Your other toys

[novicelad]

Thought I would see what other toys people have?

Here is my 2002 GSX1400 

[Jonathon Gillham]

My other toys are actual toys, and whatever my son likes with my guidance, which means lego and nintendo.

On the car front Imthink I got tricked when I was allowed a car from my lotto garage as it looks like I will struggle to get a toy car to sit alongside it, without downgrading it. Its a 2015 Jaguar XF2.2d, we do a bit of driving so the little diesel is perfect as I get over 1000kms out of a tank, which can get me from home to the bottom of the Island easily. But the car still drives beautifully, I love how Jaguar make their cars engaging to drive rather than minimal input from the driver and a computer does the rest 

[graemevw]

One of a few bikes I have kicking about and my camper I rebuilt last year. Those, along with the dogs, a small reef tank, vintage air rifles and an obsession with diy hi fi and vinyl replay, are more than enough to drain any excess finance!

[speedy_w_beans]

Over the past year I've picked up firearms as a hobby.  Part of it was a combination of serious national debt threatening the economy, the threat of the election affecting civil rights, and active domestic terrorists like BLM that convinced me to get something for survival and self-defense; part of it was having co-workers and friends who are into the engineering of firearms.  I started out with a survival/prepper mindset getting a Winchester .30-06 bolt action hunting rifle, Winchester 12-gauge pump action shotgun, and Ruger 10/22 .22LR semi-auto rifle to put meat on the table.  Then I started planning rings of defense with a Springfield Armory M1A 7.62mm semi-auto rifle, Ruger Mini 14 5.56mm semi-auto rifle, and a home-built AR15 5.56mm semi-auto rifle.  As last ditch defense weapons I bought Sig Sauer P226 and P229 9mm semi-auto pistols.

The engineer in me has really enjoyed the learning process.  Knowing how these firearms come apart and go back together again; settling on preferred maintenance procedures; understanding the selection of oils and greases for different conditions; doing range estimation and working out the ballistics of a given load; and fabricating some of my own parts for the AR15 have given me some satisfaction.  Many paper targets have been perforated and many rounds have been fired to build confidence in the tools and myself.  Going to the local range for practice is actually relaxing to me.

The human side of me doesn't want to use a weapon against another person, ever.  Firearms is a primarily a technical hobby for me with a combination of maintenance/practice rituals and technique/ballistics learning.  That said, if I'm ever backed into a corner I don't mind having some tools at my disposal for protecting my family and me.  I hope it never comes to that.

[Wooders28]

Other toy, money drain, is an '81 Pontiac TransAm, engine swapped '87,L98 350/ 700R4 , MS3 ecu , submerged pump in original tank etc. It was my daily driver with a 305/350 , but a failed its MOT on the rear chassis rails, so thought while it was off the road............(that was 2004!) 

 

[Nobbi1977]

11 hours ago, speedy_w_beans said:

Over the past year I've picked up firearms as a hobby.  Part of it was a combination of serious national debt threatening the economy, the threat of the election affecting civil rights, and active domestic terrorists like BLM that convinced me to get something for survival and self-defense; part of it was having co-workers and friends who are into the engineering of firearms.  I started out with a survival/prepper mindset getting a Winchester .30-06 bolt action hunting rifle, Winchester 12-gauge pump action shotgun, and Ruger 10/22 .22LR semi-auto rifle to put meat on the table.  Then I started planning rings of defense with a Springfield Armory M1A 7.62mm semi-auto rifle, Ruger Mini 14 5.56mm semi-auto rifle, and a home-built AR15 5.56mm semi-auto rifle.  As last ditch defense weapons I bought Sig Sauer P226 and P229 9mm semi-auto pistols.

The engineer in me has really enjoyed the learning process.  Knowing how these firearms come apart and go back together again; settling on preferred maintenance procedures; understanding the selection of oils and greases for different conditions; doing range estimation and working out the ballistics of a given load; and fabricating some of my own parts for the AR15 have given me some satisfaction.  Many paper targets have been perforated and many rounds have been fired to build confidence in the tools and myself.  Going to the local range for practice is actually relaxing to me.

The human side of me doesn't want to use a weapon against another person, ever.  Firearms is a primarily a technical hobby for me with a combination of maintenance/practice rituals and technique/ballistics learning.  That said, if I'm ever backed into a corner I don't mind having some tools at my disposal for protecting my family and me.  I hope it never comes to that.

I am the same but in a UK limited way. Member of the local Gun club so get to fire some fun stuff and got a couple of nice air guns for hunting should the SHTF and I need to feed my family.

I love the engineering in guns as well, they are very simple but technical things.

