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Post a picture of your vintage ride(s)

Carlo

Carlo

Kickstart Enthusiast
Joined
Jul 20, 2005
Location
Oregon
Moto(s)
Aprilia(sold)/BMW/Royal Enfield/BSA
Honda Goldwing/California Sidecar combination
Someone else post thiers first!
Let's see whatcha got?
 
My 1982 Laverda 1200 Mirage TS
 

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This is a 1980 KZ750 LTD I had until I recently donated it to a friend. I rode it everywhere, as did my son before he went into the Army. It didn't look so good when I gave it away, but I am hoping my friend gets it back on the road again.
 

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augustiron said:
yes, I said that because of the multiple threads and opinions going on here regarding "vintage" "classic", et al. :thumbup
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We've got a week and a half left for people to get their votes in on what we consider to be vintage.
 
My BMW R75/5 project.
Luckily, the motor was already done. R100 top end, BMW hot cam, lightened flywheel, Mikuni's, Dyna Ignition, short ratio rear end.
I've since converted it to a long wheel base as the short wheel base config was just too twitchy.
I've added sandblasted and clear coated Lester wheels, a braced swingarm.
Still trying to decide what class in AHRMA to commit to.
It runs really well and sounds even better.
I've done a trackday at B/W couple years ago and that's where I learned that the short wheel base was crazy.
 

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1978 CX500 Standard, with quite a number of performance mod's.
Still pretty much looks like this, but I've been having spark troubles.
 
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1968 500cc T100R Daytona. "Miss November" in the 2006 British Motorcycle Calendar. :teeth :party
:ride
 

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Hey Vintage Cafe,

Fun thread, wonderful bikes! :ride


2012-10-25_16-16-56_763 by San Francisco Motorcycle Club, on Flickr

Here's my 1973 Triumph Tiger and Kalle's 1948 Indian Chief ... we rode
them to Death Valley from San Francisco for an AMCA Rally ...


DSCN9693 by San Francisco Motorcycle Club, on Flickr

Titus Canyon ...

We're planning, in a vague fashion, to ride them on the Sheetiron 300 this
season, on the theory that we'd have ridden whatever bike we had
back in the day ... we'll keep an eye on the weather ... :teeth

see you around the campfire,
-- SFMCjohn
 
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Nice pipe RedDucky! That is the system I always wanted to put on that bike. I hated the one that was on it, as it never quite fit.

It's awesome to see that old girl still on the road, and it looks like you are taking real good care of her. :thumbup
 
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its vintage.. sorta-ish. the front end is modern, and its running a modern computer controlled ignition and LED lights. but the heart of the bike is still 1971 vintage!?
 
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It's about 75% finished, I have to do the final parts of the engine/carbs/suspension/wiring/exhaust which always takes the longest :laughing.

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It started off as a 550, I put the 650G top end on it (673cc's now), retrofit a kickstarter, 650E tank, GSXR-750 front end, 750 spokes with a custom adapter to use them with 320mm discs and the inverted forks, 954rr calipers, custom wiring harness (with RFID ignition), digital gauge, de-tabbed frame, etc.

The 650 makes 73hp stock and I'm hoping this will weigh in under 400lbs wet. It should be a fun ride whenever I finally finish it. I have a 900SS fairing for it too :).
 
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I gotta find some pics of my RZ...
 
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