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whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:47 pm
by pd110961
I'm always interested in what eclectic bike collections people have, so I thought I'd start a new thread.
I've got a Burgman 400 'superscooter'.. brilliant commuter and dead comfy on a long run.. but keep an eye on the oil !
2002 Bonneville T100.. love it, it has summer screen, genuine 'TORS' exhaust cans etc.
2006 Classic Enfield 500.. 4 speed r/h box, kick start (now first time every time), points ignition etc..
over to you...
Phil
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:54 pm
by papasmurf
My wife and I have 2 solos, and 2 sidecar outfits. A 2006 Bullet 500 Electra X (ish), a Suzuki 805cc Intruder, (but it no longer looks like one.) A Honda CX500 Custom (ish) to which I attached a Velorex 700 sidecar, and BMW K75S to which I attached a Squire ST1 sidecar when my wife got to old and decrepit to use it as a solo. (The latter we use to go long distances to motorcycled rallies, so my wife can ride the Intruder with no luggage on it.)
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:58 pm
by Adrian
Papasmurf, any chance of a picture of your Electra-X(ish), please? I've often wondered how it qualifies for the (ish) suffix. Ta. A.
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:48 pm
by papasmurf
Adrian I don't have a current picture. The (ish)is because it is not a production model, it was assembled in a shed in Oxfordshire by someone trying copy the short run of 200 Bullet 500 replica Trials bikes that Watsonian Squire did some years ago.
It has 19" wheels shod with the "knobblies" that are usually found on a BMW "trailie."
After I purchased it, I had to set to and modify the bike to fit my little legs so I could get both feet on the ground when stopped.
That involved a pair of Hagon rear shocks a short as could be done without the rear tyre fouling the rear mudguard is the suspension did bottom.
I also had to move all wiring from over the top rear frame members to underneath them.
I fitted a rain cover to water proof the electrics/electronics under the seat.
I drilled an 8mm hole in the lug on top of the frame where the seat normally just slides in.
I made a strong T-piece to bolt to the lug and the two seat mounting points at the rear of the bike just in front of the top shocker brackets.
I made a seat base to bolt to the T piece. The base is only 4 inches wide at the front and stays that way for 6 inches then widens rapidly to 11 inches.
It is upholstered with 1 inch thick "reconstituted" foam and a pair of my old leather motorcycling trousers.
The seat also curves down from the petrol tank and back up to line up with the rear mudguard.
I also fitted Maltese cross mirrors, and because of the upswept exhaust, I have fitted a stainless steel rain flap on the end of the silencer.
I also have small Papasmurf attached to the left hand side of the handle bars.
I have just "doubled up" on the clutch, throttle, and de-compressor cables which make life easier in the case of roadside breakdowns.
I have also just fitted our hosts "heel and toe" gear change lever because of my arthritic left foot.
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:02 pm
by Adrian
OK, thanks.
**Sort of** a home-brewed Electra-T tweaked to meet your needs? Is the rain flap on the up-swept silencer the same sort of thing they used to fit to vertical exhausts on old bulldozers, eg ebay item 251801648531?
A.
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:24 pm
by papasmurf
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:33 pm
by Adrian
That's what I thought you meant. Sorry to hi-jack this thread! A.
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:54 pm
by PeteF
2008 Classic 350
1963 Tiger Cub in Trials trim (for the Beamish each year and green lanes now and again)
2008 Honda CB250F (the wife's ride)
Yamaha YBR 250 (my jump on to go to the shops bike)
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:01 pm
by Nettshubby
Just fitted one of our hosts lifting handles to my bike, no, not my Sixty5, my other bike, a new Yamaha MT 07, 700cc, twin. Nice and light, powerfull enough, and a damn site easier to wheel about and park than the previous Guzzi Stelvio, which was part exed for the yam. Rreason for the handle was I fitted an after market centre stand and there was nowhere to grab to lift bike onto it, except plastic side panels. I need a centre stand at my age!
whats in the garage?
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:17 pm
by AA maniac
2008 Electra X (Chugchug) another ish model...all lights and reflectors now replaced with Lucas items ,chrome tank, British seat, BSA handlebars,Halycon bar end mirror,chrome mudguards.
1988 Kawasaki zx600r (1st generation ninja) (in showroom condition).
1997 Suzuki gs500e (the one with the factory fitted fairing).
Trying to convince the mrs to get another Vespa again .
