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From: CrazyCam on 16 Feb 2010 21:12 JL wrote: <snip> > In hindsight thank christ I couldn't have bought the Norton or Ducati > they both have/had awful reliability records. The Bimota though I > still want one of - the Cagiva may be it's close cousin but I'd still > like a Tesi Aye, fine. A Tesi! Hmph, now, if you fancy a YB5, and are prepared to wave some real cash money, I know where there is one. It hasn't had much work..... I know the guy that owns it, and while it isn't concourse nick, it's all there and a going concern.... some slight cracking in the fairing, but, apart from the turn signals, all original and, for a bike of its age, very low kilometres. BTW, if I could have ridden this bike, I'd have bought it years ago. regards, CrazyCam
From: JL on 16 Feb 2010 21:21 On Feb 17, 1:12 pm, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > JL wrote: > > <snip> > > > In hindsight thank christ I couldn't have bought the Norton or Ducati > > they both have/had awful reliability records. The Bimota though I > > still want one of - the Cagiva may be it's close cousin but I'd still > > like a Tesi > > Aye, fine. A Tesi! > > Hmph, now, if you fancy a YB5, and are prepared to wave some real cash > money, I know where there is one. > > It hasn't had much work..... I know the guy that owns it, and while it > isn't concourse nick, it's all there and a going concern.... some slight > cracking in the fairing, but, apart from the turn signals, all original > and, for a bike of its age, very low kilometres. > > BTW, if I could have ridden this bike, I'd have bought it years ago. Hehe, no thanks, I'm renovated and wads of cash in 20K lumps keep disappearing, no money for bikes that aren't getting ridden. Besides which, while I'd have loved a YB5 or SB? back then(SB4 was it ? Can't remember which model was the late 80s Bimota with the Suzi engine), I don't really desire any 80's technology now- the KR1 if I ever get around to putting it back on the road (or on the track more likely) is enough to sip from that well. If I buy a Bimota it'll be a modern one less than a couple of years old. The only old tech bike still on my serious buy list would be a 916/996 - and even then I'd vacillate and probably buy a 1098S instead JL
From: knobdoodle on 16 Feb 2010 21:41 On Feb 17, 11:16 am, JL <jlitt...(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > On Feb 17, 12:04 pm, JL <jlitt...(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Feb 16, 8:39 pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > "Moike" <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:4b7a24c7(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... > > > > > JL wrote: > > > >> On Feb 13, 5:25 pm, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > >>> Andrew wrote: > > > > >>> It suddenly dawned on me that the Bonnie was very nearly as heavy as my > > > >>> R850R, possibly has slightly more power, but has considerably less > > > >>> ground clearance. > > > > >> Bloody hell ! As heavy as a boxer and less ground clearance ? Why > > > >> would anyone own one ?! > > > > > 'cause they look a bit like a real good bike you lusted after when you > > > > were 12? > > > > 'Cept JL was probably lusting after an FZR1000 when he was 12! > > > <grin> Yep indeed !! And the original GSXR750 etc > > Actually thinking about it: The bikes at the top of my lusted after > list at that time were the Bimota,the Norton Rotary and the Ducati > Paso, the Jap 4s were more in the "I WILL buy one of those regardless > of who I have to kill" the Bimota and Norton were the impossible > dreams > > JL > In hindsight thank christ I couldn't have bought the Norton or Ducati > they both have/had awful reliability records. The Bimota though I > still want one of - the Cagiva may be it's close cousin but I'd still > like a Tesi- Hide quoted text - > Mmm; yeah the Norton sure was a cutie. I was in love with the little Bimota DB1. I thought it looked like a boiled-lolly! Watching Chris Oldfield campaign one in the ARRC was the reason I started going back to bike races. The 750 Paso was a sort-of mass-produced version of same so it was more-likely my speed but I was quite poor those days and I think I was riding an old air-cooled RD350 a friend had given me. A year or so later I bought my first XJ900 and my life was never the same again....... -- Clem
From: theo on 17 Feb 2010 00:52 On Feb 17, 1:21 pm, JL <jlitt...(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > And the guy I know who currently owns a Paso is Kev's age and has had > a continual stream of drop dead gorgeous 20something girlfriends for > the past decade.... Charlie Harper? Theo
From: CrazyCam on 17 Feb 2010 02:29
knobdoodle wrote: <snip> > Mmm; yeah the Norton sure was a cutie. Aye, but you are a sick person, Clem. :-) > I was in love with the little Bimota DB1. I thought it looked like a > boiled-lolly! I, too, thought it looked rather nice, but, when I found that when I tried to sit on the thing, in the Toy Shop, in North Sydney, my legs cramped up immediately, I sortof lost interest. > The 750 Paso was a sort-of mass-produced version of same so it was > more-likely my speed but I was quite poor those days and I think I was > riding an old air-cooled RD350 a friend had given me. > A year or so later I bought my first XJ900 and my life was never the > same again...... You poor person, you! Aren't there government sponsored councelling services to deal with that stuff? regards, CrazyCam |