It is not every day that I get the chance to see a special motorcycle, but today the surprise was that there were two. We had an Austrian couple, driving a camper van, in for dinner at the Mercat Grill, and after several beers the driver discovered that he would be safer not driving !!! So, they were able to park up in the car park. This morning, after breakfast, much to our surprise they unloaded these two motorcycles from their van, and were preparing to head into Edinburgh, park up and go sightseeing . In view of the numbers of motorcycle thefts in the city I advised them to take the train, and if they doubted me, a local taxi driver pulled in to admire the bikes and gave them the same advice, which they eventually accepted.
The owner of this 1600cc machine was a butcher, and he has built a meat mincer into the body of the bike, the carburetor, brake lever, petrol tank cap, his antique knife box, etc
Not so sure our local thieves would have got very far with this bike, starting it was a work of art !!! but it would not stop the hooligans lifting it into a van.
The chopper style bike was ridden by a young lady and the theme of the bike was beer, the tank painted with beir symbols, a beer filler, and a beer tap fitted with an LED bulb to illuminate the number plate.
The drive belt had been removed and the husband had taken six months to make a conversion and the guard cover modeled on a 3D printer and then shaped by hand.
Fancy a pint ?
As I had to leave, I have no idea how they enjoyed their day, however these two bikes will be on the roads around the North of Scotland.
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