Beautiful bike, Absolutely stunning!
1971 Rickman Enfield - One of very few, built at the Rickman brothers' shop. Nickel plated Chrome-Manganese large diameter/thinwall tube frame, 41mm fork uppers, rearsets and gullwing clip-ons. Magnesium hubs, glass body works, a Royal Enfield Interceptor II 750 drive train, open reverse cone megs and flanged Borranis with Avon AM22 / AM23. A fun old hammer. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Since you liked the pictures of my bike... here's a couple of my wife's bike. The first is somewhere in Montana, on the way to Bonneville, the rest are of her on the salt. Her bike is also a 1978 Ducati based cafe racer. It started out life as a 900GTS. It's currently apart undergoing another make-over, I will post some pictures when it's finished if there's any interest. All the best Rene Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Sue at Bonneville last September... at Race City Speedway, Calgary... another one on the track... and the bike being re-built 9 years ago.
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i would have to agree. rene...you sir have a charmed life! thank you for sharing those cool pictures. pcb
As you saw in the photos she rode her Ducati last year at Bonneville... next year (this year, September) she will be attempting the outright sit-on motorcycle land speed record currently set at 240mph. Unfortunately she will be making the attempt on a Kawasaki (turbocharged ZX-14) not a Ducati. There are lots more pictures of Sue at Bonneville at www.renewaters.ca/bonneville can you put actual links in posts? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Everyone rides in our family... This is Taglioni... one of his favourite things in the world is riding. The first picture was taken last year at Miller Motorsports Park when we rode down for the vintage races. The other two are from a couple of years ago on a trip to BC. My bike is in an earlier iteration when it had a fairing and 16" mag wheels. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
My recent purchase; A 69' Ducati 350 Scrambler: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hey guy nice pics! Did you guys see the collection of old bikes Roy has for sale?! He's a sponsor here so I think it's ok to post
Not a Cafe, but I still like it Dont have the heart to tear up a 100% restored classic as much as I like them. My 66 Bonneville, my father has a matching bike. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks! Its not quite as perfect as I cant resist riding it at least 2 times a month on little trips, but she cleans up easy. Keeps the carbs from gumming up as well
That is friggin amazing is it a stock engine or transplant as I thought the first production 6 was the CBX's? Great thread everyone thanks for sharing as I had quite a few friends growing up who's dads restored bikes. Thanks, tex
Hi Tex, Actually, that is a CBX engine, but I believe the first 6 cylinder motorcycle, was the 1932 Matchless V6 1000cc, water cooled (no pic). In the 30s both Matchless and AJS had V4 street bikes, one supercharged for racing in '39 and in the '50s, Moto Guzzi had a V8 500cc, DOHC racer. In the '60's Honda had an assortment of 4, 5 and 6 cylinder racers, 125, 250, 350 and 500cc. 1974 Benelli brought out the 750 Sei (six) street bike. http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Sounds/1957%20Guzzi%20V8.mp3 Bill Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Not a cafe racer, but how about the 1907 Curtis V-8? 265 CI, air cooled and about 40 HP. This bike set the land speed record in January 1907 of 135.36 MPH on a beach! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi Ron, Thanks, I did forget about that one. It was quite a marvel for the time, but the Curtis V8 was a one-off produced specifically to break the land speed record, which it didn't officially achieve. It went to pieces before being able to make a "back up" run for official timing. Just about all of the early speed records, were done on Fla beaches, such as Daytona, etc. Regards, Bill
Great shots guys! I've been to lazy to upload two bike shows worth of cafe bikes. But here is a quik shot of one of my fav's. Sorry for the crappy iphone pics but here's a Rickman! Image Unavailable, Please Login
