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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous View Post

    As for ones personal opion of a classic well thats just that, a classic could be born tomorow, how ever I tend to swad with those that say bikes that changed the world or were a big step ahead are classics, ie: Kawa trips, CX turb, CB dry sumpers.
    Yeah, exactly my point. The triples were neither new in concept nor earth-changing; the CX turbo proved to be part of a technological cul-de-sac, and was interesting only as a great example of Honda achieving a difficult engineering exercise on a production basis; the dry-sump fours did change the face of motorcycling, but in themselves were a prime example of a successful new combination of old ideas.

    Now, you and I could toss our ideas around between each other for ever and a day, but there's not actually a "right" or a "wrong" with opinions. (It's opinions expressed as fact that wind me up: see many of the threads on this forum...).

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    No such thing as a vintage or classic bike. It's either old, very old or ancient.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez View Post
    No such thing as a vintage or classic bike. It's either old, very old or ancient.
    An eminently defensible position.

    Death to the rivet counters, huh? Me, I just like to sit on the things and pull the bloody wire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeteJ View Post
    An eminently defensible position.

    Death to the rivet counters, huh? Me, I just like to sit on the things and pull the bloody wire.
    Lets not forget the brmm brmm noices.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez View Post
    No such thing as a vintage or classic bike. It's either old, very old or ancient.
    haha... so does that make 'you' a vintage or classic, old, very old or ancient
    cheers DD
    (Definately Dodgy)



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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous View Post
    haha... so does that make 'you' a vintage or classic, old, very old or ancient
    Deny deny deny and








































    deny. Now where did I put the viagra? Its NOS for oldies don't ya know......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez View Post
    No such thing as a vintage or classic bike. It's either old, very old or ancient.
    Scrap iron, rusty scrap iron , and rust stains, are the technical terms.
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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