The real thing to be envious of is that from Mt Binga north to Blackbutt is undulating good condition bitumen full of curves with 80 kph advisory speed signs. You don't have to do that of course.

I got a few bikes but this is my newest.ugly but absolutely best bike I've ridden for ease of riding and performance .KTM 1290 superduke R.aka the beast

"The beast" is right !

Being ugly myself i dont dont buy things because they look pretty....its everyone else who has to look at it when you ride, not yourself.

Yeh looks pretty good from the riding position.puts a smile on ya dial that's for sure

Its up there for being a ultimate wheelie machine

Now this one isn't mine, saw it in Caboolture today, but it's the only one of these I've seen that I think looks good. And all the owners done is an elegant bob job on the back mudguard, put on fat T bars, small indicators and slipon mufflers. Looks much better.

This one is mine but it can be yours if'n you want to buy it (1974 TX650) ... 

New rubber for the back of the Vic bagger, 180 65 B16 American Elite.

Ran them on the Street Glide, great long life in them but a got a set. They tip in a shit load easier than the car tyres on the rear...lol

Might give them a go when/if the battlecruise's wear out.

I got about 12,000 kms from both the previous ones. An Avon Cobra on the front made the tip ins easy when running car radials on the back, but of course you had to hold the counter steering pressure on on all the way to the apex.

I think i did maybe two fronts if not a third to one rear car tyre on the rocket....it would push the front very badly causing the front to tear its self to bits. Coolest thing was pulling up to the lights and not having to put your feet down due to the width of that huge flat rear tyre.

What size were you running on the Rocket? 225?

I had a 225 and then tried a 195. The 225 was difficult to ride even on a relatively neutral camber rd....introduce a camber and it was very difficult to stop it trying to head of in that direction. A good mate tried to ride it with the big tyre....he went straight out my driveway and up the neighbor drive, put the bike on the side stand and that was ride over for him. The smaller tyre was not only lighter but gave a slightly rounder profile on the 8 inch rim. All tyres ran tubeless.

Any cunt that is dumb enough to put a car tyre on a motorbike deserves what they get.

Can't think what I got but 40,000 kms of good traction wet and dry from a total of 5 of them.

"The Dark Side", it's up there with politics and religion lol

And don't forget oil discussions...

Lol, I like oil threads 😂