Pics of your bike(s)

After trying something a little off the wall most of the season, in September I picked this up for an off season build. If it works how I suspect it's going to turn some heads. 

 

A build thread will be forthcoming 

Some ancient weathered road dogs on the street in Italy.

In reply to Peabody :

Will be waiting for one! 

78*F here today (30* above normal February temps), so I took the Interceptor out to run some errands.  Of course, this involved stopping in at the two local MC dealerships to see what's up.

First stop has the local CF Moto franchise, and I've been waiting for their new 450 to hit the dealers so I could get a look in person.  They had one, already sold and headed to Vegas...

One of these days, I'm going to pick up a dual sport, and this bike hits all the right notes.  Japan, Inc... are you listening?

The other shop usually has a more interesting of used bikes to ogle, and today was no exception, with a '24 Duc Panigale on the floor.  Only $32K!!  

I need to get out on the Interceptor more...  It really is a very good motorcycle.  Not to mention good looking, and it sounds spectacular.  Not bad for being nearly 20 years old...

My norco

My Norco hardtail.

Supermoto wheels have been acquired.

In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :

Yes; so awesome!!!

Picked up a starter bike for my three year old grandson ... ( Ford Escape for scale !)

In reply to RichardNZ :

I've thought about one of those for my granddaughter but she's not really going in that direction with her interests. Great bikes

In reply to RichardNZ :

That looks awesome.  I'd never heard of Oset before... turns out there's a dealer not far from me - coincidentally next to where the old BMX track used to be (now a water tower site). 

In reply to RichardNZ :

Is that Oset a trials bike?  There's no seat so I assume it's ridden standing up on the pegs.

In reply to stuart in mn :

Yep.  They sell a larger version too:

https://osetbikes.com/us/bikes/txp-24/

For the price it's really tempting, except I don't have the time or space for my current hobbies, never mind a new one. 

first new MTB in 20 years. Might be worth more than the car it's hanging from. 

Wouldn't be the first time the bike has been worth more than the car. 

In reply to Mndsm :

This is always the Way.

In reply to Ian F (Forum Supporter) :

I had no idea. I'm looking at replacing my current trials bike with something newer. That could possibly be ideal, and I found one cheap but nothing in my province.  This requires more research 

Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to stuart in mn :

Yep.  They sell a larger version too:

https://osetbikes.com/us/bikes/txp-24/

For the price it's really tempting, except I don't have the time or space for my current hobbies, never mind a new one. 

The baby (12.5) is intended for kids from 2 or 3 upwards, the 16 kicks in for over 5 or 6 year olds. The 20 and 24 seem to be roughly comparable to an 80 or 125 petrol but are slightly limited by availability of really good tyres. We have an adult doing some of our club events on a 24 and seems to have enough flattery to last a full day although I believe the range is marginal for trail riding, especially in the near vertical country around here ..

E-motion in France make a full size bike which is very, very capable but it does come at a fairly eye watering price 

I made a deal with myself in October that if I did 1500mi on the trainer over the winter that I could treat myself to a new gravel bike.  I love my Cervelo, but it's getting a little long in the tooth now, and I swear I can feel the carbon entering its fatigue phase, as it just doesn't feel as snappy to me anymore.  so the thought was to just relegate it to trainer duty and buy something that matches geometry nearly identically.  I've always lusted over Titanium bikes, having had a Ti Motolight in the early 2000's, a bike I truly loved and would still be riding had 26" wheels stayed cool...  

Enter Seven Cycles.  I've wanted an Evergreen for a very very long time now, but the $$$$ price tag always put me off.  I even emailed back and  forth on a custom frame quote a few months ago in hopes that I'd stay diligent to my trainer rides and hit the milestone.  I just never pulled the trigger... 

...then enter Facebook Marketplace.  As phones are wont to do, I loaded up Marketplace after a few celebratory beers on Friday night, after reaching 1510 miles on my ride that afternoon... and I saw it.  Deep in the bowels of 'Post-Covid used bike bargain basement sell-off', the search 'titanium gravel 56' popped up a 2 year old Evergreen SL 1.5 hours away from me for about 20% of the cost of a new build.  I nearly cried.  Messaged the seller immediately, and he replied and was not a sketch artist, sent a deposit in good-faith, and drove down to pick it up yesterday morning... 

  It's *nearly identical to my custom spec'ed order, right down to geometry.  Only thing it doesn't have that I wanted was internally routed rear brake line.  Otherwise, it's perfect and I'm in love.  Just such a timeless, classic lined bike, and one that I'm very much excited about enjoying once we get through our Second Winter here in New England. 

