&d=1403053932

They did them with knobbly tyres, too.
Sadly, I think the company went bust. :(

[unstuck]

Watching American restoration tonight on choice tv, They restored a 1967 Honda 300 scrambler. Very nice it was too. On again at 11pm if ya missed it.:2thumbsup

[HenryDorsetCase]

http://silodrome.com/custom-triumph-scrambler/

front page of Silodrome atm

[Padmei]

Did someone really say nipples out loud?

[HenryDorsetCase]

http://www.bikeexif.com/guzzi-nevada


This is fucking cool!

[unstuck]

This is fucking cool!

Agreed. :2thumbsup

[Paul in NZ]

http://www.bikeexif.com/guzzi-nevada


This is fucking cool!

No thats a Nevada....

THIS is cool...

http://www.bikeexif.com/triumph-scrambler-900-2

[HenryDorsetCase]

W650 someone mentioned:

http://www.bikeexif.com/kawasaki-w650-scrambler

[unstuck]

No thats a Nevada....

THIS is cool...



Phwooooor. :drool::drool:

[unstuck]

W650 someone mentioned:



Oh boy, this is turning into the " Pics that make me jizz" thread.:2thumbsup:2thumbsup

[HenryDorsetCase]

Oh boy, this is turning into the " Pics that make me jizz" thread.:2thumbsup:2thumbsup

me too. plus fairly achievable I reckon.

I am not sorry I sold my Scrambler, but I would like another bike with the same capability.

[unstuck]

http://fourboarsgarage.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/2013-150thanniversary-martini-harleys-by-shaw-speed-e-custom-02.jpg

[gjm]

^ XL883Rs by Shaw Speed?

[unstuck]

Yeah, found it here......https://fourboarsgarage.wordpress.com/tag/harley-davidson/

[Mo NZ]

One of those 883's would be a real handful for sure.
Tail chop and chain drive too.

[XF650]

A couple of scrambler "specials" that I've seen in my travels:

[unstuck]

Is that an air intake pointing out the front of that GSX? :crazy:

[Kickaha]

Yeah, found it here......https://fourboarsgarage.wordpress.com/tag/harley-davidson/

Nice looking bikes, but then looks is all they're really been built for

[unstuck]

Nice looking bikes, but then looks is all they're really been built for

Nice show piece in the man cave though.:niceone:

[unstuck]

Saw this one while checking out the Moto/cut thread. :Punk::Punk:


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/10449472_10152481994648996_5594969924688670271_n.j pg

[gjm]

Can't comment on the XR883s, but there's obvious comparisons to be drawn with the XR750.

I'll have a dig around tomorrow and see if I can find pics of a similar bike a friend in the US owned - a XR750 lookalike, but with a 1000cc engine.

Sorry. A bit OT - these are flat trackers, not scramblers.

[AllanB]

The Yammy above looks better than the stocker ;)

[Voltaire]

I went out with Trustme for a look around some gravel roads.
His Triumph got a bit grubby.
Does the BMW count as a scrambler...its really a road bike with knobblies on?
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/rednzep/IMAG1579_zps4f7f1d63.jpg (http://s129.photobucket.com/user/rednzep/media/IMAG1579_zps4f7f1d63.jpg.html)

[unstuck]

Nice shot.:niceone:
That pub in the back ground looks a little more trendy than it did last time I was there though.

[Voltaire]

Nice shot.:niceone:
That pub in the back ground looks a little more trendy than it did last time I was there though.

You mean like the $7 hand cut oversized chips in a mini chip frier basket with aioli and ketchup?
I was surprised that they did not complain about the muddy bike boots, probably thought we were hipsters as I hadn't shaved or brushed what remains of my hair :msn-wink:

I was impressed by the designated bike parking.

[unstuck]

You mean like the $7 hand cut oversized chips in a mini chip frier basket with aioli and ketchup?
I was surprised that they did not complain about the muddy bike boots, probably thought we were hipsters as I hadn't shaved or brushed what remains of my hair :msn-wink:

I was impressed by the designated bike parking.

My how times have changed, last time I was there would have been 1988/89, and there were heaps of grubby biker types and a couple of forestry trucks were the only other vehicles. Found a bit of a fingernail in one of their pies once, and they didn't give a fuck. Loved the place.:niceone:

[Daffyd]

Nice shot.:niceone:
That pub in the back ground looks a little more trendy than it did last time I was there though.

What pub is it?

[unstuck]

Riverhead.:niceone:

[Mo NZ]

Riverhead.:niceone:

As in Forrester's Arms?

[unstuck]

As in Forrester's Arms?

Sounds familiar, we always called it the riverhead, just like the albany was the albany and the silverdale was the wade and puhoi was just the hoi.:niceone:

[AllanB]

More. ........

[F5 Dave]

Bah, I'd take my Stinger over all those. And it's rusted to bits and another ten years from completion ( eight from starting till I finish other stuff).

At at least it's honest. And more importantly, a 2 stroke.

A big big bear or a kawi A7ss would be just fine too, or best of all a Bridgestone GTO.

[ellipsis]

...my first bike...1971 T250 Hustler...


http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac85/motorcycle-mania/T250Hustler_zps9558365e.jpg (http://s888.photobucket.com/user/motorcycle-mania/media/T250Hustler_zps9558365e.jpg.html)


(...not this one, just an image i found...same colour but I had flat bars on mine...)

[AllanB]

Forgotten about the Hustler - there were a few similar designed Japanese two strokes. Very cool.

More goodness:

[Drew]

I still call it a scrambler, but it's getting pretty fucken adventurous now too!

[swarfie]

I still call it a scrambler, but it's getting pretty fucken adventurous now too!

