Motorcycles

[harley dave]

you can allways pay on the day but i allways book early as it does tend to fill up its one of the best bike,hot rod and generally allround shows in europe .
i will be booking my ticket in the next few weeks .

[Graeme]

Bell have brought out a bunch of new colours for the Bullitt. I quite like the Ace Café collaboration, and the helmet is incredibly light when done in carbon.

The Skratch, in black and red, looks good, but it's using the heavier composite shell.

[harley dave]

the red ones nice

[Sam]

i have a Bell Bullitt. I really like it but it rattles a lot at high speed. I usually have to tighten the bolts on the viser every now and then. Other than that it's a great lid.

[harley dave]

have you tried fitting some small window draught excluder foam to the bottom of the visor

[Sam]

I haven't but i will!

[Graeme]

Vintage style by The Black Douglas Motorcycle Company, via Motorcycle.com.

They're a modern bike, built around a 125 or 230 cc Honda single, that replicates the look of a pre-war machine.

[harley dave]

superb

[Graeme]

Out motorcycle shopping today. I'm planning on getting a Thruxton R, though mine will be in matte black. Note that the Bullitt with Union Jack graphic matches perfectly.

The new Bonneville Black looks very nice.

But the matte gunmetal grey looks better.

@GuzziRob is threatening to get a Triumph Thunderbird. He'll have to change his username if he does.

This is the Storm variant.

I'm not a cruiser man, or a Harley fan, but the CVO Pro Street Breakout is a cool machine. I'd probably go for a Low Rider S instead.

The detailing on the engine is really nice.

If I was dropping big bucks on a cruiser, it'd have to be the XDiavel.

[Broark]

Man, that matte gunmetal grey Bonneville looks fantastic.
Never ridden but always wanted to. Maybe sometime soon I'll learn!

[harley dave]

saw a review on bike world tv about the thruxton r it got great reviews and they said it was like chalk and cheese between the std thruxton and the thruxton r.

di dont think you can go wrong with that one

[organisys]

@Broark:

Man, that matte gunmetal grey Bonneville looks fantastic.
Never ridden but always wanted to. Maybe sometime soon I'll learn!

Same. Bonneville could be awesome with just a few subtle tweeks.

[GuzziRob]

Everyone I ride with is getting slow… need something that is less... erm... enthusiastic.

And less Italian in the reliability stakes

The Thunderbird is damn nice - particularly in the Nightstorm flavour which has me drooling.  With the massive fuel tank, massive mpg and comfy seating it could be a very, very nice place to do a lot of miles!

And apparently I don't have to wait for my wee boys to finish school before doing the Nordkapp......

[Jordonf9]

As the girl sits now…got a few more things I want to do, just time and money.

[Sam]

OOoooo Looks beautiful @Jordonf9 Any more angles for us?

[Clint_D]

I snapped a couple quick shots at the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show last weekend in Austin.  There were quite a few beautiful bikes but there was one clear standout winner in my mind:

[harley dave]

there is some great looking bikes there and its in one of the places i allways wanted to visit ,i am jealous

[harley dave]

it looks like the triumph is sold and will be replaced by this as i need a more road focused bike , but i will never get rid of the harley

[Giles]

@Jordonf9:

just time and money.

That's really all there is….

[Graeme]

@Jordonf9 Nice Indian!

@Clint_D Thanks for posting the photos. There are some cool bikes there, looks like it was a fun show.

@harley dave Have you considered the R1200R instead of the RT? It's basically the same bike, albeit without half a tonne of plastics on it. I used to run one, and it was comfortable to do 300 mile days, whilst also being pretty frugal - I think that I averaged around 50 mpg.