I think I may have a problem........need help to broaden my collection, into 80's or 90's but how to persuade SWIMBO?
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You're goodI think I may have a problem........need help to broaden my collection, into 80's or 90's but how to persuade SWIMBO?
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I rode all off them when they were launched, RD and RG500, CBX6, First Gsx, VF's but dont think I could sit on one for long now. One of the most memorable bikes I remember was a VF1000F, dodgy camshaft era but fabulous power delivery, That would probably suit me.Is the bond bug yours?? Love them, remember seeing them in my childhood, you don’t see many lime green ones though, all mainly orange
Jon, go into the 80’s get yourself a nice Yamaha RD500 power valve (first bike I ever rode with gears, yes I kid you not, at 18 yrs old, and I didn’t get my licence till I was 31 )
I think I may have a problem........need help to broaden my collection, into 80's or 90's but how to persuade SWIMBO?
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Love it, I had a Bond Bug and Suzuki GT500 in the ’70’sI think I may have a problem........need help to broaden my collection, into 80's or 90's but how to persuade SWIMBO?
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Been saying that for a while now JonI think I may have a problem........need help to broaden my collection, into 80's or 90's but how to persuade SWIMBO?
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They are GRP so it would have been pigment in the gelcoat I would imagine or did they spray them after moulding?I once owned a bug, from memory only ever left factory in orange, could be wrong, but once read it was down to fact that orange for some reason was the cheapest paint they could get.
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I think mine had been painted but it was a few years old when I got it and had had a few scrapes.They are GRP so it would have been pigment in the gelcoat I would imagine or did they spray them after moulding?
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Uncanny resemblance Jim, could be my twin
ASFAIK they originally had reverse gear blanked off to qualify as driveable on a Motorcycle licence. They also had to be less than 410kgs, so aluminium engine and gearbox, Its surprisingly lively to drive, faster than the 850 mini.If I recall correctly, one had to get out and push it backwards if someone parked in front of you ?
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I’m glad I wasn’t imagining seeing a lime green one, I was positive I’d seen one in our village when I was a kid, but that will have been 50 yrs ago♂Found this article
While production Bugs were almost exclusively painted orange, four white and six lime green examples were produced for promotional purposes. In 1990, the Webster motor company acquired many of the original moulds and tooling for the Bug, and reproduced a number of four-wheeled examples.
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It was the Gelcoat, the underneath is the same colour only not as smooth.I think mine had been painted but it was a few years old when I got it and had had a few scrapes.
But you got me wondering if the original finish was coloured gel coat, according to some of web resources they were actually painted.
I remember repairing mine, but cannot remember if coloured gel coat or paint as original.
Definitely fun to drive.
I’m glad I wasn’t imagining seeing a lime green one, I was positive I’d seen one in our village when I was a kid, but that will have been 50 yrs ago♂
I saw a green one in Darley Dale about a month agoI’m glad I wasn’t imagining seeing a lime green one, I was positive I’d seen one in our village when I was a kid, but that will have been 50 yrs ago♂
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If you ever need to have someone drive your Bug for you I am your man I used to own one in the mid 70s and loved itI think I may have a problem........need help to broaden my collection, into 80's or 90's but how to persuade SWIMBO?
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Mine had reverse and I drove it on a motorcycle licence, don’t recall it being illegalASFAIK they originally had reverse gear blanked off to qualify as driveable on a Motorcycle licence. They also had to be less than 410kgs, so aluminium engine and gearbox, Its surprisingly lively to drive, faster than the 850 mini.
Do not want to start another toilet thread, however, wasn’t that where he found fameUncanny resemblance Jim, could be my twin
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