The best thing about that is that it means it'll have "car" as a nickname. "Just heading out for a quick spin in the Car" - followed immediately by the roar of your bike screaming through the living room...
" ... your bike screaming through the living room." Apparently I'm not allowed to ride them in the living room. If I did, there'd be lots of screaming, though ;) But yeah, I hadn't realised I was getting a bike and a Car in one easy package!
Good luck to rabbit with her bike riding exploits. I'd never thought of it before but the Spada is very similar to a Ducati. Ducati's have such a lovely sound to them though. Probably the best sounding bike around. *sigh* -- n4cat
Oh, absolutely. That's no accident - the Spada bodywork was designed by an Italian company - I believe they've also done work for Ducati. And yeah - it looks like it should grow up to be a Monster.
Mmmm, V-twin exhaust notes. Mmm. Shame about the Ducat valve rattle, but you can't have everything.
Mmmm, V-twin exhaust notes. Mmm. Shame about the Ducat valve rattle, but you can't have everything. At them moment anything would be better than nothing. I'd even have my old SLR 250 back.
That bad, huh? Is it the money, or the missus, or both?
A bit of both. Mrs Cat will work herself into a state of ...well... a very worried thing.. if I get a bike again, but she has put up with it before as that was our only transport when we were first married. plus I can't afford to insure the damn thing let alone purchase one. To get over this I might buy one in bits and put it together slowly. I have no idea what though. Suggestions? Used to get some great custom jobs built around the old honda inline four. -- n4cat
Oh yeah. You can still probably pick up the CB750-4 engines for next to nothing, and they did look good in a chopper frame :) My plan for a cheap frankenbike, once I get a garage, is to go to wreckers and grab one that's been crashed and has a good donk, and one with a blown donk and good frame. I assume this trick is not new to you :) Then you just have to persuade Mrs Cat that it's a vital part of your parenting responsibilities :) Actually, once the baby cats are a little older, there are worse ways of keeping them busy, entertained and educated than letting them wrench bikes. I wish I'd spent a lot more time doing it as a kid.
It's sitting in sharkey's garage, leaking quietly to itself. We're actually going to pull it to bits (even more) this weekend, in fact. See if the frame is any good - I suspect the subframe is bent and the main frame cracked, so I'm probably in the market for a Norton featherbed frame, or a chopper, depending on my mood. That's assuming the engine and bits of gear are salvageable, which they probably are.
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Carbonara
Date: 2002-07-24 10:53 am (UTC)Re: Carbonara
Date: 2002-07-24 05:35 pm (UTC)Apparently I'm not allowed to ride them in the living room.
If I did, there'd be lots of screaming, though ;)
But yeah, I hadn't realised I was getting a bike and a Car in one easy package!
sol.
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Re: Carbonara
Date: 2002-07-26 08:44 am (UTC)bikes woohoo
Date: 2002-07-24 06:01 pm (UTC)I'd never thought of it before but the Spada is very similar to a Ducati.
Ducati's have such a lovely sound to them though.
Probably the best sounding bike around.
*sigh*
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n4cat
Re: bikes woohoo
Date: 2002-07-24 06:13 pm (UTC)That's no accident - the Spada bodywork was designed by an Italian company - I believe they've also done work for Ducati. And yeah - it looks like it should grow up to be a Monster.
Mmmm, V-twin exhaust notes. Mmm. Shame about the Ducat valve rattle, but you can't have everything.
sol.
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Re: bikes wayhay
Date: 2002-07-24 08:24 pm (UTC)At them moment anything would be better than nothing.
I'd even have my old SLR 250 back.
*shakes Zim fist at Mrs Cat*
;)
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n4cat
Re: bikes wayhay
Date: 2002-07-24 11:27 pm (UTC)Is it the money, or the missus, or both?
sol.
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Re: bikes wayhay
Date: 2002-07-25 05:30 pm (UTC)Is it the money, or the missus, or both?
A bit of both.
Mrs Cat will work herself into a state of ...well... a very worried thing.. if I get a bike again, but she has put up with it before as that was our only transport when we were first married.
plus
I can't afford to insure the damn thing let alone purchase one.
To get over this I might buy one in bits and put it together slowly.
I have no idea what though. Suggestions?
Used to get some great custom jobs built around the old honda inline four.
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n4cat
Re: bikes wayhay
Date: 2002-07-25 05:39 pm (UTC)You can still probably pick up the CB750-4 engines for next to nothing, and they did look good in a chopper frame :)
My plan for a cheap frankenbike, once I get a garage, is to go to wreckers and grab one that's been crashed and has a good donk, and one with a blown donk and good frame. I assume this trick is not new to you :)
Then you just have to persuade Mrs Cat that it's a vital part of your parenting responsibilities :) Actually, once the baby cats are a little older, there are worse ways of keeping them busy, entertained and educated than letting them wrench bikes. I wish I'd spent a lot more time doing it as a kid.
sol.
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I am duly ...
Date: 2002-07-24 10:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-07-25 12:47 am (UTC)Done.
Date: 2002-07-25 11:56 pm (UTC)*sigh*
sol.
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Whatever happened to?
Date: 2002-07-26 11:21 pm (UTC)Re: Whatever happened to?
Date: 2002-07-28 09:43 pm (UTC)We're actually going to pull it to bits (even more) this weekend, in fact.
See if the frame is any good - I suspect the subframe is bent and the main frame cracked, so I'm probably in the market for a Norton featherbed frame, or a chopper, depending on my mood. That's assuming the engine and bits of gear are salvageable, which they probably are.
sol.
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