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Speaking of Husqvarna...
Their Svartpilen 401 has an industrial, brutalist vibe that I really like... Looks even better in person
Speaking of Husqvarna...
Well I can remember when the Lincoln Continental Mk II was first introduce ... yeah, I'm that old.
'Way back even in the day I considered the the design to be excessively stately. It certainly was "stately" compared to most cars of that vintage, even Lincolns, e.g. this '56 Lincoln Premier:
Speaking of Husqvarna...
Their Svartpilen 401 has an industrial, brutalist vibe that I really like... Looks even better in person
Speaking of Husqvarna, looks like this Husqvarna rifle would work on that guyRolling equivalent -
I have a hard time getting past vintage Suzuki triples. At the Redline Hot Wheels age when they came out and everything about their "sty;e" made me want one. There is nothing remarkable about them, just a jumble of disjointed takes but they call to me still. The sum of the parts definitely exceeded any single bit -
Oh, no, the famous water cooled two stroke bikes. We called them Water Buffalo for reasons I don't know. A beautiful one in the picture there.Yep that big 750 two stroke is very handsome
Let me switch it up to Yamaha... I've always had a fondness for the SRX thumper - that shorty pipe and cool frame... YUM
I was lucky enough to be the recipient of one, about 18 years ago. It is my main music listening chair!View attachment 90040
Corbusier's LC4 chaise longue. We have a replica at home (would love to get a vintage Cassina specimen). So incredibly comfortable and easy to clean. I think the sterility of the palette is offset by the curvy shape and contrast in textures. It is one of the rare cases where I find the monochrome best suits it. The fancy natural cowhide ones never quite did it for me. In some rooms it might scream psychiatric practice though.
I found the 550 4 much more fun in the handling department. At the time I was 5'8 & 155 Lb. If my co-rider was under 110 LB. The 550 was still "tossable". The 750 was never "tossable" but with a heavier co-rider was a necessary evil. I owned 2 550's & one 750. I was also a big fan of my 305 Dream and even more so of my CL 450.I can...
There are so many better Honda designs to my eye:
If 400cc then this is my contender CB400F (CB1 was cool too)
personally I'm a sucker for the classic CB750
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"Water Buffalo": Because it was the first well known liquid cooled bike & it was NOT svelte. The rotary was interesting but the mechanical execution wasn't there yet. I think potential lost there.Oh, no, the famous water cooled two stroke bikes. We called them Water Buffalo for reasons I don't know. A beautiful one in the picture there.
I've ridden the earlier version and it is one of the most polished two strokes I've run across.
You might dig the styling of another old Suzuki bike. The rotary engined RE5. Looks at all the little details like how the exhaust are shaped to look like a jet engine or something.
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Great to load a couple of them (or QA50's) intoThat Honda CT70 was a Big Thing when I was a young adolescent.
Built a model of one, in fact (and if memory serves).