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Message started by Dave on 12/30/13 at 15:22:44

Title: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterling
Post by Dave on 12/30/13 at 15:22:44

Old-rider is looking for his next lightweight motorcycle.

I found it......the Sterling Black Douglas. It even has the luggage rack already attached!

http://www.theblackdouglas.co.uk/sterling.asp?lng=en&typ=&cat=

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by Serowbot on 12/30/13 at 16:36:58

I like it,.. but not 8,000 Euros worth... :P...

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by old_rider on 12/30/13 at 17:43:30

Sweet! it has a 230cc engine (biggest one, smallest is 125), you can buy a kit and have them ship it to you to put together on your own for about half the price.
Can't seem to get the converter to work for total price tho, I click on the dollar sign and everthing goes back to original settings.
Guess they don't want us blokes buying them.... :-/

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by Steve H on 12/30/13 at 18:36:14

That's sweet. Love to get hold of one of those. Too bad it costs so much.

Looks like a chinese knock-off Honda engine. If it is, not a good sign.

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by MMRanch on 12/30/13 at 23:12:04

That looks like the engine off my chineese 250 ATV. with a kick-starter added.

Sure is a perty one ! :o

Good job Dave ! :)

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/30/13 at 23:14:25

Gimme a Western Flyer & a 3 horse Briggs..

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by Dave on 12/31/13 at 09:03:06

Let's work this out.

8,000 Euros x $ 1.38 = $ 11,040......plus shipping. YIKES!

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/31/13 at 15:26:13

That thing better come with a puppy, cuz its not gonna be much of a chick magnet on its own,

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by Dave on 01/01/14 at 05:09:29

7B646265787F4E7E4E76646823110 wrote:

That thing better come with a puppy, cuz its not gonna be much of a chick magnet on its own,

Maybe really old chicks....the ones that remember when motorcycles looked like that.

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by jcstokes on 01/01/14 at 09:19:30

If we assume the flat tank motorcycle era ended in 1927 and most of them had gone off the road in 1940, a sixteen year old chick in 1940 would now be 90, or if she's youthful 89.

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 01/01/14 at 10:43:33

Puppy,, defnitely

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by Boofer on 01/01/14 at 23:59:48

Dave, Not exactly on subject, but it is light weight. If I didn't hear wrong on the news recently Ford is introducing an aluminum pickup. Anybody saving up for one?

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by old_rider on 01/06/14 at 09:47:15

This looks like it could be fun to ride.....around town..

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/6/5279740/driving-the-toyota-i-road-concept-car-video

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by Dave on 01/06/14 at 10:17:09

Old_Rider:

That does look fun....as long as there was little traffic and you just have those and bicycles around you.

Put me in that thing on the same road as a bus, or truck......and they better have a rubber floor matt with a drain somewhere.

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by old_rider on 01/06/14 at 10:36:00

Well, I think i'm getting to the point that the savage is going to be my "cruiser" and to keep from starting up the truck or savage and wasting precious fuel i'm going to go electric for around town.
So now, its either build one (which could be fun creatively and keep me busy, but financially could prove dangerous), or find one that's not toooo expensive.... so far that is not so do-able.
I just want to get away from spending so much on an around town fun machine, and if I go electric I could charge it with solar or wind so it would be kinda "free" to ride.

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by Dave on 01/06/14 at 10:47:46

How far is it to town for you, and how fast do you have to go to keep from getting run over? What do you expect your round trip mileage to be?

Title: Re: old-riders next lighweight motorcycle - Sterli
Post by old_rider on 01/06/14 at 11:21:25

That's the thing.... groceries ect... are just a few miles either way. Speed is from 55 - 35mph (unless you count the everday crazies that do 80mph) and only takes about 7-15 min. depending on traffic, sometimes it could be 20 min to an hour if there is an accident. Taking the bikes out doesn't give them enough time to even charge the battery, which is why I have to battery tend them often, if i'm not up to snuff to take them out every other week.(I like to ride them for about an hour each, every other week)
I'm wasting more gas just by starting the vehicles up and traveling 3-5 miles and stop, get out.... 1 mile, stop, get out....ect... electric would be so much better for what the wife and I do.

I posted this vid of the road I travel on each day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcF5kK9i9Gc

back and forth, back and forth.... I don't think a scooter is safe on this road because of all the fatalities each year, but an electric bike or three wheeler would be perfect (only if they improve the bike path), and of course if it were an electric motorcycle or "sparkie", it would be even cooler! So its my "dream" as it were to create the perfect "Floridian" version of silicon valley's energy answer.