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.