Comments on: Falcon Motorcycles – Redesigned British Classics

By: putra

putra — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:24:42 +0000

the old racing bike man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: steve

steve — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:45:29 +0000

by last count I have 4 Triumphs and none will be restored. Did I ruin them? No, I had no complete bikes, only pieces rescued from salvage and brought back to life. This piece may well have started as pieces not a complete motorcycle so enjoy it as it is. Oh, and my distruction is on page 19 of the Jan. issue of Classic Bike. Long live the builders!

By: marvin

marvin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:08:06 +0000

I actually have some sympathy with Kenny and do like a nice restoration of bikes this old, unfortunately I can’t define an age after which a bike becomes uncutupable to coin a word. Unfortunately most bikes I have modified have been in the “just before classic” category, this is when the bikes a cheapest, parts are still available and tuning advise is plentiful. In my time I have modded old Brit stuff, Z’s and a katona 1000 among others . I think in about 60% of the time I did nothing more than destroy the resale value of the bike but it was my resale value to destroy, and I either got the bike I wanted or learned something. My latest project was making a SRX 600 even more cafe racer/flat tracker/steam punk, but I am sure that at 22 years old there will be people who think I have committed sacrilege on an “old gent of the road”. There is something that sits with me a little bit uncomfortably about chopping a Brough Superior or Vincent but as I said before there is no way everyone will agree on “the age above which only riding and restorations is possible”. Talking to friends of differing ages the rule seems to be … If your dad rode it it is precious and must be lovingly restored if it was your first big bike that is the age at which everything newer is fair game. with my group of friends this ranges from early Triumph Speed Twins to KR1Ss. I don’t think there is really any age at which a bike become sacrosanct but if some one is going to chop vintage bikes I am glad that it is done with the skill and sympathy shown by falcon

By: ScotDuke

ScotDuke — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:18:45 +0000

Point taken kneeslider but I think this sums up my point pretty well: “I don’t have any chips on my shoulder but I know about the limitations of 1950s brakes and if it was my bike I’d want something better.”

By: FREEMAN

FREEMAN — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:26:23 +0000

Hey, ScotDuke, there’s plenty of Boeing aircraft in the sky right now made out of fifty year-old metal.