Photos of classic motocycles or motocycles in general.

Is that a 650?

I almost bought one, chopped exactly like that. I mean it could be the same bike.

The problem with it was the guy had built it for his girlfriend and I refused to put it on the trailer unless I could paint it first. There was no way in hell I was bringing home a "pink" bike. (to be fair... it was red pearl flake over white with red pinstriping... But that's still pink)

 

It wasn't pink, was it?

 

Interesting, I still have mine, a special. Still all stock, except the air filters; nobody's phugged it up, it can still go fast, take bumps, and carry a pillion. Even light off-road.

I can see why they'd make a good flat tracker... I've had the rear come out on me with mild throttle in lean.

 

i saw somthing on tv. i don't know where there's anything about it on the net. i'm sure there must be, just no idea where to start looking,
anyway, you know those kids toy trikes with the huge front wheel that you sit behind instead of on top of, with little tiny wheels on the ground behind it,
usually made of plastic, someone got the idea to put big superpower cyclemotors in something shaped and looks like them somehow.
well if anybody ever comes across a link to that crazy sh-t, just something i thought of this thread when i saw that.

 

I haven't ridden mine for a long time, 15-20 years. That was my first bike that wasn't an Enduro but it didn't seem all that horrible on the street at the time. I could thread it through the turns pretty well after all. I got used to the rear behavior, it wasn't that different from dirt riding. The first time caught me off guard but it was savable. What bugged me at the time was I couldn't go much over ninety because at about 95 it would go into head shake. I'm used to much higher performance street bikes now so I expect it would feel clunky in comparison. But I had some good rides on it.

 

I wanted one of these...




I ended up with one of these...




I stripped all the "un-necessary" parts off of it, put knobbies on it and rode it in the dirt. Trails and the "slag dumps". The slag was what was left after making coke out of coal for the steel mills. Now they are saying the dumps are highly toxic and people are getting cancer. I had chunks of that stuff stuck in my arms after a tumble down the side of one of those. It was basic hillclimb stuff, almost vertical. One thing about my bike, it was so bad nobody else could ride it... I had no problems. The frame was bent from some massive air time a few times... Tighten up the chain and I'm good... lol