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Nothing new under the sun
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The Teutonic Tangerine
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Nothing new under the sun
When our favourite Bavarian tractor maker re designed the boxer engine it moved the inlet and exhaust from back to front to top to bottom - from this picture Jawa thought of it first
There would appear to be a surfeit of prolixity and sesquipedalian content today please do not use a big word when a singularly un-loquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity
Re: Nothing new under the sun
The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:File 15-02-2017, 07 46 08.jpegWhen our favourite Bavarian tractor maker re designed the boxer engine it moved the inlet and exhaust from back to front to top to bottom - from this picture Jawa thought of it first
I'd like one of those.
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R1200S. It’s gone. Had it 11yrs. My favourite bike in 42yrs riding.
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R1200S. It’s gone. Had it 11yrs. My favourite bike in 42yrs riding.
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Motobecane C3
Brompton
Re: Nothing new under the sun
That's an interesting looking bike - other than it being a Jawa, what model is it exactly?
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Re: Nothing new under the sun
No idea except it is a 500 boxer twinmilleplod wrote:That's an interesting looking bike - other than it being a Jawa, what model is it exactly?
Pete
There would appear to be a surfeit of prolixity and sesquipedalian content today please do not use a big word when a singularly un-loquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity
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I Googled! Jawa 500 type 824, 487cc, 27kW (30-odd bhp?)....they made 10 of them in the mid-80s apparently. Pretty looking bike.
Pete
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Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder!milleplod wrote:I Googled! Jawa 500 type 824, 487cc, 27kW (30-odd bhp?)....they made 10 of them in the mid-80s apparently. Pretty looking bike.
Pete
Just had a google. Surprisingly innovative for the time!
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My ST's just as lovely.....Herb wrote:Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder!milleplod wrote:I Googled! Jawa 500 type 824, 487cc, 27kW (30-odd bhp?)....they made 10 of them in the mid-80s apparently. Pretty looking bike.
Pete
Just had a google. Surprisingly innovative for the time!
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I agree I had two of them before the RTmilleplod wrote:My ST's just as lovely.....Herb wrote:Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder!milleplod wrote:I Googled! Jawa 500 type 824, 487cc, 27kW (30-odd bhp?)....they made 10 of them in the mid-80s apparently. Pretty looking bike.
Pete
Just had a google. Surprisingly innovative for the time!
Pete
There would appear to be a surfeit of prolixity and sesquipedalian content today please do not use a big word when a singularly un-loquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity