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They're fascinating little things, I'd love to try one, just to feel what its like.

 

I hope the design has been improved from the Piaggio MP3 which I tried out many years ago.  I could never feel if I was falling over or just going around a corner.  Zero feel or feedback.  Plus it felt wider to ride between cars than a GSA1200 and more ungainly.  I just don't see the point personally. 

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Its not being bought for its looks.

 

Did you read the part about not needing a license?

its in the motorcycle thread. hence its all about looks. if you want to post things practical - go to the woodworking thread  :)

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Lighten up chap. It's Friday and there isn't too much happening elsewhere.

 

Seeing as it's so quiet let me let everyone in onto my latest project.  A bit of (sad) history - I can't take credit for this bike - it was built by a guy who wanted a Manx Norton, but obviously couldn't afford a genuine one so he collected parts over 20 or so years and when he felt he had enough to begin, started putting the bike together.  As you see it now was where he was when he was called in for lunch by his wife, and after lunch took a little nap, from which he never woke up again.  He was busy bleeding the oil lines making sure oil flowed through before he started it up.

 

The bikes and all his tools went into his Estate and I bid on the Hydraulic Bench that the bike was standing on.  When I went to collect the bench, the Norton was still there - no-one wanted it and they were pretty desperate to get rid of it.  In the end I made what I thought was a fair offer and bought it.

 

It's not worth what I paid, it's totally impractical, has no collectable value because it isn't original, but I just could not see it being stripped down and sold for parts which was the next option they were considering.  I feel I need to finish what the old man had started.

 

So this weekend I'm going to fire it up.  Hold thumbs!

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Seeing as it's so quiet let me let everyone in onto my latest project.  A bit of (sad) history - I can't take credit for this bike - it was built by a guy who wanted a Manx Norton, but obviously couldn't afford a genuine one so he collected parts over 20 or so years and when he felt he had enough to begin, started putting the bike together.  As you see it now was where he was when he was called in for lunch by his wife, and after lunch took a little nap, from which he never woke up again.  He was busy bleeding the oil lines making sure oil flowed through before he started it up.

 

The bikes and all his tools went into his Estate and I bid on the Hydraulic Bench that the bike was standing on.  When I went to collect the bench, the Norton was still there - no-one wanted it and they were pretty desperate to get rid of it.  In the end I made what I thought was a fair offer and bought it.

 

It's not worth what I paid, it's totally impractical, has no collectable value because it isn't original, but I just could not see it being stripped down and sold for parts which was the next option they were considering.  I feel I need to finish what the old man had started.

 

So this weekend I'm going to fire it up.  Hold thumbs!

thats pretty awesome

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I doubt it - no papers, it has the 500cc Twin Norton engine which someone told me would battle to pull itself out of bed, has a Suzuki GT750 brake which is probably worth more to a Suzuki collector than the bike(!) and Honda forks off I think a CB750 - you can see the mounts for the disk brakes.

 

But it looks cool.......

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