Blasphemy: Not a Gilera!

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bellacorse
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Blasphemy: Not a Gilera!

Post by bellacorse » Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:52 pm

I am greatly enjoying this site and I have learned so much in just a few days. The links to manual .pdf files and parts vendors has been invaluable.

Trusting that you members are fun-loving, easy going folks with a sense of humor like myself, I submit for your approval (or reticule :) ), my pit bike:

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It's a early 2000's Chinese scooter made by Dong Fang. It was a chopper design with high handlebars and a painfully small seat. I stripped it to the rigid frame & 250cc GY250 Honda clone engine, and started over. I call it a "Bitsa" because when asked what it is, I say "It's got bits of this and bits of that." Triumph fenders, Royal Enfield seat, and of course, a real Gilera Giubileo 98 tank.

Being a large fellow at 6'-2" (188cm) & 370lbs (168Kg), when I ride it, my "so-called" friends refer to me as a Gorilla on a Gilera. I will surprise them all when I paint the tank on my 124 project with this logo:

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Re: Blasphemy: Not a Gilera!

Post by Joachim » Mon Oct 17, 2022 6:27 pm

bellacorse wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:52 pm & 370lbs (1268Kg),
hope the weight in kg is just an mistake while converting the lbs giggle
At the first sight i thought ... oh what a nice old Gilera :)
Looks like it has left a motorcycle fabrication some years ago. Just like it is now

ciao Joachim

PS nice logo :)
What about using it here as an avatar.
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Re: Blasphemy: Not a Gilera!

Post by bellacorse » Mon Oct 17, 2022 7:38 pm

Yes, typo. 168Kg. I'm as aerodynamic as a circus tent.

PM me your email and an idea of the photos you need.

/M

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