A bike post!

There have been a few attempts at fully enclosed bikes over the years,
but none have really got anywhere due to either being crap or stupidly
expensive (or both). So a question: if you could buy a fully enclosed
bike that had the same performance & handling as your current favourite
bike, looked the dogs, & cost the same as an equivalent 'normal' bike,
would you buy one? Or is being out in the open air one of the things
you like most about bikes?

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Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

Is this a car post in disguise?

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TD
1991 VFR400R NC30 (black and red)
1993 Eunos Roadster (supercharged)
Could want: something more comfy, sprots or not
Missing: SOB, Unreliable Italian exotica, Lardy tourer

 

Heh.

 

Heh, no.

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Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

it was more fun in the 60's before you had to wear a silly helmet ......

 

Are you talking things like the BMW C1, or bikes like the Ariel Leader,
without a roof?

 

"fully enclosed". So like that Swiss thing with the stabiliser wheels
that pop down when you drop below a certain speed.

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Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

is a thing not to be fucked about with .......

 

I quite like it .......

 

good man ......

 

Yes.

 

Sort of - but without the thatched roof.

Just changed the exhaust headers and collector as the latter had rusted
to a cobweb. Luckily (Christ knows how) I had a brand new set in the
garage for just this occasion.

 

One likes to be prudent in these troubled economic waters. I actually
bought it on Ebay about 5 years ago. Clever old me.

 

They tend to drop stuff off to be honest.

 

Bollocks to them.

 

You mean, like a Black Prince?

 

No, I mean where the rider's fully enclosed too. And don't mention
Black Princes - sore point. I was hoping to wangle my mum's out of her,
but she's sold it :-(

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Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

I sort of agree with the sentiment though.

Over the 45 ish years I have been riding the nanny state has slowly but
surely made fun illegal.

OK, so some of the things we did were daft and often downright dangerous
but who gave them the right to stop us ?.
Bloody killjoys the lot of them.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

Well, you would.

The contents of your head aren't worth protecting.

 

If they could design one with four wheels, yes.