According to the BBC, these are the ten most beautiful bicycles
05-19-15, 12:38 PM
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05-19-15, 01:01 PM
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Soooo.... what might be in that fake "tank"......
Unless it comes off and doubles as an aero helmet??
Mehhh!....... be done with it by just installing a nice 250cc engine on it and it would be a beautiful motorcycle...... anything bigger might just shake it to pieces.
Unless it comes off and doubles as an aero helmet??
Mehhh!....... be done with it by just installing a nice 250cc engine on it and it would be a beautiful motorcycle...... anything bigger might just shake it to pieces.
05-19-15, 01:28 PM
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It is hard to recognize without the eye candy, but isn't that the same bike that is listed later? An electric bicycle with a battery in the downtube and storage in the "tank"
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05-19-15, 02:11 PM
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Usually that Schultz is the ugly duckling in most bicycle collections, so it's telling that many of us were relieved to land on that slide. 
05-19-15, 02:31 PM
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05-19-15, 06:44 PM
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05-19-15, 06:53 PM
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I do need to make clear that it is the child in me that sees the Norton Manx.
05-20-15, 12:24 PM
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I've always despised the hoopla that surrounds illogical, un-tested (and un-proven) "concept" bikes, regardless of whether the look of these things manages to be replicated to some degree in some future production model. Same goes for motorcycles and cars!
I find the look of this thing quite tasteful, it's nothing if not unique, and has historical racing pedigree, but I'm naturally quite biased here.
Made in England, too, but did the BBC even look at one?
And shouldn't the bikes have been judged as well by how they looked while being ridden, and "flown"?
I want a re-match!
I find the look of this thing quite tasteful, it's nothing if not unique, and has historical racing pedigree, but I'm naturally quite biased here.
Made in England, too, but did the BBC even look at one?
And shouldn't the bikes have been judged as well by how they looked while being ridden, and "flown"?
I want a re-match!
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05-20-15, 12:59 PM
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Rematch!? ....grab your spandex, spike heals and....ahhh, face it; you don't stand a chance.
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05-20-15, 02:19 PM
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05-23-15, 07:48 PM
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Speaking of a Norton Manx:
or, a little less dressed:
or, a little less dressed:
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