Bikes that should have stayed on the drawing board?

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OB1 wrote:Here's a few more:

Hesketh V1000

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Suzuki RE5

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HD FX1200 Super Glide

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Norton Commando Hi Rider

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I like the first two :blush: but the last two :sick:
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sexysi wrote:Image


;)

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Yep BMW must be crying into their beer over that one, they must be losing a fortune on it :whistle: and no I`m not biting, say what you like BMW don`t give a feck.
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Hehe

You would be surprised , or maybe not, how much we all have in common.

Particularly as we already have a love/fascination for our Bikes that other people find unfathomable.

Kind of puts us all on a similar wavelength, maybe we are even mostly of a similar age group with shared experiences growing up, i.e FS1E's AP50's then 250 strokers. I'd bet even out tastes in music and lifestyle may have much in common. Who knows.

Now there's a pole idea. B)
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For me personally, I could never get the Idea of the Quasar.

Didn't much like the look of the Katana either, but that's not to say they were bad bikes.

each to thier own :-)
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sexysi wrote:Image

Grrrrrrrrrr!

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Paul :)

Seriously though WHAT is this all about?
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Nigel wrote:
sexysi wrote:Image


;)

Image

si
Yep BMW must be crying into their beer over that one, they must be losing a fortune on it :whistle: and no I`m not biting, say what you like BMW don`t give a feck.
Yep a bike that certainly should have stayed on the drawing board, so much so that Triumph used all of their design imagination and capabilities to copy both it, and it's baby brother.
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PaulG wrote:
Seriously though WHAT is this all about?
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I know what Ape Hangers are so these must be TWAT HANGERS. :woohoo: :sick:
Lightness is everything.

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Re: Bikes that should have stayed on the drawing board?

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mark1150 wrote:
Nigel wrote:
sexysi wrote:Image


;)

Image

si
Yep BMW must be crying into their beer over that one, they must be losing a fortune on it :whistle: and no I`m not biting, say what you like BMW don`t give a feck.
Yep a bike that certainly should have stayed on the drawing board, so much so that Triumph used all of their design imagination and capabilities to copy both it, and it's baby brother.
GSA was never on a drawing board - it wasn't designed - it evolved over 30+ years (thumbs)
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sidestand wrote:GSA was never on a drawing board - it wasn't designed - it evolved over 30+ years (thumbs)
Don't most things improve with evolution. :whistle:
The GS seems to have improved in sophistication (complication) & in weight, yes it's definately heavier but not a patch on the G/S for reliability.
Perhaps it should have gone ON the drawing board.
Lightness is everything.

Lightness with Grunt is a Scratcher!

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Never understood these...
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