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Post a pic of your bike

  • 26-05-2008 10:02pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭


    Ill start us off
    Here is my new baby CBR600


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    Nice bike! I need a tail tidy... :rolleyes::p


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Here's mine:
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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Here's my new one. A Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Classic. Just over 3 weeks old and nearly broken in.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    Heading for the DSI run earlier this month. I've grown a lot since this was taken, and I've trimmed the grass coming out of the exhaust pipe...

    Loaded.jpg

    'cptr


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,140 ✭✭✭gipi


    It's small but perfectly formed (just like myself:D)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Jesus Interceptor! You're tiny! How do you change gears?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭BlueBandit


    gipi wrote: »
    It's small but perfectly formed (just like myself:D)


    Great little bike had one meself a while back. Never let me down perfect first bike, you had it long


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭pirate reject


    Jesus Interceptor! You're tiny! How do you change gears?

    More worryingly

    How do you see where youre going over the top of that tank bag????:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭BlueBandit


    heres my bandit on tour last year


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,140 ✭✭✭gipi


    BlueBandit wrote: »
    Great little bike had one meself a while back. Never let me down perfect first bike, you had it long

    Bought it new 2 years ago, and enjoying it immensely! Maybe when I get me test I'll buy a bigger version! As long as I can still reach the ground of course :)

    Like the pic of your own bike - you've plenty of luggage space, that's for sure!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭madrab


    This is Katie
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    I also have an africa twin called toto (this is an old pic)
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,053 ✭✭✭jimbling


    It's not the best pic, but the one I have access to right now.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭BlueBandit


    gipi wrote: »
    Bought it new 2 years ago, and enjoying it immensely! Maybe when I get me test I'll buy a bigger version! As long as I can still reach the ground of course :)

    Like the pic of your own bike - you've plenty of luggage space, that's for sure!

    Too true was well loaded up for that trip.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭bryanmurr


    heres mine


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭Pigeon Reaper


    The SV. I can't find a picture of my Bumble Bee anywhere.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭lukester


    Fireblade

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    The wing,valk and cbr are mine,the Binlaw owns the rest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    The rest


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 906 ✭✭✭FuzzyWuzzyWazza


    Nice, dubtom some collection


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭macnab


    Heres my Bimmer, hoping to change back to sports bikes soon


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    heres my 2002 Bandit 600....which is for sale if anybody is intrested!

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    dubtom wrote: »
    The wing,valk and cbr are mine,the Binlaw owns the rest.

    [irish begrudgery] Jammy B*stard, bet the bank owns them :p [/irish begrudgery]


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭BigCon


    Lovely bikes.
    Another Valk...

    valkny2.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    KTRIC wrote: »
    [irish begrudgery] Jammy B*stard, bet the bank owns them :p [/irish begrudgery]
    Spot on:cool:but they thought I was buying a new harley..muhahaha..cough


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    kceire wrote: »
    heres my 2002 Bandit 600....which is for sale if anybody is intrested!

    IMG_2387.jpg

    IMG_2393.jpg

    Out of interest, how much would you be askin for something like that? Also what height would ye have to be to be able to ride it, like to get both feet down on the ground?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭lukester


    dubtom wrote: »
    The rest

    Nice collection. Which one do you ride the most?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    lukester wrote: »
    Nice collection. Which one do you ride the most?
    Only got the wing and blade last week,the wing is sedate and calming,the blade has destroyed several pairs of underpants already:eek:it's like learning to ride all over again. The answer to your question will probably be the wing,I'm selling the valk.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭carlosfandango


    My Tiger 1050 on the return trip to Santander at the weekend..
    Rained all the way!
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭paulieeye


    My drag star when it was shiney


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    My Tiger 1050 on the return trip to Santander at the weekend..
    Rained all the way!
    tiger2.jpg

    I assume you were getting the boat carlosfandgo,last time I checked the prices were horrendous,mind me asking what you paid??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭carlosfandango


    Hey DubTom (are you the same man that had the Mustang?)
    I went from Dublin to Cork & got the ferry to Roscoff. Then headed south to la Rochelle, Bordeaux, San Sebastian and all around Northern Spain & finally headed to Santander, which is when the pic was taken..
    Then got the ferry to Plymouth & headed north to Holyhead. This was a totally poxy ride, flat out in the rain in order to catch the boat.
    I don't have the exact figures but the Brittany Ferries from Cork-Roscoff & Santander-Plymouth was about 600 euro.. if you need more specific costs, I can have a root but the Brittany website is pretty good to guide you for costs.
    I've done it quite a few times, with various routes & the ferry is bloody great. I believe Irish Ferries have a new boat & it goes from Rosslare to Le Harve (I think).. Irish Ferries make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck though..
    Were you thinking of a trip?
    We went to Paris in November & once we got off the boat in Roscoff, we were there well before lunch!
    Shame there is no Ferry from Ireland to Spain though....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    Yea carlos,thats me,the mustangs gone though:( I went to spain last year via france,rosslare to cherbourg and then drove down to malaga on the valk,sunshine all the way,2900 mile round trip. That €600 doesn't sound too bad,I checked it out before I went last year and plymouth-santander return I think was over a grand. I think it'll just be france this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭carlosfandango


    Hey DubTom,
    It was me in the six that day on the Tallaght By Pass... That was a lovely Mustang! I rented the new GT in the States recently while on business there, it was a Lot of fun.
    Yeah, the ferry can be bloody expensive depending on the time of year. We either go early in the summer, or late. It's a lot cheaper. Don't think I'll be fitting any more trips in this year, up to me knackers in work.
    That Valk must be lovely on the long trips? I have to say that I'm smitten with the Tiger. With the Remus it has an extra bite too.
    Might see you on the road, ride safe man.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    Wow, small world,btw how dare you beat me that day, it was uncalled for;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭carlosfandango


    small world indeed!
    Still driving the six (crippling me on fuel & tax) but the pleasure/pain thing is where it is with classics...I have the disease, but cut down to five these days(eek!)
    btw I have a bonneville also - here's a pic..

