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Title: Aaargh!
Post by: guest7 on February 25, 2009, 10:28:01 PM: Just found this... I need to lay down in a darkened room until the anguish subsides...

(http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2006/02/18/bikepics-524558-320.jpg)

It's an XBR under all that... that... stuff :o

GC
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: guest7 on February 25, 2009, 10:34:59 PM: this is more my style...
(http://peterbetabiker.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/xbrcadwell.jpg?w=450&h=271)

There's an interesting story to accompany the picture:

I had borrowed my pal Roger,s Honda XBR500 racer for one of the early sessions at a trackday there (Cadwell)

Usual story-last minute panic, bike straight off the trailer, “Blue group to the start, Blue group to the start”
Helmet on,”wheres, me gloves”
“Any juice in the Honda?”
Should be……..”
Set off following the marshall - all in crocodile formation, no overtaking for a couple of laps…..
Marshall pulls in -all hell breaks loose!
red mist(this isnt supposed to be a race-HA HA!)
I bludgeon my way through the pack.
Left right and into the mountain section.
The back wheel breaks traction,
I get ready for the inevitable high side,
I look up into the small stand at the side of the mountain
where the riders friends/families are sat, to a man they are on their feet, hands over mouths-OH MY GOD-Hes off!” style
By a pure fluke I regain control of the bike and conduct the remaining laps of the session rather sedately.
Back in the paddock the reason for the “moment” is discovered
5lbs of air in the rear tyre

The bloke has some other funny biking stories HERE (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/be9eee6e255f7dde8b01e484f0daa89c%3Fs%3D48%26d%3Didenticon%26r%3DG&imgrefurl=http://wordpress.com/tag/welsh-2-day-trial/&usg=__1GuIrsar0F6rCrmIPmMnDdsumWU=&h=48&w=48&sz=3&hl=en&start=159&um=1&tbnid=lTWC5gKvtqai2M:&tbnh=48&tbnw=48&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dxbr500%26start%3D140%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Den-GB%26sa%3DN)

GC
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: guest7 on February 25, 2009, 10:43:03 PM: And what about this one?

(http://www.dolecek.de/2005/fernando001.JPG)

(http://www.dolecek.de/2005/fernando002.JPG)

Steve H - can you grab these images for the photo section?

Cheers
GC
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: guest7 on February 25, 2009, 10:50:28 PM: And finally, an XBR owned by someone with similar tastes to mine:

(http://www.sidecar-cz.com/sajdkary/EMLJPG.JPG)

GC
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: 002 on February 25, 2009, 10:52:06 PM: Quote from: onepot on February 25, 2009, 10:43:03 PM
And what about this one?

(http://www.dolecek.de/2005/fernando001.JPG)

(http://www.dolecek.de/2005/fernando002.JPG)

Steve H - can you grab these images for the photo section?

Cheers
GC

That Right hand muffler is on its last legs.
Look at the bulges in it !

Jethro
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: jules on February 25, 2009, 10:55:09 PM: Yes reminds me of when i last saw you in a vest :D :D :D
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: Richard on February 25, 2009, 11:20:03 PM: Nowt wrong with the first picture. Lot less rust and rot than one XBR I've seen recently.

Hehehehehehe.

Richard
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: SteveC#222 on February 25, 2009, 11:32:26 PM: This one's quite neatly done.

Here (http://www.motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/honda_xbr_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: 002 on February 26, 2009, 01:28:05 PM: Quote from: jules on February 25, 2009, 10:55:09 PM
Yes reminds me of when i last saw you in a vest :D :D :D

My Bulges are all in the right places.....If i was upside down ! ;D ;D

Jethro
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: guest526 on February 26, 2009, 08:22:40 PM: Quote from: SteveC#222 on February 25, 2009, 11:32:26 PM
This one's quite neatly done.

Here (http://www.motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/honda_xbr_500.jpg)

That's one of my favorite XBR cafe racers, the full picture story if your interested can be found on this site http://www.honda-xbr.de/ (http://www.honda-xbr.de/)
Title: Re: Aaargh!
Post by: robG on February 26, 2009, 09:03:30 PM: Thanks for that , Hurley . For some reason couldn't get to it from Grahams post .

I agree , very much of what we fancy .

Rob .