The Show 'n' Tell Thread, Post your bike pics here...

Couldn't find a similar thread anywhere, so figured I'll start one and it'll either fly or it'll die... So here's my Baby wearing her nice new boots & with the front brakes off (sat in the living room waiting for fresh paint)

The weirdness going on with the backwards second reg plate in the last pic is due to the "proper" one being broken in 2 and siliconed & wired onto another plate. New one is in the post...

 

nice looking bike...congrats

 

BRUCE! Rockin' the recommissioning, nice list.

Get us some pics, man!

Here we go, in order of amount of work involved, from most difficult to downright cheating (I bought the Norton new many, many moons ago...)

LOTS of work:






Just as much work; actually had to replace more parts because of the super low mileage hence more hibernating. Plus I customized and modernized it a tad, made it mine, so to speak. Now my DR:





One of my favorite pics:



Not a resto; just 40 years' worth of maintenance:

 

here is the old seca many years ago all race custom and the new seca bought in end od 2012

 

Just trying to figure out if i want to repaint it differently or repaint original. Can't decide. gunna throw up a thread using photo shop soon

 

I think the red looks nice, I am a bit biased lol but it would suit a full dress bike IMHO...

Fitz, is your front tire on backwards on "toxic"? Very similar pattern to the Dunlop's but the rotation on those has both facing the same way :?

 

I'm mainly posting so I can tell biggyfaction to keep the midnight maxim's original paint scheme! The black/gold is freakin sweet 8)

But I suppose I will throw a pic or two in for fun as well.

Here is what caught my eye at the side of the road 8O


And here it is after having it a few months, nothing really done cosmetically other than the side cover


The maxim is my first bike and I can't really see myself parting with it for quite a while!

 

Some one already asked him that a while ago on another thread bet he gets alot of those questions haha it does" look" wrong.

 

Love to see all the bikes "original" and looking good.Fitz love the norton

 

I got this XJ750MK for free.
The guy was happy to have me haul it away!
8,200 Original miles.
I sanded all the Gold Trim off the Aluminum and polished ... everything!
Took all the Midnight off it.
All stainless bolt kit.
900 Oil Cooler and SlipStreamer HellFire Sport Fairing.

 

Yep, I get that a lot. And no, they are mounted correctly. The tires are Avon AM26 RoadRiders, and they are mounted according to the direction of rotation arrows molded on them. Think about the "work" a tire does in relation to the pavement: the rear tire pushes toward the rear as it moves the bike forward; the front tire effectively pushes forward against the onrushing road under braking. It makes sense; plus I'm pretty sure Avon knows which way they want them mounted.

 

I'm sure you're right, and wasn't really questioning either your observancy (if the bug splat bothered you, the tire would be too obvious lol) nor Avon's knowledge. Just was interested that other similar patterns have the rotation the other way.

It does make sense as you say for a front to reverse it's pattern due to the opposing forces, apart from when I think about wet weather riding & water dispersion (rather a lot here in UK! ) which is the primary function of treaded tires on a road bike, then it actually makes more sense for both to face the same way as the rear (think about the front running into a puddle, the direction of tread would tend to take water from the edge and push it to the middle).

Not saying you're wrong (nor Avon for that matter), just that it seems strange on a road tire. I understand on a dirt tire a directional tread should be oriented to dig away the loose & get it's tread to bite into more solid ground, in the direction in which force is applied, sort of goat-hoof style hence would have to be opposite front & rear. (and indeed I've seen lots of trailies with backward front tires because they look better, until the brakes are applied off road & the tread "surfs" up over the loose dirt it pushed to the centre!) But like I say, on the road all the tread is doing is (hopefully) taking water from under the contact patch & "pumping" it out either side.

 

????? 8O 8O 8O

 

750E-II_29Rbloke

Those are some weird looking mufflers....... they don't look right. were they replaced? I would think they should be the same style as the 900rk and the 750rl.

"Input....must have iiiiiiinnnput"------from the movie "Short Circuit".

dave f

 

I think most people on here have seen my 2 XS1100's, so here'sa picture of my XJR1200.
FJ1200 modified engine, FJ1200 carbs, FJ1100 electrics all round. Frankenbitsa.

 

Pic showing latest color: Red Metalflake.

