Quiz 26/03/07*

[mike wilson]

so ''what'' a 250 in a 500 frame..the rear shocks trick me. as the drive side...mmm but is it jap?

rc 162 61....doh

 

It's a clue. Don't read it literally.

[DeBenGuzzi]

you can see that its supposed to have some kind of fairing mounted on it so it probably never looked like this normally, which makes it twice as hard to figure out.

[dhansen]

No, no, etc.

 

Stuff your hints. 8-)

 

OK, I relent.

 

Note the engine has a lot of _space_ around it.

A Moto Rumi ??????????????

[mike wilson]

You're right Ben. On both counts. Although I find many faired bikes remarkably difficult to differentiate.

 

You're wrong DH.

 

This is more enjoyable than I thought it might be.

 

Another clue.

 

David Bowie and Lou Reed wrote a song about one of these. (Sorry, there's no point in making the clue easier than the picture)

[dhansen]

David Bowie and Lou Reed wrote a song about one of these. (Sorry, there's no point in making the clue easier than the picture)

 

Lou Reed was in love with a GPZ.............................

[DeBenGuzzi]

500cc Space Oddity?

[g.forrest]

jupiter italjet

[mike wilson]

Getting warmer.

[g.forrest]

saturn rocket.....mmmmm

[grossohc]

Mars 500

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

A Satellite!! It's either that or a Wagon Wheel or a Vicious or a ..........

 

Date and manufacturer? No idea - yet.

[mike wilson]

Very warm indeed. Now be a bit more oblique.

[dhansen]

OK Mike, you earned it. I am so sick of reading Bowie/Reed lyrics

I could

 

Who is your mate there.........?

 

[DeBenGuzzi]

I think he's just f'n with us and it has nothing to do with them, I think thats a good idea for my next quiz, I have a few in the works, and they're not oneoff's I need a stump, I made the stump and I don't even have one dangit.

[g.forrest]

meteor morbidelli guessing 250-350cc gotta be italian. ''i think''