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I have had relatively few bikes - five including my original Kawasaki KH125, but excluding my BSA Starfire that I never heard run - that I have to say they all put smiles on my face but the Moto Guzzi I have now brings a huge smile to my face and it is so relaxing to ride. The BMW R80 sat alongside it in the garage got me back onto two wheels but it is not so relaxing to ride, but I still smile when I ride it.
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You will have to do without pocket handkerchiefs, and a great many other things, before we reach our journey's end, Bilbo Baggins. You were born to the rolling hills and little rivers of the Shire, but home is now behind you. The world is ahead.
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Thats what its all about !!
I have been able to own over 130 bikes ( me single ) and now i have the 3 perfect bikes . that suit me
1 yamaha t700
2 yamaha xt 600 e
3 yamaha wr 250 r
If i had to choose just one ........... not posable ! They all put a biggy smile on my face !!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by McCrankpin
And this is 1968 or 69. (The smile occurs in the hotel bar later in the day).
Attachment 25115
Early morning towards the end of the Lands End Trial.
Somewhere near Perranporth, about 8 or 10 hours overnight from west London by way of lots of off-road tracks.
My Greeves 'bitsa', mainly Greeves Scottish, with silver-soldered home-made exhaust and plasticine-waterproofed electrics, was always brilliant fun.
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Great picture, looks like Blue Hills one of the last sections of the Land's End. Ridden it many times but not on my Greeves - yet.
I can confirm that the pint in the hotel bar after the finish does indeed go down very well
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Originally Posted by holbrookged
That made me smile, so what did you do and what was its potential?
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The bike (H1) had the potential to be exceedingly fast. It could easily lift the front wheel with a simple twist of the wrist. I experienced this and the speed a few times. Great potential for speed but brakes did not have the potential to stop the bike. A very light frame flexed under cornering load. Both caused me to ride within a safety envelope. Still loved the bike - the design and the two stroke sound and power.
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