2015 Thruxton, Hinkley, yes, cafe racer, although it hasn't got a brown seat.
My spanners won't fit a Meriden Triumph...
It has had a few modifications and is a real looker, unfortunately i haven't got any photos of it, until i collect it.

I am going across to Staffordshire on saturday morning with my mate in his van to pick up a Triumph Thruxton, my first "British" bike in 41 years of riding, coincidentally my brother has purchased a Honda XL250S Project from somewhere about half an hour from my machine, we can't get both i...

I took my friend to Glastonbury last January for him to collect a fairly new 1200 Tiger. While we were there he was quite excited about all the bells and whistles it had. Different riding modes, suspension that could be adjusted whilst on the move, electric screen, heated seat and bars, etc. By the ...

Hooli wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:51 pm He'll fucking love you!

I'll bet he won't.

My mate has bought a Yamaha R1 50th anniversary special, in yellow and black speedblocks, colloquially known as Kenny Roberts paint.
I have just purchased a Kenny Rogers sticker to put on it when he isn't looking.

Norwich Market?

I have never heard it called crush, it is cush.

Follow on from the pothole debacle. I collected the Innova and found it fits in the back of the partner. Bonus. When I got home I had a closer look and thought it odd that if the wheel was buckled then why was the sprocket carrier hitting swingarm. Stripped it down and found the sprocket carrier be...

I can't remember how much you've had to do with bikes. But I always remove the pads & pump the pistons out to the disc before I take the callipers off. It makes the pistons much easier to remove than if they are all the way in. I will do that and use the trick of filling the piston with a socke...

Finally I have got this bloody VFR fixed! On monday it will have been a month, just to bloody adjust the chain. It took a week to get it apart, two weeks to wait for parts and three days to put it together. Everything that could go wrong, did. Even wheeling it down my driveway was a nightmare of sie...