Anyone here ridden or owned a Munch (or what was your teenage bike fantasy)

[cheshirecat]

A Munch Mamouth and the newer version , a trifle more desirable
Used to lust after one in my teenager years, God knows why. If anyone has what were they like. Just making sure it would have been a disaster if I had.

Having said that I still lust after a 1974 MV 750

[MIXONE]

I've never seen one in NZ.They were extremely expensive I remember that.
I,too,dribble over the MV.

[Botany Honda]

There was one at tlest classic meeeting at Pukekohe, smaller than I would have imagined, Van Veen OCR now that is one I still want (but can never afford)

[avgas]

newer version , a trifle more desirable

Its still top of my "must own" list. My perfect bike.

Others are Bimota VDUE (sat on one when I way younger), and Suzuki's concept bike for the b-king. 1300cc, Supercharged, HUD.......it was awesome.

[imdying]

It's amazing how many fields were furthered by WWII. Must be time for another world war.

[cheshirecat]

I think riding a bike created by a Messerschmitt designer certainly gives it something a bit different.

[Voltaire]

I think riding a bike created by a Messerschmitt designer certainly gives it something a bit different.

I sometimes drive a car that was designed by a Panzer designer.......one of 16 million made...the car not the tank...

[cheshirecat]

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c".. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f".. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vordskontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

[Conquiztador]

A Munch Mamouth and the newer version , a trifle more desirable
Used to lust after one in my teenager years, God knows why. If anyone has what were they like. Just making sure it would have been a disaster if I had.

Having said that I still lust after a 1974 MV 750

Yep, the Munch 2000 has been top of my wish list for a few years now. A 375Kg monster that can be tuned over the net (directly), that has electronicly adjustable setup (handlebars, footpegs etc.) And that included in it's sell price had a "anywhere anytime" guaranteed repair clause. There was planes and helicopters waiting to fly in to fix her if you needed the help. But at NZ$ 300K you would expect something a little more than a tow...

[cheshirecat]

Yep, the Munch 2000 has been top of my wish list for a few years now. A 375Kg monster that can be tuned over the net (directly), that has electronicly adjustable setup (handlebars, footpegs etc.) And that included in it's sell price had a "anywhere anytime" guaranteed repair clause. There was planes and helicopters waiting to fly in to fix her if you needed the help. But at NZ$ 300K you would expect something a little more than a tow...

Cor, can you imagine having broken down for some inconsequential reason you could easily fix youself, bikers stopping and offering help, "nah just waiting for the helicopter" chop chop chop, whirl whirl.