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    btw I have a bonneville also - here's a pic.
    Nice to see a old Brit for a change, a Jap bike is a bit like an Arse, I.E. everyone has one :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭carlosfandango


    Thanks run_to_da_hills,
    I've had a lot of bikes over the years (started a looooong time ago on a DT 175) but I've got a soft spot for Triumphs. I've had a speed four & the 955i Tiger in the past.
    I love this Bonneville, it has been tidied up a bit since this pic was taken but still has the "flat-tracker" thing goin' on. It's totally bonkers to ride.
    I like the ethos of the Triumph company & yes, it's nice to have something a little different!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Thanks run_to_da_hills,
    I've had a lot of bikes over the years (started a looooong time ago on a DT 175) but I've got a soft spot for Triumphs. I've had a speed four & the 955i Tiger in the past.
    I love this Bonneville, it has been tidied up a bit since this pic was taken but still has the "flat-tracker" thing goin' on. It's totally bonkers to ride.
    I like the ethos of the Triumph company & yes, it's nice to have something a little different!
    I am into old school Brit myself but have sorted of converted to jap :) Still have two Beezers, a GIXR 750 and two Bros 400's.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    Is that genuine ww2 run.Classy looking bike. The binlaw has the two that I showed in the pick, a square 4 and something else:rolleyes: sorry,the old stuffs not my thing. Took a go on one and nearly plowed into a wall, someone had moved the back brake:eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    dubtom wrote: »
    Is that genuine ww2 run.Classy looking bike. The binlaw has the two that I showed in the pick, a square 4 and something else:rolleyes: sorry,the old stuffs not my thing. Took a go on one and nearly plowed into a wall, someone had moved the back brake:eek:
    Brit bikes have the brake on the correct side, ie left side. Japs took over and placed it on the right and everyone copied them inc Harleys etc, so if you ever get on a classic bike make sure you put your foot on the break instead of the gear shifter when you come up to a stop sign. That BSA has virtually no brakes period like most brit bikes, just slap it into 1st gear and the engine will slow it right down like a compression brake on a truck :eek:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,686 ✭✭✭✭PDN


    Brit bikes have the brake on the correct side, ie left side. Japs took over and placed it on the right and everyone copied them inc Harleys etc, so if you ever get on a classic bike make sure you put your foot on the break instead of the gear shifter when you come up to a stop sign. That BSA has virtually no brakes period like most brit bikes, just slap it into 1st gear and the engine will slow it right down like a compression brake on a truck :eek:

    If you like the old classic bikes, and are ever in the US, check out the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, Alabama http://www.barbermuseum.org/index.html

    They have stuff from the earliest bikes ever to US military bikes (diesel powered), British bikes, Japanese bikes etc. - all of it restored and in mint condition. My wife had to keep telling me to stop drooling.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    PDN wrote: »
    If you like the old classic bikes, and are ever in the US, check out the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, Alabama http://www.barbermuseum.org/index.html

    They have stuff from the earliest bikes ever to US military bikes (diesel powered), British bikes, Japanese bikes etc. - all of it restored and in mint condition. My wife had to keep telling me to stop drooling.
    I lived in the States for 2 years unfortunitally never made it to Birmingham, Alabama (I love da cotton picken southern drawl :) ) however I made it to the Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham UK before it was destroyed by fire a few years ago, it was amaising to see some of the prototype British bikes that never made it and to see jap copies of them twenty years on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I am into old school Brit myself but have sorted of converted to jap :) Still have two Beezers, a GIXR 750 and two Bros 400's.

    Friend of mine has a 1950's Bsa as well. Lovely bike, not very fast lol...

    My first bike:D:D
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    The sisters current
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    This was before it got resprayed. Same colour but a bit more glitter:D.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    Great to see the old Brit thumpers!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭carlosfandango


    This is the latest addition to the Triumph stable. A Thunderbird 900.
    It's 1997 and in very good condition thanks to a very careful previous owner (thanks Paul!). I'm looking forward to a few decent runs on it, then some polishing! It actually has plenty of grunt, brakes are "interesting" but not as bad as my old Bonnie though.
    Very comfortable & positive handling, but no stunts on this one (ahem!).
    I hope you all like it!

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  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 1,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭karltimber


    Picked up this 06 1200 bandit in Engerland 3 weeks ago.
    Spotlessly clean with 5k miles on the clock. happy out :D

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭Moonspell


    this is or better was my baby... jaysus i miss her...:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭russki


    Here's my collection :rolleyes:

    Unfortunately, Rebel is off the road now. Needs new cylinder head. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭batman_oh


    07 r1, with too much bhp!
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    ktm 660smc playtoy, savage fun for acting like an idiot
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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    Did you get rid of the rs batman or do you still have it?


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