caught up with a bike i've been wanting to check-out for a while, finally bagged some photo's at the recent darley moor c.r.m.c meeting, me and dangerous met the owner, john lovett at the festival of a thousand bikes last year at mallory park, the affable big geordie bloke had a look at our bike and told us about his own boxer racer project which he races in the c.r.m.c classic 1300 twin class, the bike is a monster, 1040cc worth of aircooled loveliness, packing big pumper dellorto's, breathing through a trick, two-into-one exhaust, maxton forks and rear shock's, trick ignition, off-set rear wheel, [to get some seriously wide rubber on the backend], braced frame, race caliper's and the brilliant touch of a bare, naked frame, no paint, we don't need no steenkin' paint, it just add's weight, brilliant bike, i love it me.....
well, i've sat and looked at it for a couple of day's and today i decided i really couldn't live with it, you have to be true to...
early seventies at southgate secondary modern and the young loveless was getting his ear turned by black music, mostly motown and what later...
Love the hoooge trademark Beemer fairing, but your "catch tray" is a lot better!
ReplyDeleteoi jan! you know my catch tank is one of mr's b's baking tray's don't you? [she asked me if i'd seen it anywhere the other day, it's actually hanging from the shed roof on a tie-wrap and she hasn't noticed it yet!
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