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    arse! all this build up and it was even in the papers,

    but i missed it. still working

    bugger
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    I agree with most of the choices. Sure, the Britten was fantasmical, but should it have been number 1? No way.
    The Y2K is bullshit though.

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    One of pyrocam's shorty video's had Jay Leno firing up a jet bike. I thought it was a sound dub send up. It must have been that Y2K machine after all. Silly me! Cheers John.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aiolos
    I agree with most of the choices. Sure, the Britten was fantasmical, but should it have been number 1? No way.
    The Y2K is bullshit though.

    If he was still alive & still developing it ,,, It would be

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    i thought the program was a complete let down

    a honda cub as number 1 bike, WTF ! least they threw it off a roof , the britten was the best of them i reckon.
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    Sure as hell could not fire the Y2K up in my garage, it would burn all my good poster up and probably melt the missus's washing machine!!! Sure would like to try one as a one off experience though, fark owning one. Imagine trying to get it serviced here, you would probably have to bribe an aircraft engineer somewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hammer
    . Imagine trying to get it serviced here, you would probably have to bribe an aircraft engineer somewhere.
    Dont be stupid......


    Thanks to the govt ,we dont have any in this country anymore do we.

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    Choice,of all the bikes I've owned the C50 was one of the best,I rode it for 7 years,over a steep winding very rutted gravel road every day,it was my pick up truck,carrying everything I could load on it - every 3 weeks I would put $2 of fuel in it.....that's all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu
    Choice,of all the bikes I've owned the C50 was one of the best,I rode it for 7 years,over a steep winding very rutted gravel road every day,it was my pick up truck,carrying everything I could load on it - every 3 weeks I would put $2 of fuel in it.....that's all.
    YEAH BUT IN 1950 $2 WAS A LOT OF FUEL

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    Quote Originally Posted by WINJA
    YEAH BUT IN 1950 $2 WAS A LOT OF FUEL
    Especially when the average wage was then about 50c per hour!!!!!
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    27 litres in fact. And till well after 1950
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    Quote Originally Posted by justsomeguy
    hOLy SHIT....

    I guess I'm too young to understand......

    I think the cub should have been second - the sex object first.


    Did anyone (in central auckland) tape the program ??
    I captured it on the 'puter. I'll encode it tonight.

    There was some interesting footage in it.

    Since motorbikes are so much to do with personal tastes, I think it's pointless trying to rank them in terms of "greatness".

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    Quote Originally Posted by maddog007
    It must be a production bike, because Jay leno doesnt have a britten does he.
    ??? eh.

    Is the turbine-powered bike a factory made, production run???
    I would have thought this bike to be a "one off" thing done as an experiment/gimmick.
    Just trying to find out more about it. google time.
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    Unlike most of you, I don't have a problem with the Cub being No 1.

    I learnt to ride on a Vespa that was identical to the red restored one they had on the show.

    The Y2K didn't count, IMHO. But I'd love to try one, just like I'd like to have a go in an F-16.

    The Moto Guzzi V8 - that sound!!! Has to be the best sounding bike ever, I reckon.

    The Britten - revolutionary, but TOO exclusive... a question though - if they could build a replica and sell it for $35000, how many would buy it? I would do my damnest to try and get one.

    But I waited, and waited, and where was the Vincent Black Shadow/Lightning?

    Yeah, the Brough was cool (did you see the OCC homage bike?), but the Vincent would have been my pick.

    Bastards. You can't please everyone I guess.
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    Must admit, had a Honda Cub myself once. The Y2K sounded awesome when started up, but to go anywhere - you would need to be followed by a petrol tanker!
    The CB750, it was the first of its type.

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