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How about a thread on the bikes you'd really like but for one reason or another ( mainly lack of dollars) you can't really consider?
I really like Tilly my ST but I also like old Brit singles, the bigger the better .This one is just about the best for me, a Model 19 Norton, a 600cc single , really a sidecar puller but a beautiful single !! :D
http://www.bikesales.com.au/dealer/deta ... 7&__Nne=15

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and i know I'll come up with another dozen I'd love . ;)
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In order of wanting:

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Yep, the Vincent for sure and maybe a Carberry Enfield . :D
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A guy in Portland has a Triumph 500 twin that I would like. It looks to be '69 or later. He's asking $3500 for it, which doesn't seem like a bad price since it looks OK and runs. I'm tempted.

It has the scrambler pipes, which I like. Has anybody ridden one? Do they burn you as often as they look like they would?
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enigmaT120 wrote:A guy in Portland has a Triumph 500 twin that I would like. It looks to be '69 or later. He's asking $3500 for it, which doesn't seem like a bad price since it looks OK and runs. I'm tempted.

It has the scrambler pipes, which I like. Has anybody ridden one? Do they burn you as often as they look like they would?
After my Sears Allstate 250m my first real motorcycle was a T100C, the 500twin with the scrambler pipes. I don't remember getting burned. The 500's go pretty good, brakes are not that much. One of the best looking motorcycles of all time IMO.
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Nice bike Mal...
Be nice to take her for a ride a see how long her legs really were.

Weird photo, they chopped someone on the other side of the bike out of the photo and left his/her boot! And then substituted that guy way a way over the back.
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My mate with the Ducati 1000GT visited today, I reckon it's as good a bike as I've ever ridden
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I had a Guzzi Le Mans mk2 years ago.
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I want a mk1 and have done for a few years.
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I'd want timing gears, modern electronic ignition and instruments that wouldn't rattle off. Oh yeah!
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