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}{arlequin 01-23-2008 06:37 AM

yeah, what's the price for guzzi?

5axis 01-23-2008 03:42 PM

PM sent..

If I didn't need the tire money I'd be all over this

Flatbutt1 01-23-2008 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLO-BOB (Post 3569004)
How 'bout both! Probably not so pokey tho'. :)

http://www.caferace.com/supermanx2.jpg

ohhhh flatty likey!! trade you a DR hunny for that!

Flatbutt1 01-23-2008 05:00 PM

not strictly a cafe but its nekkid and I rode it 2 up to Cape Cod and back

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1201139979.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1201139998.jpg

dmcummins 01-23-2008 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5axis (Post 3722900)
PM sent..

If I didn't need the tire money I'd be all over this

I'd like to know also. And I'm not that far away.

Steve Carlton 01-23-2008 08:02 PM

The Moto Guzzi V11 Sports are all retro. Some of the special editions more so. Guzzi made 300 numbered Rosso Mandellos for 2001. I had #264. They sold well, so Guzzi made 300 more un-numbered. Typical Italian antics.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1201150658.jpg




"The Legend of the Motorcycle" is probably the best motorcycle concours in the world. Worth checking out- comes each year in May to Half Moon Bay. Some pics from last year:
http://gromitspapa.smugmug.com/gallery/2813653#150337025

Eric 951 01-24-2008 04:57 AM

I am going to look at this on Monday--so I have something to ride until I am done with the Morini.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1201183013.jpg

Mule 01-24-2008 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flatbutt1 (Post 3723119)
not strictly a cafe but its nekkid and I rode it 2 up to Cape Cod and back

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1201139979.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1201139998.jpg

No need for a throttle, just an on/off switch. I put a lotta miles on an H1 back in the day. Denco's, K&N's, port matching & a little tuning, nothing could touch it in it's day. They were $995 at the local dealer for quite a while. They were so cheap & fast that kids snapped 'em up. I never had to buy parts. I bought several (damaged) bikes from kids on crutches for real cheap.

Noah930 01-24-2008 07:07 AM

Quote:

I never had to buy parts.
Do sparkplug count? I was constantly fouling them on my KH400A. There was even a little three-plug holder under the seat.

Mule 01-24-2008 09:49 AM

The factory oil injection settings were way too rich. Once you backed it off enough (carefully), the plug fouling went away & the engine came to life. That trick along with matching those little manifolds to the cyls and cutting back those copper rings on the exhaust plus a set of jets and it was on like Donkey Kong. Port timing on 500's was already so radical that any more would have made it undrivable. Mine was beaten twice (both avenged) due to missing gears, once to an H2 (750) and once to a sportster.

Dueller 02-23-2008 08:58 AM

Speaking of spoortsters...here's a new trend in modding them with Buell forks/swingarms. Why is beyond me as you can buy a used tuber Buell for what the mod's cost. Cool cafe racers nonetheless...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203789449.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203789476.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203789492.jpg

Dueller 02-23-2008 09:22 AM

A liitle Pcar content for the thread
 
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203790879.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203790901.jpg

Dueller 02-27-2008 10:41 PM

I have an old buell gathering dust in my garage. I think I'm gonna try to build a budget version of this bike sans the impractical upswept pipes. Anybody go any ideas on a similar seat? The one in this pic is a one off.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1204184359.jpg

varmint 02-27-2008 11:59 PM

want some buell parts cheap?

carbon fibre oval air filter cover
swingarm off 97 cyclone
instrument housing
pm brake bleeder valve
spacer
inner tank off S2 thunderbolt

was cleaning the garage. i want this crap out of my house.

Dueller 02-28-2008 12:55 AM

Air cleaner assembly or just the cf cover? Instrument mount just for speedo or speedo and tach? I assume the swingarm was taken off in recall? Just noticed you have an M2...the 97/98 narrow bodied M2's have a cult following.

varmint 02-28-2008 09:49 AM

just the carbon fiber cover.

the simple speedo mount.

just have an extra swingarm. i ran with about half a dozen guys who all had early buells. as their bikes disintegrated, parts just started accumulating in my garage. sold the cyclone years ago. think this is the last batch.

also have a couple buell patches. and an old rear wheel with a blown bearing. suppose it could be recored, or made into a planter.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1204224565.jpg



sort of random photo.

varmint 02-28-2008 09:53 AM

random




http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1204224833.jpg

JavaBrewer 02-28-2008 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckterrier (Post 3706911)

+1

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203740545.jpg

Dueller 03-18-2008 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Souk (Post 3565193)
Good timing, I just got some cool parts for the Ducati for winter installation.

Unrelated pic:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1193991820.jpg


Some of you had asked about this bike...concept Honda CB100R at Tokyo 07 m/c show...

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VincentVega 03-19-2008 08:30 AM

What are the odds Honda produces this gem?


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