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#496347 saab9k (User) n5tki Expert Boarder Posts: 420 Antic euro made bikes 12 Months ago   http://www.ukwheels.com/motorbikes.asp I like the Nimbus with sidecar.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #496429 COBRA_COMMANDER (User) Cobra Commander Wants You! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1111 Re:Antic euro made bikes 12 Months ago   Very cool! Lots of history there   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #496484 brown91redcam (User) Another Day In the Wind Platinum Boarder Posts: 2091 Re:Antic euro made bikes 12 Months ago   Those are some neat old bikes and the background info is really interesting thanks for the link   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #496498 BuffaloRider (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 927 Re:Antic euro made bikes 12 Months ago   Names I have not heard in years. I owned a 750 Ducati Desmo head back in the mid 70s. The handling was impeccable and the power was amazing. But the desmo head required valve adjustments every time you rode around the block. That meant hours fitting tiny shims into upside down buckets on the cam followers. Actually, I dd it so often I got to the point I could get it done in a few hours. A friend at the time had one of the Benelli 650s and a Laverda triple, a 750 IIRC. Italian bikes are like Italian cars. High maintenance but thrilling when they are right.   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/05/28 04:00 By BuffaloRider.   When Al Quada hits us again, just remember; DHS was busy watching me.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #496529 Just Dave (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 439 Re:Antic euro made bikes 12 Months ago   That is a cool link. Thanks for that. I used to have a Kawasaki Mach 111 which is on there. That bike was fast but it was all over the road. Chassis just plain ol' sucked.   Logged     A Happy Traveler has no Particular Destination   The administrator has disabled public write access. #496530 saab9k (User) n5tki Expert Boarder Posts: 420 Re:Antic euro made bikes 12 Months ago   Just Dave wrote: That is a cool link. Thanks for that. I used to have a Kawasaki Mach 111 which is on there. That bike was fast but it was all over the road. Chassis just plain ol' sucked. and next to no brakes   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #496532 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7983 Re:Antic euro made bikes 12 Months ago   I freaked out a couple of older riders who thought for some reason that Kawi triples were "on par" with modern bikes for performance. I let them ride my SV650! They soon realized that what they were riding was fast for the day, but not this one! Not to mention, the first time you ride a bike with radials (one that was designed for them) you get a taste of what handling really can be! I worked a Benelli 500 single a couple of years ago, my only emperience with and Italian bike, Vespas not included. Of course anything you are not used to seems quirky, but no more than anything else non-Japanese I've worked on.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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