Old multi-cylinder bikes of the 50s to later on. Japanese, British, Euro, etc

[dangerous]

Ivy crashed in practice when the temperamental Czech two-stroke seized at high speed, the bike and its rider sliding into an unprotected concrete wall.

"kinda" know what thats like... my 350LC seized at the greymouth street races a couple a years ago, luckly I was exiting the slowest corner and the clutch worked well, left me in the fence but on the bik... FARKING strokers, but LOVE EM
piston on the right, the left one is a 125 twin and was still running back in the pits.

[koba]

"kinda" know what thats like... my 350LC seized at the greymouth street races a couple a years ago, luckly I was exiting the slowest corner and the clutch worked well, left me in the fence but on the bik... FARKING strokers, but LOVE EM
piston on the right, the left one is a 125 twin and was still running back in the pits.

Shit, you almost make it look like there are trophies for wrecking pistons, if that was the case for real I'd have a full cabinet!

[avgas]

having had both... HOW THE FARK ya figger that???

I am a bit rusty but just of the top of my head this was on the xn6 but not on the kat 750: Kick-flick on the top of the SQUARE screen (kat was triangular), seat is box section rather than curved, unpainted motor, fairing has sunken headlight, sidecovers over more of the angle section frame and there was something about the wheels that I can't remember.

But XN85 was still a Japanese bike - but you can tell Hans had a little more design input on it than the Kat. I only got curious after seeing R100 near a Kat near a XN.....and you could see the similarities.
But the differences in design were even more subtle (except for the obvious stuff like engine type).

[seymour14]

Latest rendition of the Brough Superior SS100.

[Kickaha]

Latest rendition of the Brough Superior SS100.

Now that's a fucking ugly bike

[seymour14]

Now that's a fucking ugly bike

That's what I first thought, the headlight is madness, the engine is blocky, the tank is true to Brough's old look in a modern concept, as is the exhaust system. The more I looked, the more I could see what there up to, as Brough was a mover and shaker in their times, some day a bike like this will look normal to us.

At the moment though, it looks a little bizarre.

I could see this thing roaring down the road in a Mad Max movie!!

[Yow Ling]

Looks smarter than the SS90

[husaberg]

Looks smarter than the SS90

post of the year.......

[dangerous]

I am a bit rusty but just of the top of my head this was on the xn6 but not on the kat 750: Kick-flick on the top of the SQUARE screen (kat was triangular), seat is box section rather than curved, unpainted motor, fairing has sunken headlight, sidecovers over more of the angle section frame and there was something about the wheels that I can't remember.

But XN85 was still a Japanese bike - but you can tell Hans had a little more design input on it than the Kat. I only got curious after seeing R100 near a Kat near a XN.....and you could see the similarities.
But the differences in design were even more subtle (except for the obvious stuff like engine type).

Even the XN85 seems to be more aligned with the BMW R-series than the orginal Kat.

fuck man ya got me way lost... BMW R80 R90 R100 etc a nakid or faired flat twin... how do the compare to the XN which looks very similer to the Kat bothe IL4, small screen (nill on the BMW or huge) seat is a seat, none had painted motors if they did then it was silver, both Kat and XN had sunken lights in the fairing, the R100 sport may have to, offf shit what you on about?

[cotswold]

Funny but true,
I had this bike back in the 70's or early 80's and had not seen one since but me and the family were camping up at Waipu cove and I heard this bike coming into the camp site, I could have won any amount of cash on name that engine sound. It was a single ported 600 but still sounded the same as mine, loved that bike.

[Grumph]

There's a Lanz Bulldog lives up the road from me which comes through every few weeks around this time of year going to shows etc...First time i heard it, i thought it was a Panther with a loud pipe...

[cotswold]

There's a Lanz Bulldog lives up the road from me which comes through every few weeks around this time of year going to shows etc...First time i heard it, i thought it was a Panther with a loud pipe...

Yes it was mentioned in the same breath as a field marshall

for those with an interest in massive singles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEurohAwrmA

[dangerous]

I had this bike back in the 70's or early 80's and had not seen one since

ohh yeah, 'she' is tidy man... but hey whats the bike engine?

There's a Lanz Bulldog lives up the road from me which comes through every few weeks around this time of year going to shows etc...First time i heard it, i thought it was a Panther with a loud pipe...

hey same.. well sorta, aint sen it yet but heard it.. think its shipleys down adams rd, what a farking sound aye

ANYWAY... how the hell did a 'muility' pot thread turn into a 'single' thread???

[F5 Dave]

Better not tell the missus that you're looking at singles threads

[pete376403]

Better not tell the missus that you're looking at singles threads

Singles thread? "Old-multi-cylinder-bikes-of-the-50s-to-later-on-Japanese-British-Euro-etc"