KB - The greatest-ever motorcycles

[SARGE]

ok... enough winging and crying ..here is a thread JUST for you people who dont agree with tv's version..


What are YOUR choices?

explain why also please.. not just "cuz they are da shizzel and they used one in Biker Boys"

[**R1**]

85 GSXR750
89 ZXR750
93 Blade
95 ZX9
98 R1
2001 gsxr1000
2004 zx10

All bench mark bikes when released

[White trash]

CB750 as it revolutionised the way big bikes were built and startied actually making some horsepower.

85 GSXR750 for doing the same to sports bikes.

ER185 as (i think) it's the longest running production motorcycle with no major changes.

GSXR1000 coz it's the Shniz and they used one in Biker Boyz.

Edit: I almsot forgot, any Evolution powered Harley for resurecting the marque.

[tracyprier]

I must say I was surprised by their number 1 BUT taken in context then yeah, you can't argue with 40 million of them I suppose.... and they run on cooking oil which I thought was fun. Would love to find out how long you would actually last on that though. And even Charley couldn't break one and he broke a GS That jet bike was fun too. Love the bit where Jay talks about the guys melting bumper, oops!

[Krayy]

Norton's RCW588 - Rotary TT racer

A phenomenal machine that blitzed all comers which forced rule changes to stop it from competing and almost single-handedly resurrected the marque.

[F5 Dave]

Kaaden’s MZs. First decent two strokes, expansion chambers, rotary valves in the 60s. After this the racing four stroke was relegated to the scrapheap where it belonged. 2 strokes bounded from this platform & ruled every racing class in any race series that counted for shit. Only unfair displacement rules, greenies & FIM stiffs could suppress them.

Even 4 stroke lawnmowers are crap.



Well that should start something, where's the unsubscribe button?

[Sketchy_Racer]

Norton's RCW588 - Rotary TT racer

A phenomenal machine that blitzed all comers which forced rule changes to stop it from competing and almost single-handedly resurrected the marque.

that bike was so so soooo cool- i just read the articl in an old two wheels mag this morning it sucks that it is no londer racing,

they recon that it made over 135bhp but norton couldnt tell cause their dyno only went up to 100bhp lol

bring back the norton rota

[ManDownUnder]

The Britten.

Not a refinement of a previous design, it was designed from the ground up as a purpose built race bike, the way John Britten thought it should be done.

Things that turned out to be revolutionary in the eyes of the motorcycling world were simply "the best way" according to John - a good enough reason to do it that way.

The fact I think it's dead sexy and the guy who built it is an understated engineer with native cunning, and an absolute legend possibly bias my views - but I'm sticking to them.

[Yokai]

Matchless 1941 G3 350cc... Used as despatch rider motorcycles throughout the 2nd world war... revolutionised the use of motorcycles - was a single cylinder overhead valve:
http://www.roncobb.com/Graphics/MatchG3.jpg

Superb bike that was a real workhorse...

[F5 Dave]

DKW’s humble post war 2 stroke single.

After the war everyone stole the design, The English (BSA bantam), the Ruskies, the Japs (Red Dragonfly).

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery & they could see it was far better design than their creaky 4 bangers.

Only toilets should have valves.

[Mattyc]

The Britten.

AMEN!!

Plain and simple, kiwi made and a fucken wicked performing beast, such a shame the dream had to end so soon otherwise id say the world champ standings might be a bit different, see those power wheelies next to the leader, i want to watch those whole races again, anyone know where i can get dvd ?

[Karma]

My bike.

Because it's gotta be damn cool for me to ride it

[ducatilover]

The Britten.

definately an agreement from me, john britten is my mentor awesome skill went into building those amazing bikes.


edited for jim

[DMNTD:Me]

The Britten.
Not a refinement of a previous design, it was designed from the ground up as a purpose built race bike, the way John Britten thought it should be done.

Things that turned out to be revolutionary in the eyes of the motorcycling world were simply "the best way" according to John - a good enough reason to do it that way....

Totally agree with MDU,or at least a higher place than 6th anyway.
I do understand where they were coming from with the Honda stepthru thing but hell,just didn't feel right! Can tell ya our lounge became freaking phyco for a bit.
The Duc was in its rightful place I thought.
Enjoyed the show,had a giggle at 10th placed

[James Deuce]

Can we make sure that we keep the needless quoting of previous posts to a minimum please? Nudge, nudge ducatilover.

TL Rider and mattyc have done a good job of only quoting the points from ManDownUnder's original post about the Britten that they need to illustrate their respective points.