The Britten for damn good reason. It was built by a kiwi!
Aargh, photos!
The Britten for damn good reason. It was built by a kiwi!
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
The metal is always nude.
My vote has to be the CB750K as No.1. That bike did revolutionise motorcycling. Look at the K5 Gixxer. It's a traverse four,....so is the R-1 and ZX-10 and.......
The 4 cylinder Honda paved the way to change motorcycling forever.
Now I'm ducking for the incoming thrown objects......
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Forum whore
RC30. The first REAL race replica for the road. Made everything else produced at the same time look "unfinished", and paved the way for the insane road going "sports" machines we can buy now.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Jam and tarts....
what about 1916 henderson four? an american built beast with an inline four mounted north-south 1305cc three speed gearbox....with reverse......weighs over half a ton......apparently it went quite well in a straight line....... must try find some info on them.......now thats fucken different
http://www.ozebook.com/henderson.htm there check these toys out.....i have a strange desire to ride one
http://www.hendersonmotorcycle.com/History%201911.htm heil the bycicle tyres
Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
Alloy, stainless and Ti polishing.
Bling your bike out!
PM me
FUN LOVIN CRIMINAL
mmm tough call'
Road bikes:
Jap
CB750, it blew the oposition apart
Z900, cult bike
H1 triple, scare factor
CBX1000, took bikes to the next dimension
GS1000, 1st big jappa to handle
CB1100RB, best balanced bike of its era
85 GSX-R750, redefined sportsbikes
ZXR750s, best front end in the business ( 89-96)
CBR900, re-set the standard of power to weight
Non-Jap
Vincent, design & style
Triumph twins, dominated the market
Evo Harleys, pulled them out of the crappa
BMW boxer, durable design
bevel SS ducati, pure art & with conti pipes the best noise
851 ducati, re-set the standard of european sportsbikes
race bikes
BRITTEN, shafted the opposition on a shoestring, re-defined motorcycle engineering like no other
Moto-guzzi V8, years ahead of its time
Honda 250 6cyl, just amazing
Laverda V6 endurance racer, sex on wheels
Yamaha TZ750, scary shit
Slippery Sam, a unique & special machine
off road
CZ moto-crossers, stole the scene from 4 strokes
rickman metessie, showed big tanks could handle
YZ/IT 465, savage big stroker that gave birth to the 490
XR500A, 1st real hooligans toy & when set up the best big thumper in its day
KDX200, best alround 2 stroke trail bike (captain reliable)
Last edited by T.W.R; 25th November 2005 at 11:32.
The metal is always nude.
ha ha, ya had to have a ZXR-750 in there, TWR......
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
FUN LOVIN CRIMINAL
ha ha, ya had to have a ZXR-750 in there, TWR......totally un-bias choice N/M
but just stating what plenty of mags said about them, plus who was the only jappa to give the dukes a hurry up for years on end in the WSB
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ridden one, & they ain't that flash, just unique.what about 1916 henderson four? an american built beast with an inline four mounted north-south 1305cc three speed gearbox....with reverse......weighs over half a ton......apparently it went quite well in a straight line....... must try find some info on them.......now thats fucken different
http://www.ozebook.com/henderson.htm there check these toys out.....i have a strange desire to ride one
http://www.hendersonmotorcycle.com/History%201911.htm heil the bycicle tyres
they started in 1911, & schwinn took over the marque 1917
Jam and tarts....
really? my mums mate donnald lang has restored a few of them and he reckons they fly......mind you he is a bugger to exaggerate.....what are they like to ride???
Alloy, stainless and Ti polishing.
Bling your bike out!
PM me
Would you like some CANDY!?!?!
In no particular order.
Honda RC45 - Because Honda threw a kazzilion dollars at it, and it still couldn't win (Well..) Complicated, hand built and rare.
Ducati 916 (And variants of) - Because Ducati threw a lot less that a kazzilion dollars at it and won. Everyone loves the look of a 916, you can't help it. People who don't know anything about bikes or don't care still think 'That looks pretty damn cool' .
Yamaha RD350LC - Who needs cubes?!
Suzuki Hayabusa - Because Suzuki said "Fuck it" and built it.
Honda NR750 - Because Honda said "Fuck it" and built it.
Triumph Speed Triple - Because they raided the parts bin and came out with one of the best looking bikes of all time. Newest one looks even better.
Latest Yamaha R6 - Fly by wire throtte on your next bike anyone?! Looks damn cool too.
The Britten - Still awesome
Hardcore Biker
The Britten because :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.
kiwi made and a fucken wicked performing beast, thats a good enough explanation is it not ?
Matty C
Have you taken your bike over any sweet jumps?
Jam and tarts....
ok i have to post this..... http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=8
hows that for an old bike?
Alloy, stainless and Ti polishing.
Bling your bike out!
PM me
My Brian hurts!
Surprised that we haven't mentioned Douglas yet... That Classics list didn't have any Douglas in it at all.... weird....
I think my list would have to be:
Vincent Black Lightning
1928 Indian Prince
1941 Matchless G3
Royal Enfield Bullet (continuous production since 1949!!)
Harley Davidson Heritage Softtail - probably the most recognisable Harley to non- riders
Triumph Bonneville
Honda Fireblade
Ducati 916
Britten V1000
Hayabusa
I think while the V1000 is a superior bike to the Hayabusa in a lot of ways, it sufferes from being a specialist bike with only F and P models... (one of which is still reported to be in its crate!
Shrug. Waddoeyeno - I ride an SRV250!
Yokai - bendamindaday
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a few of them huh? must have done all thew ones in NZ then, the one i road was rebuilt by R. Battersby in CHCH & was on loan to the yaldhurst transport museum & he was restoring another for a bloke in the nth island. Anyone who goes out a pushes a bike that age that hard shouldn't be on one in the first place!, they're a slow, unbalanced, slow turning old beast & they're difficult to ride, as for changing gear i didn't even bother trying
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Honda CX500.....yeah baby
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