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  1. 1st November 2006, 10:17 #31
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    My first experience of bike riding was in the early 60's (yeh, I know that dates me) on a BSA Bantam that a mate of mine owned and then my older brother had a Triumph Tiger Cub. Now the Bantam was a two stroke piece of shit (but British shit) but the Tiger Cub had a very distinct sound that I remember to this day. Trolling through a Classic Bikes (UK) magazine I found that there are many restored and available in the UK but the prices would make your eyes water. I saw the spec sheet on the Tiger Super Cub and it put out 10 BHP with a compression ratio around 7.3:1 but it seemed to go like a scalded cat when I was riding pillion with my brother. Aaaahh the memories of your youth. Always greater than reality.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Flicking through Trade me i came across this old beast.....be nice to tuck away in the garage for sunny sundays eh....
    Not so much of the old thanks, its not old until it is older than the rider... I have owned my bike for 20 odd years now...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Balding Eagle View Post
    My first experience of bike riding was in the early 60's (yeh, I know that dates me) on a BSA Bantam that a mate of mine owned and then my older brother had a Triumph Tiger Cub. Now the Bantam was a two stroke piece of shit (but British shit) but the Tiger Cub had a very distinct sound that I remember to this day. Trolling through a Classic Bikes (UK) magazine I found that there are many restored and available in the UK but the prices would make your eyes water. I saw the spec sheet on the Tiger Super Cub and it put out 10 BHP but it seemed to go like a scalded cat when I was riding pillion with my brother. Aaaahh the memories of your youth. Always greater than reality.
    Pretty much all classic bikes are big dollars now.....I was offered a AJS 500 in the mid 80's for $400..fully rebuilt..engine,paint etc plus a spare engine/gearbox..wasn't interested even at that price.
    Seem to remember reading the Bantam engine is a DKW thanks to WWII .
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Flicking through Trade me i came across this old beast.....be nice to tuck away in the garage for sunny sundays eh....
    Looks like the one that was f/s on trademe awhile ago and there was pleanty of people asking about the Honda also. Be awesome to own a beast like that, however I'm somewhat lacking in the funds to purchase such a machine
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Flicking through Trade me i came across this old beast.....be nice to tuck away in the garage for sunny sundays eh....
    fucken sexy az m8.
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    Quote Originally Posted by treefrog View Post
    fucken sexy az m8.
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    $25K!! nice.....
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    Yeah spent a bit of time talking to Mark at Shaw cycles yesterday got a good rundown on what the bike was actually like. Compared notes with a guy from Kawasaki NZ and my Boss made the decision to get it.
    Transfering the cash tomorrow, then Shaw cycles are transporting it to Auckland & from there it's being Tranported through down to here, hopefully should be in residence by this time next week

    Ha Gav were you watching the Auction ? we decided to draw out the reserve or at least find the within 15% margine but found the reserve quickly. There were a few watching the auction close though.

    It's going to be kept as a show bike as such and will be keeping a 500hp XA GT Falcon & a HZ Monaro company as the Boss's private collection.
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    good stuff TW....be sure and post up some pics eh...out of interest was he already watching it on trade me before this thread or did you tell him about it..
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    good stuff TW....be sure and post up some pics eh...out of interest was he already watching it on trade me before this thread or did you tell him about it..

    Definately will slam some pics up when it arrives down here

    Myself & the workshop manager keep a good eye on trademe & the morning after it went up we both mentioned it to him and it was all on from there, monitoring the auction to see what activity the bike created. I saw it here before seeing it in trademe
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    Don't suppose he'd have room for one of these? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-76599969.htm
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    very nice indeed.....if buy some miracle i win lotto in the next couple of weeks will have that....dont fancy my chances but....be interesting to see what it sells for...
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    I had one of those about 25 years ago. It was plastic and about 4 inches long but hey....at least I can say I had one.

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