eBay 'specials' and other junk finds

[RedSquare]

Those bikes are Bosozoku:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8Dzoku

They are violent illegal gangs of youths, who ride through towns late at night revving their engines. They are basically recruitment clubs for the Yakuza.

These are referenced in the anime Akira. They really do ride through the streets fighting.

There used to be hundreds of thousands of members, but the police massively cracked down on it, it is now almost finished.

Laws against these groups include a ban on riding with pillion passengers on the central Tokyo toll roads.

[bikemonkey]

Hands up who else only knows who/what the Yakuza are because they watched Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift

[justmartyn]

Nope, am showing my age but it was the movie Black Rain.......late 80's for me.

[CMSMJ1]

Nope, am showing my age but it was the movie Black Rain.......late 80's for me.

Me too.. Fast and Furious is bobbins.

Bosozoku bikes are totally cool.

[Yakama]

How about this, A monkey bike with an RS125 engine bolted in! That will be scary to ride

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h172145912

[jim157]

^^^
What would an RS of that vintage put out, 40BHP? That would be a eventful little bike.

[Delboy]

How much

It's not even new ffs!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VFR-400 ... 2a28028f3e

[CRM]

How much

It's not even new ffs!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VFR-400 ... 2a28028f3e

supply and demand dear fellow. if someone has destroys theirs then considering you cant buy a new one this is the next best thing at 3x cheaper.

[Delboy]

At them prices I'm scared to polish it too hard let alone ride it

[marcus57]

I want it but its to much for me