'Interesting' 797

Luddite · 18-08-2019, 10:21 PM

You don't see many customised 797s, so this is quite an 'interesting' example.

http://gbmotobike.com/?page_id=144

I'm not a fan of the tyres, but I quite like the bodywork and the Martini-esque paintwork.

slob · 19-08-2019, 08:44 AM

pretty sure the bodywork is adapted from a Paolotex S4R kit

https://www.texmotorbike.com/start.html

Luddite · 19-08-2019, 09:46 AM

Thanks for that link, Rob, we'll spotted!

I was racking my brain as to where I'd seen those blade forks before but I don't think I'd have ever made the connection.

slob · 19-08-2019, 10:50 AM

I'll never quite understand the mentality that puts dirt tyres on a bike like that though

(unless of course they're planning on ditching the front brakes and actually thrashing it round a dirt oval, in which case clip-ons and rearsets aren't what's needed)

Darren69 · 19-08-2019, 01:07 PM

I give up too. His other bike is probably an SUV so he thought it looked cool.

18-08-2019, 10:21 PM	#1
Luddite Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Southampton Bike: M1100evo Posts: 2,465	'Interesting' 797 You don't see many customised 797s, so this is quite an 'interesting' example. http://gbmotobike.com/?page_id=144 I'm not a fan of the tyres, but I quite like the bodywork and the Martini-esque paintwork.

19-08-2019, 10:50 AM	#4
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,707	I'll never quite understand the mentality that puts dirt tyres on a bike like that though (unless of course they're planning on ditching the front brakes and actually thrashing it round a dirt oval, in which case clip-ons and rearsets aren't what's needed) Last edited by slob; 19-08-2019 at 10:52 AM..

19-08-2019, 01:07 PM	#5
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,022	I give up too. His other bike is probably an SUV so he thought it looked cool. __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

19-08-2019, 08:44 AM	#2
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,707	pretty sure the bodywork is adapted from a Paolotex S4R kit https://www.texmotorbike.com/start.html

19-08-2019, 09:46 AM	#3
Luddite Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Southampton Bike: M1100evo Posts: 2,465	Thanks for that link, Rob, we'll spotted! I was racking my brain as to where I'd seen those blade forks before but I don't think I'd have ever made the connection.