Member's motorcycles

Nice trail cat..!!

I have a 26 year old FZR400RR

Ducati MHR 1000cc, build during 1988 with the best parts available that time, no matter the costs...

Garelli Rekord 50cc, build between 1990 and 2014 (....)

Both motorcycles are build to my own specs, and are by no way original at all.

My 1st street bike was a tiger cross.mid 70's.. very similar in style to that trail cat.
My username..drops a large hint toward the origins of my current ones

A 96 racer.
2001. 03 and 05 rece replica's

Pics....
Not really my thing.
(Might post an ancient pic of me on my 1stever bike though)

Some nice bikes & scooter there , I’ve had scooters since about 1986, I recently bought a white and blue 1964 li lambretta , had the green 1971 gp 200 since 89 , red 83 Vespa p200e .

Great stuff! I remember the 400FZR, ZZR and VFR era, nice bikes but most of them ended up thrashed & trashed. Your two are gorgeous Peter, I love the bevel Ducati motors.

Scooters too On all my visits to Italy I've only seen one Lambretta on the roads. Millions of Vespas though (we went to the factory and museum in Pontedera in September)
Here's some more of my past rides, a 2007 ElectraGlide, a 2006 BMW R1200S, a 1999 SV650 bought for track-day use and a 2010 R1200GS, probably the best bike I've ever had

Steve gt said:

Some nice bikes & scooter there , I’ve had scooters since about 1986, I recently bought a white and blue 1964 li lambretta , had the green 1971 gp 200 since 89 , red 83 Vespa p200e .View attachment 186008View attachment 186009View attachment 186010

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Mods and Rockers here....

Parabolica said:

Great stuff! I remember the 400FZR, ZZR and VFR era, nice bikes but most of them ended up thrashed & trashed. Your two are gorgeous Peter, I love the bevel Ducati motors.



Scooters too On all my visits to Italy I've only seen one Lambretta on the roads. Millions of Vespas though (we went to the factory and museum in Pontedera last September)

Here's some more of my past rides, a 2007 ElectraGlide, a 2006 BMW R1200S, a 1999 SV650 bought for track-day use and a 2010 R1200GS, probably the best bike I've ever had

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a few mates have been to the museum and said that it was good , I think all the old lammys have been imported over here now . I’d love an old Yamaha RD 200 /250 the two stoke twins sound ace [emoji1303]

Steve gt said:

a few mates have been to the museum and said that it was good i1303]

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It is. A 20min train ride from Pisa, loads of interesting vehicles and a great cafe opposite the factory where the staff eat.
www.museopiaggio.it

Agreed. Steve gt

X5 or X7 for me..

.....besides my two Italian bikes, I own an unrestored, 99% original '73 Kawasaki 750 Mach IV two stroke....
Last year I fitted 3 new expansion chambers on it, but besides a small run in my street, I haven't had a chance to test them....we'll see, next summer perhaps.

Parabolica said:

It is. A 20min train ride from Pisa, loads of interesting vehicles and a great cafe opposite the factory where the staff eat.
www.museopiaggio.it

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That Gyrocopter looks interesting, did it ever fly?

Peter Pick-Up said:

That Gyrocopter looks interesting, did it ever fly?

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Have a look on Youtube at "Vespa prototipo volante"
Dick Smart was a TV special agent in the 1960's. I think that, for the flying sequences, it was a real gyro dressed up with a few Vespa panels.

Nice Kwakker btw

My latest is a Vertigo Combat Camo 300i.

It's a trick Spanish fuel injected 2 stroke Trials bike.
http://www.sidcupmotorcycleclub.co.uk/PitBits/Images/05112017/img_8055.htm

Before that another Spanish old ball.
Gasgas Pro 250


(yes, it's me, and yes I'm fatter in the first image!)

Goudrons said:

My latest is a Vertigo Combat Camo 300i.

It's a trick Spanish fuel injected 2 stroke Trials bike.
http://www.sidcupmotorcycleclub.co.uk/PitBits/Images/05112017/img_8055.htm

Before that another Spanish old ball.
Gasgas Pro 250


(yes, it's me, and yes I'm fatter in the first image!)

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good stuff.. I like the SWM - that's my era of Trials..

Trials bikes are something I could't get on with. I had an '08 Beta R3 270 but the left foot kicker was a right PITA. A days tuition from friend-of-a-friend Graham Jarvis, in the old lead mines above Pateley Bridge, only proved to me that I was totally crap and not cut out for the rocky stuff

I've had pretty much everything trials from every era.
Tiger Cub, Montesa, Ty's, Fantics to the Vertigo.

Thinking of restoring a DOT in trials trim, as they were made down the road from where I was born.

I had a couple of Beta's in the past, '91 Zero, couple of Rev3's and a 300 Evo.
The left foot kick start does put a lot of people off, but it ain't as bad as the old British stuff with rear brake pedal on the left and the gear shifters on the right. You need to be on the ball!

I've never met Graham, but I met Dougie Lampkin, he's Vertigos developer, ambassador and UK importer, when I bought mine you had no option but buy it from him, out of his barn.

I gave up the road bikes a few years ago, traffic, road conditions and the ever increasing numbers of knobheads on the road put me off in the end.
Last bike was a pre production, second generation Triumph Daytona 955i.
That chucked out 45hp more then the production model but handled like a National Express coach!

Parabolica said:

Trials bikes are something I could't get on with. I had an '08 Beta R3 270 but the left foot kicker was a right PITA. A days tuition from friend-of-a-friend Graham Jarvis, in the old lead mines above Pateley Bridge, only proved to me that I was totally crap and not cut out for the rocky stuff

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My old Husky is left-kick..but TALL and a 4-stroke..so takes a few "prods" ,

Since my right leg is not great.. I keep meaning to get back on the thing..

in the meantime I'm just using the 2-strokes.. as and when.

I've been to the Piaggio Museum in Pontedera too, really interesting. There's an enormous Vespa there, it's like the Spinal Tap "Stonehenge" but in reverse!

Anyway here are my bikes, a Cagiva Raptor 650 (Italian with a Japanese heart) and a Kawasaki Scorpion ER250 (pretending to be an British aircooled twin).

The Kawasaki is going on Ebay soon, it's been advertised on Car and Classic for a while with only a bit of interest.