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kraftwerk

I've wanted one of these for SOOOOOO long. It's a pretty special bike - read the description and even those not bike-minded will understand my desire for this, I'm sure. I mean, just look at it... how beautiful...?

Fingers crossed the reserve's not too high, as I'm totally in the market for this

http://tinyurl.com/2lss8z
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M. · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:21 am Post subject:

As you know I'm not a bike sort but that's rather nice. It look immaculate! Will it fit in the boot of the 'time or are you planning to drive it to LDN?
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D. · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject:

Another bike?! Is that what you got the garage for.....just to fill with bikes?

Not my cup of tea...trailies....just don't do it for me. You're other two however...now they really float my boat.

kraftwerk · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 2:15 am Post subject:

Yes - I figure I have room for four, pretty comfortably. My GSX1400 was written off with a value of £4000. The Blackbird set me back only £3100, so I have about grand to play with, plus a bit extra if need be. I really want something I can use in winter, leaving the FireBlade laid up til spring and the Blackbird for long-distance if need be.

Of course, I've been looking for a hack - maybe a Yamaha XT600 Tenere that I don't need to worry about too much. Then I saw the XLV750R and am pretty smitten.

Next stop Bimota 500 V-Due Evoluzione, like this...

But this is a far-off dream. At about £10k and virtually unusable (35 miles on a tank of fuel!) I may have to wait quite a bit longer. Oh, and I can have a Citroen SM for that money.... but that's going to have to wait until I get another garage - some way off, I expect.
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Blarno · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:10 am Post subject:

I love trailies. A mate had one, can't remember exactly what, but it had a 600cc single. Sounded like a hammer in a washing machine. I never got a chance to have a go on it, as one of his other mates rode it into a wall. Muppet!
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Boxer6 · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject:

Thing is though kraft, would you really want to ride the XLV through all the salt and crap of winter?

Tenere or similar would be so much more appropriately expendable!!
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kraftwerk · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

kraftwerk · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:52 am Post subject:

Boo, it's not going to happen. Reserve is £2.5k - bit more than I had in mind. Oh well...
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kraftwerk · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:54 am Post subject:

http://tinyurl.com/2pv3o4

Hubbah hubbah!
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D. · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject:

Saw one at the Italian car show of all places:

kraftwerk · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject:

Very lovely
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kraftwerk · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject:

Phwoar...

http://tinyurl.com/279rpv
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M. · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject:

That's not the kind of Harley I was expecting! Really quite nice.
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kraftwerk · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject:

Ooh, those exhausts... those air filters! I'm in raptures.
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M. · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject:

Never been used, shame.
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kraftwerk · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject:

Let me at it - it'd be well used.

Scouse · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:30 am Post subject:

Wasn't that Evel Kenievel's (sp??) bike?
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kraftwerk · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:44 am Post subject:

Yes. To think he chucked that thing through the air when Eddie Kidd was using a light-as-a-feather, two-stroke 'single'... it's amazing, really.
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Matt · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject:

One of the few times in history that an American will have done something with a touch of class.
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kraftwerk · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

I know it's wrong and stuff, but I absolutely love these...

http://tinyurl.com/yuukp3
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Rodge · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject:

Nothing wrong with that!
They were £25,000 new or something like that if I recall correctly. I remember reading the road test in Superbike when they came out and the tester saying it was surreal riding it, particularly under braking as it didn't dive like a normal bike.
The instrument panel is so 80's though, very Knight rider!
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Boxer6 · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject:

kraftwerk · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:

Mmmm... I currently have a bit of a thing for these, and this one is particularly lovely.

http://tinyurl.com/3b8yza
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kraftwerk · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:55 pm Post subject:

Yes please

http://tinyurl.com/3csqk2
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kraftwerk · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject:

Honda CBR1100RR concept. Please Honda-san... build it!

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D. · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject:

Ooooh, that is very nice.

Rodge · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject:

And very retro too. Love those wheels.
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Matt · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject:

That's got to be sellable. Do it.
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kraftwerk · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject:

Wow...

http://tinyurl.com/5q69mt
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kraftwerk · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject:

An ex-Singapore police Suzuki GSX750P. Recognise it BeN?

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kraftwerk · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject:

My longing for one of these shows no sign of abating...

http://tinyurl.com/5wwscm
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Matt · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

Before the pictures loaded and the loading info of Safari just said Bimota VDUE it was obvious it was going to be something jaw-droppingly lovely.
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kraftwerk · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject:

Isn't it just...?

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kraftwerk · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:21 am Post subject:

One of my all-time fantasy bikes...

http://www.classic-motorbikes.com/stock.asp?Ref=FA57&Lang=en
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Matt · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:46 am Post subject:

What an oddity!

Do you like these?

I've always been drawn to its paint job.
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kraftwerk · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:22 am Post subject:

Of course I love the K1. Another 'one day' vehicle.
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Matt · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

There was a dull gray one without the yellow listed at £2.9k on Google yesterday, but I assume the ad was on old one.

http://www.ukclassifieds.co.uk/bmw_k1-o445061.html
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Matt · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

Just about the hottest bike I have ever seen...

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kraftwerk · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I suppose it's not bad. It's what's under the skin that's really exciting, though. I can't help thinking that the NR750 still pisses all over it in just about every way, despite being from a decade-or-so earlier, and the irony of Ducati having done what Honda never did (winning a GP title with s V4 motor) is not lost on me.

Matt · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:

That was my hottest-looking bike before I saw that Ducati, natch.

I bought BIKE mag the other week when my Nan was up the hospital. A bit dry, though.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject:

That Ducati could almost convert me to two wheels - goooooooooorgeous!

Giant · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:18 am Post subject:

kraftwerk · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:30 am Post subject:

kraftwerk · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject:

One day... one day.

http://www.classic-motorbikes.com/stock.asp?Ref=FA67&Lang=en
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Giant · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject:

Call me a heathen but that doesn't do much for me...

kraftwerk · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject:

You're a heathen.

Two-stroke 500cc V-twin; genuine GP-bike-for-the-road. It has, for about 12 years, been my dream bike. I will have one some day, when my wife is earning daft money. She knows all about it, of course.
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Big Blue · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:10 am Post subject:

Giant: you're a heathen.

2-strokes are PROPER bikes. Funny: a collague and I were debating the merits of buying a shagged out RGV/NSR/TZR 250 and rebuilding it as a plaything only yesterday. Note the absence of the KR1-S: they be ugly.

To reiterate: Giant, you're a heathen.
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Rodge · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:55 pm Post subject:

Blue, buy an RD350. They were supposed to be a bit of a riot.

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kraftwerk · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject:

I'd prefer an RD500. V4 two-stroke? Yes please. Or an NS400R

Big Blue · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject: