Is motorcycling allowed?

[RocknRolla]

Talk of the Guzzis takes me back to a school friend of mine, his dad had a guzzi in the garage. no idea what, but the image of the V65 looks familiar (bike shape). It was covered in dust, and I may have only ever seen it run once.

His other project was some kind of 2 seater aircraft that he was working on as well. This somewhere in the late 80's.

Thanks for the memories.

[RocknRolla]

Now that i'm logged in, a chance for a gratuitous bike pic from December.

[IceCreamMan]

4 hours ago, RocknRolla said:

Now that i'm logged in, a chance for a gratuitous bike pic from December.

How many million miles on that motor now?

 

 

[RocknRolla]

47 minutes ago, IceCreamMan said:

How many million miles on that motor now?

 

 

This is my new bike, bought her with 48k km on in the cape and rode her home. Did a RR on WD’s. 
 

I still have my white 8gs with 145k kms on. She’s been in the market but no real interest in a well used bike with a couple of niggles. Served well as a backup bike when my lightie got taken out and his 690 duke got written. 
 

 

 

[Hairy]

So I took my eldest to try his learners again (Chop passed this time ... first time he was to cocky RE his knowledge, and was probably a good life lesson for him too) so while he was sitting the test, I popped into the nearby second hand Ducati Store.

They had 3 x Diavel's on the floor. 

1 x X Diavel = sold

1 x Black one = in for a service

1 x Chroma (Apparently only 4 in the country) = for sale

The black and Chroma are nice, but oh my freaking word did my heart beat faster when I saw the X Diavel!!!!!!!! That bike stirs something inside me.

[Hairy]

Here is the Chromo for sale

 

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-motorcycles-scooters/montague-gardens/ducati-diavel-cromo/10011795743041012832210809

[RoddieJ]

3 minutes ago, Hairy said:

So I took my eldest to try his learners again (Chop passed this time ... first time he was to cocky RE his knowledge, and was probably a good life lesson for him too) so while he was sitting the test, I popped into the nearby second hand Ducati Store.

They had 3 x Diavel's on the floor. 

1 x X Diavel = sold

1 x Black one = in for a service

1 x Chroma (Apparently only 4 in the country) = for sale

The black and Chroma are nice, but oh my freaking word did my heart beat faster when I saw the X Diavel!!!!!!!! That bike stirs something inside me.

YOLO

[Hairy]

2 minutes ago, RoddieJ said:

YOLO

And my kids only get one chance at an education .... eldest has to go to Uni or Tech next year .... and we are due for a new car this year too (Typically we buy new and keep a car for about 10 years, then get a new one again. Our old one will be going to the chop who just got his learners, though he has no cooking clue he will be getting the car. I stopped at the new car dealer and had the sales guy say he will get me x, y z for the old car when we trade for the new one .. sales guy is also in on the dupe) ,,, so that removes any expendable / play money aside for a little while.

I really do love my Fat Bob ..... for now, and thought to myself on the way back from Stellies yesterday that I really like this bike, and I have dropped a bit of cash into her to have her rolling well, so let me enjoy her for the next few years.

BUT I am certainly going to be looking around and trying to test other bikes till I am ready.

Remember it took me nearly 7 years to get the Fat Bob

[RoddieJ]

2 hours ago, Hairy said:

And my kids only get one chance at an education .... eldest has to go to Uni or Tech next year .... and we are due for a new car this year too (Typically we buy new and keep a car for about 10 years, then get a new one again. Our old one will be going to the chop who just got his learners, though he has no cooking clue he will be getting the car. I stopped at the new car dealer and had the sales guy say he will get me x, y z for the old car when we trade for the new one .. sales guy is also in on the dupe) ,,, so that removes any expendable / play money aside for a little while.

I really do love my Fat Bob ..... for now, and thought to myself on the way back from Stellies yesterday that I really like this bike, and I have dropped a bit of cash into her to have her rolling well, so let me enjoy her for the next few years.

BUT I am certainly going to be looking around and trying to test other bikes till I am ready.

Remember it took me nearly 7 years to get the Fat Bob

Sounds like you could do with a 2nd job…. 😜

[Hairy]

8 hours ago, RoddieJ said:

Sounds like you could do with a 2nd job…. 😜

Funny you should say that.

From 6:30am to start of work, and then from 5pm till late I do work on my second job with a co. that I set up over hard lock down. The second job paid for the Fat Bob, and is going to be paying for the car too

NOW I need a third job to get the XDiavel ...... 😭

[IceCreamMan]

37 grand. 290 made, the black sold out in minutes, the grey a few hours

https://www.brabus.com/en/coops/brabus-1300r.html

wish I had the coin 

[Hairy]

WOW, so the Tenere model has been around 40 years this year.

[IceCreamMan]

10 minutes ago, Hairy said:

WOW, so the Tenere model has been around 40 years this year.

Just the model name like Golf or Corolla. It sells bikes. 

[Stretched@Birth]

3 hours ago, Hairy said:

WOW, so the Tenere model has been around 40 years this year.

I can remember as a little boy looking up at my cousins (RIP) Tenere in Yamaha white and red thinking what a huge bike that was with that oversized tank.
 

His sister had a boyfriend with a Suzuki Katana, I’d look at that one thinking “one day when I’m big!”  The Katanas seem to have gotten a bit of a cult following as of late. Saw a nice one on Butchered Classics:

[Hairy]

22 hours ago, Stretched@Birth said:

I can remember as a little boy looking up at my cousins (RIP) Tenere in Yamaha white and red thinking what a huge bike that was with that oversized tank.
 

His sister had a boyfriend with a Suzuki Katana, I’d look at that one thinking “one day when I’m big!”  The Katanas seem to have gotten a bit of a cult following as of late. Saw a nice one on Butchered Classics:

thanks for the heads up .. awesome site

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1555412118267409/?s=single_unit

 

[Hairy]