matt
nice work!

Disaster|Magnet
Thank you. It was my first really successful paint job that I was proud of. I have more completed galleries/projects to upload that I haven't gotten around to yet, despite my best intentions.

Disaster|Magnet
I'm very impressed by your work on the 1:12 bikes. I've only made one so far (Suzuki GSX400FX), and it was very different to a car, especially with things like hoses and the oh-so-tiny mirror-stalks.
I've been trying to find a model of the Honda CBR600F but, despite it being one of the most popular GP bikes ever made, it seems to be a gap in the model market.
photos.app.goo.gl/xiXXy2kRNnmXKek66

matt
ah thank you i do my best, but there are many improvements to be made, getting better each build i think. your gsx looks good too, it seems they've all passed that one by 🙁 and my jc22 nsr 🙁 we should petition tamiya to make them

Disaster|Magnet
I really wanted a model of my first bike - a Honda CB125T - but again, that was never made. Honda don't even make a twin-cylinder 125 anymore, while the CBR600 has been replaced by the CBR500 & CBR650 🙁

matt
🙁 rd125twin would be a another cool model, and i want a banshee too

Disaster|Magnet
Ah, the RD - catching riders unawares from 6000rpm onwards. Was the twin a 2 or 4-stroke?
My CB125T2 was an I2 4-stroke with twin exhausts. Has anyone made the FS1E (in purple)?

matt
yeah a 2t twin of course, you'll like
this link

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matt
not sure about a model fs1e tho, i've never seen one

Disaster|Magnet
That's a wee beastie - much of it hand-built/modified, from what I can see in the picture. I've never had or ridden a Yamaha, so I can't comment.

My bike looked like this, in all its pre-restriction torque glory - although the blue is darker in real life than these photos:

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matt
thats a nice little bike, they make good cafe racer bases 🙂

Disaster|Magnet
They were even advertised with a rev limit of 12,000.
Now you can't find a good one on the road that isn't a full restoration, and I've seen those for sale at £5k, or - worse still - price on request. The internet is full of photos of them, but they never seem to be of bikes that actually exist now. Mine was written off in a collision, and I assume that most of the others were as well. ,
I know my little 125 Keeway has fuel injection, combined braking with disc brakes all-round, electric starter, etc., all the mod cons. But I do still miss my CB. That Honda replaced it with the anaemic 125 Superdream is an insult (although the 404 and CBR600F made up for it).

matt
prices have gone mad in the last few years, exactly the reason i'm gonna hang on to my nsr