not cafe racers but some historic bikes -old but still in use Portugal

brian weir

Been Around the Block
just becaue its old doesn't mean it's junk - right- a DTT attitude.

will be puting up 150 pics - sorry if some dupes - of bikes and vespa ape50's in portugal
thumbnails at

http://www.brianweir.ca/portugal_bikes/ETHTML1.htm
in the right corner is a pointer to the next set.

have fun! while there I found a Gold wing in a bike shop in a cow field in nowhere!
 
my favorite, and I dig the barstools
 

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I was not allowed to take photos of the barstools- they are really old bike seats and the owner didn't want anyone to know about them, but the waitress said she would distract him but I must not use a flash or she could lose her job. Bravo for her! She took him in the other room. i shot down from hand level a bunch then left casually .
 
scattergun said:
Thats pretty cool, seing these tierd old slugs still putting around.

Yes they are cool, and Actually they aren't all slugs! the 50cc in ithe harbor actually ripped away up a steep slope and surprised me.
Fastest 50cc going up a 30 degree hill I'd ever seen.
Also in the design of the portuguese 50cc unit it has everything needed to do the paris -dakar rally. noticve the flywheel fan like
a lawn mower or volkswagen to ensure cooling, and the enclosed chain.
the three wheeled trucks, well they are not tired either; they are econonical transpo in the old world fixable with a tool set.
because they are twi strokes, lots of people know how to keep them up and theere are newer versions too; think Taxes
- the 50cc is under a limit so soemone on a little farm in the boonies doesn;t have to pay more than his corp is worth to
get to market.
 
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