Off to the supermarket....to get your eggs for scrambling? :facepalm:

[unstuck]

I still call it a scrambler, but it's getting pretty fucken adventurous now too!

Fucken ugly that is.:sick:






Never liked those patterned concrete blocks. :shifty:

[Drew]

Fucken ugly that is.:sick:






Never liked those patterned concrete blocks. :shifty:Unfortunately, unless I can find another GL frame (that isn't bent like a fucken banana) I need to start again. Can't get that one legal, and it draws shit load of attention with the trailer on it.

[swarfie]

Unfortunately, unless I can find another GL frame (that isn't bent like a fucken banana) I need to start again. Can't get that one legal, and it draws shit load of attention with the trailer on it.

It'd get more attention if you'd left the caster wheels on it...they'd be going mental at 50 KPH :killingme:banana:

[Drew]

It'd get more attention if you'd left the caster wheels on it...they'd be going mental at 50 KPH :killingme:banana:
Can't do 50 ks at the moment. 40kph on the speedo is all can be ridden, anything over that and the trailer waggle turns into it bouncing from side to side. TERRIFYING fucken thing to tow.

So it's getting a more rigid chassis, and about a meter long draw bar.

[eelracing]

Can't do 50 ks at the moment. 40kph on the speedo is all can be ridden, anything over that and the trailer waggle turns into it bouncing from side to side. TERRIFYING fucken thing to tow.

So it's getting a more rigid chassis, and about a meter long draw bar.

Good idea for pegging out a MX track and general marshalling duties tho.

[unstuck]

Good idea for pegging out a MX track and general marshalling duties tho.

Or carting rolls of chicken wire and fertilizer up rough bush tracks.:shifty:

[Drew]

Good idea for pegging out a MX track and general marshalling duties tho.


Or carting rolls of chicken wire and fertilizer up rough bush tracks.:shifty:

Or taking a tent, sleeping bags, and a couple sly boxes of Heineken to the cold kiwi.

[F5 Dave]

I went 17 years in a row but the last thing I'd think of doing is drinking that piss.

Apart from tasting almost as bad as Stieni it gives just as bad a hangover

[Drew]

I went 17 years in a row but the last thing I'd think of doing is drinking that piss.

Apart from tasting almost as bad as Stieni it gives just as bad a hangover
No accounting for taste I guess.

[gjm]

Steinlager? Yuck. Headache on two bottles.

A man's scrambler.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zOAvAG0Irr4/U8OhdmvDGRI/AAAAAAAABhU/xeT8xYmjDiA/w640-h575-no/GS-new-shoes-1.jpg

I really like this!

[husaberg]

boy at best lol

[AllanB]

Tasty. I want one :niceone:

[HenryDorsetCase]

http://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-v7-stone


thats the link to the one Allan posted.

I had two erections this morning when I saw it.

[unstuck]

thats the link to the one Allan posted.

I had two erections this morning when I saw it.

You greedy bastard, it is nice though.:yes:

[F5 Dave]

http://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-v7-stone


thats the link to the one Allan posted.

I had two erections this morning when I saw it.
Horrible Hondas now moto guzzles (my ipad did that) what the hell is wrong with you today HDC?

[Jseward]

Just finished my first scrambler project, quite pleased with it to be honest. WOF ing is proving to be an ordeal though.......:violin:

[Kickaha]

Just finished my first scrambler project, quite pleased with it to be honest. WOF ing is proving to be an ordeal though.......:violin:

Looks good, would look even better with a front guard

[Jseward]

Looks good, would look even better with a front guard

Yeah that was taken before I put it on, sounds awesome

[HenryDorsetCase]

http://scramblerducati.com/en

Ducati Scrambler.

Just phoned Cyclespot:

base model in red $15790, in yellow $15990.

the enduro classic and full throttle are all $17990. All plus ORC presumably.

Cool looking bike, and an unexpectedly good price. $500 down, and balance when they arrive: Supposed to be March 15.

NZ/Aus orders over 100 units.

Do want

[Big Dog]

http://scramblerducati.com/en

Ducati Scrambler.

Just phoned Cyclespot:

base model in red $15790, in yellow $15990.

the enduro classic and full throttle are all $17990. All plus ORC presumably.

Cool looking bike, and an unexpectedly good price. $500 down, and balance when they arrive: Supposed to be March 15.

NZ/Aus orders over 100 units.

Do want

A little generic... need to find a way to make yours yours... some straight shot high pipes?
Definitely a sex machine though...
I'd be keen as if my bank account could tolerate it.

[cave weta]

Just started my build. I haven decided yet if its a scrambler or a retro ADV

[F5 Dave]

Ooh CX. I think I prefer the Ducati. No I can't make up my mind.

[Black Knight]

Just started my build. I haven decided yet if its a scrambler or a retro ADV

Might be a tad heavy but having said that there is a guy on the Chopper Charles site who has turned one into an adventure bike

[AllanB]

CX scrambler. Cool.

http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-cx500-scrambler

[Kickaha]

Might be a tad heavy but having said that there is a guy on the Chopper Charles site who has turned one into an adventure bike

Eurodave on here did one several years ago

[Grumph]

Eurodave on here did one several years ago

At first glance i thought his was a Cagiva Elephant, classic double take. He was still using it quite recently as daily transport.

[gjm]

OK, not a scrambler. But a bike I like. Very similar to the bike I learned to ride on.

And for sale, now, on TM.

[AllanB]

Check out this MV version - pretty. Pretty pricey too! And where is the bash plate for that sump!

http://viba-motor.fr/

[F5 Dave]

Looks considerably better from the left where you can't see the ugly pipe. Seat and lack of rear just looks unfinished and hate those floating rear guards. Tank is cool.