Mech is interesting in that it's mostly Ultegra DI2, but with GRX rear running 11-36.  Paired with my Rotor cranks that I already swapped on, this puts me at pretty much perfect gearing for New England dirt hills.  This is my first electronic shifting bike, and I have to admit, I was hesitant.  But I fell in love with it in like 5 seconds after needing to adjust the front derailleur.  God it was so.easy... 

I fired up the parts cannon last night for new brake pads, a bento box for the top tube, and some SeaSucker adapters because the front axle is 15x100, which ironically is the only configuration of bike axle I don't own, haha.   I'm gonna scotch brite it next weekend to remove a few strap scuffs, and will update with cleaned pics then. 

In reply to RichardNZ :

I see that Oset is making their own tires for those 24's, which probably means somebody in China is making them for Oset, so they should leak through to the market soon enough. I would be looking for a trail/trials/utility bike that I can just hop on and not have to worry about fuel, starting, or overheating when I'm trying to set up a cross country course or event. I could live with soft MX tires, but 17" rear? Not many options. It may not matter, nobody is answering their phones or returning calls, so I will call Oset N. America as soon as they open and see what they have to say. A dealer in Alberta has a brand new one for $4k Canadian. I could buy that and sell my Sherco and be pretty close to even if it wasn't 1000km away.

I read a few reviews that said the estimated 4hr range is within reason, which would be fine for me. Power, apparently is low, but I'm OK with that. Another option might be a Talaria, or Surron lightly modded for trials capability. I'm not competing, though if I were, the vintage club would let me run in modern, they're pretty easy going

Supermotos go burrrrr. 

Burrr indeed
 

I'm setting up a race for the end of April. It's almost 3hrs north of me, and 3hrs can make a big difference around here.  I went up Friday to do some layout and found out they still had up to a foot of snow in some places. And it was 3 degrees C. All things considered it wasn't a bad ride. 
 

In reply to Mndsm :

I paid more for my Norco than I did for all three of my most recent trucks combined.

Not sure if that says more about my preferences for bikes or my preferences for trucks... 

In reply to RichardNZ :

I was trying to remember how I found out about the TXP24. I had been looking at trials bikes anyway, thought I saw it somewhere in the process, but it's your fault!

I guess the Sherco is going up for sale tomorrow 

More info as it occurs.  Apparently the first one sold in Ontario.

Wrapped up piecing together my wife's hardTi-Al. Got the frame at 50% off and had everything but the cranks and tires in my spare parts bin. She's pretty excited!

This morning I drove my wife to the airport at zero dark thirty and noticed a Yamaha semi-truck in the parking lot at one of the local moto shops.  After I got home, I fired up the Interceptor and rode over to see what was going on... and it's a demo ride day!

To my surprise, they had an R9 in the selection, so that was my first choice.  Fortunately there weren't many 'customers' (it was a last minute thing and not well promoted) and I didn't have to wait.

When I first got my FJ-09 back in '15, I thought "my God, Yamaha needs to put this engine in a real sportbike!".  The CP3 900 triple is one of the most engaging m/c engines I've had the pleasure of owning, and I've owned a lot.  Well, Yamaha finally got around to giving it a sportbike chassis with the R9...

Honestly, the demo ride was dumb on the R9... with mostly urban surface streets and only a mile or two of 55mph urban highway there was no way to really experience the bike's capability.  But it's light, and tight.  The riding position is racetrack committed.  This bike makes me want to buy one and get back on track on two wheels.  I just don't know that I'm physically up to road racing a bike these days!  Getting old sucks.

I also rode a Tenere 700.  This is a bike that I'm much more likely to actually buy.

It was much more rational on the demo route... it has great torque, and felt lighter than the specs would suggest.  I thought the bar position was too high relative to the seat, and the clutch engagement was too far out for my tastes, but it seems a capable bike.  It felt very stiffly suspended for an ADV/dirty road bike.  I liked it, but still think I'm going to go smaller if I ever get around to buying a 'dirty' bike.

I'm glad Yamaha still does stuff like this in this day of lawsuits/lawyers.  It's pretty hard to know for sure if you're buying the right bike until you ride one!

Getting back into mountain biking and I'm really excited to try this bad boy out. Ozark trail fs.2 slalom. Added phone mount, bag, brake light, seat, and pedals so it's all ready for me to crash on a trail 🤘