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[Martinp]

Originally Posted by BDG

Here's the current speedo reading of one of the bikes at work, 401,000 miles, i had 3 maggots, loved them as a work bike, sad to admit.

What bike is this?

[BDG]

Originally Posted by Martinp

What bike is this?

Martin, its a Ducati of course.
















or maybe a Pan European.

[Simon Reed]

Pardon my ignorance,but,wtf's a maggot ???

[doogalman]

Originally Posted by Simon Reed

Pardon my ignorance,but,wtf's a maggot ???

Honda CX500.
Amazing to think that a 1978 bike could take SO much abuse every day of it's working life, yet still cover them sort of mileages. With no rebores just a top up of oil occasionally.
They were so ahead of their day.