Is motorcycling allowed?

[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]

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

On 2/17/2023 at 2:21 PM, IceCreamMan said:

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 

Sorry Hairy, seems you like this but for me it just shows there are still a lot of people with more money than taste........

[Hairy]

11 hours ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Sorry Hairy, seems you like this but for me it just shows there are still a lot of people with more money than taste........

Hey we are all different ... I mean we have people who ride single speeds, people who ride bikes that shift with batteries and then people who ride bikes on batteries.

As long as we can all agree that red bikes are faster.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

30 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Hey we are all different ... I mean we have people who ride single speeds, people who ride bikes that shift with batteries and then people who ride bikes on batteries.

As long as we can all agree that red bikes are faster.

Faster and prettier yes😉

[Spokey]

1 hour ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Faster and prettier yes😉

Exactly how I feel about my Ducati 1098!

[Spokey]

21 hours ago, Hairy said:

This is magnificent……..I could drool over this in my garage all day long!

[Hairy]

Less chit chat, more ride pics ... quick spin out over load shedding

 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

11 hours ago, Hairy said:

Less chit chat, more ride pics ... quick spin out over load shedding

 

Hoping to get a bike again in the next few months, then I can contribute to this pic sharing @Hairy

[IceCreamMan]

Bought an Akropovic for my ready to race 33 wannabe KTM. It was a huge amount of money for a 390 and will be at best good for a kilo weight reduction and maybe 0.35 bhp but it makes me giggle. It’s why we ride bikes I spose. Going to farkle this wee Beast up over time and as funds allow. Superb lil bike for this island. 

[Hairy]

Was a good morning to spin out along the coast to a site meeting in Llundudno 

[Hairy]

I went to test ride a Honda NC750X (Manual) yesterday.

Bike is nice and light, feels perky at lower speeds and rather agile. The in-line twin makes a little whistle sound under hard acceleration which was strange, and the bike is crying out for a decent slip on exhaust.

The windshield is not massive, but keeps the wind off your torso, and the wind that comes around the windshield is rather "clean" with no buffeting.

A nice bike to ride, but not a bike I would like to own.

When getting off the bike it did not leave me with a feeling of "fun"....then again this bike is meant to be a commuter, so for that purpose she is would be great.

[Hairy]

OK, now I know you JHB dudes and dudets were out here