 

Sweet bike fj1200

 

This is my 900.
Bought from a College kid who needed money real bad.
So, ... I gave him $125.00
This Bike is For Sale.
PM me for my Phone Number.

 

how do you upload pics on the site anyone??

 

The easiest way:

Go to ... Photobucket.com
Register
Start an Album
Upload photos.
From Album - select pic - click-on IMG Code (lower right)
Paste IMG Code into Post

Badda-bing; badda-boom.

 

heres my 81 650 special, or maxim for our US brothers

 

and my 250 honda dream c72

 

my 72 bonneville, i can only upload 1 photo at a time , sorry

 

lastly my 81 rd350 lc, , next week my fj1200 arrives, cant wait,

 

Oh, golly Ken. I wanna come over and play with your toys.

The Dream is a true leg-wetter. Those things are like sewing machines they're so smooth; I loved my 160 Sport! (the exclamation was part of the model name.) "Good shape" isn't close; beautiful work, simply stunning.

The RD makes me spontaneously drool. (Once you get the headlight aimed, adjust the turn signals so they are at the same angle as the headlight.) Damn the EPA anyway. That's a 550 Seca-esque instrument cluster, what's in it? The Seca has a fuel gauge and volt meter up top.

Your Bonnie reminds me of my '72 T100. I grew up on right-hand shift.

Oh, and the XJ's nice too. The problem is, I couldn't pick between the other three.

 

just bought her today, 97 YZ250. then going to omaha tommarow to pick up a free YZ125, dont know the year, prob doesn't run but hell its free im game!

 

Awesome fool!!

 

thanks dude!


and ken007 that looks awesome all blacked out!!

 

Nice bikes guys!

Here's a few of my Seca.




Notice the upgraded brakes in this one.





Here it is on the cover of the November '81 issue of Cycle. Well OK, not mine but the same model. Notice the chrome fender.



Now the Max. Still lots of work to be done.







The fast one.



And gone but not forgotten, My '81 XS 400 and my '03 Bandit.

 

That Honda Dream looks better than new.

That's earns my vote, ... so far.

 

My herd is slimming down. Health issues forced me to go smaller

 

Wife bought it for me 2 years ago this coming october for my birthday(she was mad I sold my 83xj650 mxm).Had to bring this one back to original(exept the Pods)


Has been a project ever since.Almost done.Now has a home made back rest.
http://home.westman.wave.ca/~jbe/Backrest.htm

 

thanks fitz, there are many beautifull bikes on here, you can tell there are a lot of enthusiast , i see what you mean about the indicator , i thought my headlight wasnt to bad , we ride on the correct side over here, lol, heres my clocks, i put a new face decal on the tacho so i had a good redline, came up good even if i do so say myself, the little honda dream is nice ,not correct, but still a WIP. ken

 

heres a pic of the new speedo for the dream, cost more than some members on here whole bike did, has a brown dot on the inside bit of glass that i can live with right now..

 

nice stable cutless, what are those pipes on the RD

 

Mike Maxim, your pics vanished

Gotta check my exhausts now dave mentioned them, could swear they have 29R stamped into them....

 

hi again all now that i uploaded photobucket and many pics still scratching my head as to get them from their to hear.PSpulling my hair out lol

 

Select the picture and in the corner of the pic there will be a gear lookin symbol.you want to "get links" then click on "IMG codes (for forum boards) then paste to a message in the forum

 

Some of you have seen this one before

 

My 81 XJ550 Seca, AKA my Alternate Reality.




Tank art

 

thats awesome! nice pinup girl!

 

LMAO fool !!

 

Damn, brad, When did you put the ebc discs on the seca? must have missed those somehow!

And deff gotta hunt down a chrome fender, i love the look!

Heres a few of my baby:





Heres an 82 i picked up for 40$ for a spare plant:


Heres my seca - currently in pieces and frame in primer:

 

Here is a few of my 550 maxim

 

i really like that burnt orange color dude, sickness!!!

 

couple more of my most recent YZ, i would put up picks of my XJ but it still doesn't have the carbs on nore am i done with overhauling the front brakes

 

AWESOME !!!

 

What an awesome tree as well !! That's an old one .

 

Did not know they had trees on jupiter !!