Got a CB500F, Enfield Continental GT and a ‘54 Ariel 350 to keep the garage full

[Nitomor]

Other toys =

5 older bikes

Car

Tools and power tools

Airbrushes

Camera gear

I've got a list as long as my arm of to do jobs on the bikes and a tonne of old car related stuff I need to get rid of so I can get some workshop space back!

 

 

[Supercoolnothing]

A couple of my other toys. 

My '98 Yamaha R1 in metallic blue, I've had it for about 11 years now and I have no intention of ever getting rid of it. 

My '04 aprilia rsvr in fluro red and silver. It's one of the best bikes I've ever ridden but due to the fact it's an Italian bike it's not the most reliable thing in the world. However when the sun' s shining and it's running perfectly it's just amazing. 

Other than bikes I'm heavily into tropical fish keeping specialising in big cichlids and have a few tanks on the go just now which have adult Oscars in them. They're a lot of work but they have great personalities and are very entertaining to watch especially if I drop in a frozen/thawed mouse which is a bit of a favourite treat for some of them! (I'm not going to put pics of them eating but imagine the big fella in the pic with a tail briefly hanging out often his mouth while he's eating the rest of it and you won't be far wrong) 

[Kingfisher]

On 10/14/2017 at 8:03 PM, speedy_w_beans said:

Over the past year I've picked up firearms as a hobby.  Part of it was a combination of serious national debt threatening the economy, the threat of the election affecting civil rights, and active domestic terrorists like BLM that convinced me to get something for survival and self-defense; part of it was having co-workers and friends who are into the engineering of firearms.  I started out with a survival/prepper mindset getting a Winchester .30-06 bolt action hunting rifle, Winchester 12-gauge pump action shotgun, and Ruger 10/22 .22LR semi-auto rifle to put meat on the table.  Then I started planning rings of defense with a Springfield Armory M1A 7.62mm semi-auto rifle, Ruger Mini 14 5.56mm semi-auto rifle, and a home-built AR15 5.56mm semi-auto rifle.  As last ditch defense weapons I bought Sig Sauer P226 and P229 9mm semi-auto pistols.

The engineer in me has really enjoyed the learning process.  Knowing how these firearms come apart and go back together again; settling on preferred maintenance procedures; understanding the selection of oils and greases for different conditions; doing range estimation and working out the ballistics of a given load; and fabricating some of my own parts for the AR15 have given me some satisfaction.  Many paper targets have been perforated and many rounds have been fired to build confidence in the tools and myself.  Going to the local range for practice is actually relaxing to me.

The human side of me doesn't want to use a weapon against another person, ever.  Firearms is a primarily a technical hobby for me with a combination of maintenance/practice rituals and technique/ballistics learning.  That said, if I'm ever backed into a corner I don't mind having some tools at my disposal for protecting my family and me.  I hope it never comes to that.

I shoot targets with guns and I shoot people and animals with a camera. 

I have a 10/22 and love it. The last time I shot it, me and a friend put a little over 600 rounds through it and it never missed a beat. The Ruger Mark IV is a nice gun. I have the Target model and it's one of my favorite handguns to shoot.

I've also got a pair of Tanfoglio 9mm's  and the preferred oil for it is 10W30 motor oil. After you get them nice and hot from shooting them, it smells like you just did an oil change on a car. 

[Baddon]

seems a lot of bikers here. I have 3 wheels.

 

Rewaco RF1 ST3 1600 with a really good trailer tent for those weekend rallies, good lady has a Boom family Muscle.

When we are not out on the trikes we are often away in the caravan.

Also love to get out on our Mountain bikes or swimming.

The Tamiya buggies and trucks (2 for Xmas, one for me and one for eldest lad) will be making appearances at numerous caravan sites over the next year I hope.

[Nitomor]

How rare to find a trike owner let alone double trike. Myself and my missus had a pair of Can Am Spyders for a couple of years, sold now. My Father in Law coincidentally has a yellow Boom family trike much like your Wife’s, if you know of anyone who wants one drop me a line as he’s selling it...

1900cc VW Boxer air cooled lump with tonnes of extras...

Enjoy your toys

[Nitomor]

My bikes...

1986 Suzuki Katana GSX750SE Pop-up

1993 Ducati 907ie

1993 Kawasaki ZXR 750R M1 Homologation

Aprilia Tuono RSV R Limited

Aprilia Caponord ETV1000

 

Cheers

Nito

[howaboutme]

Not active too much here because I've gotten the heli bug:

[Baddon]

6 hours ago, Nitomor said:

How rare to find a trike owner let alone double trike. Myself and my missus had a pair of Can Am Spyders for a couple of years, sold now. My Father in Law coincidentally has a yellow Boom family trike much like your Wife’s, if you know of anyone who wants one drop me a line as he’s selling it...

1900cc VW Boxer air cooled lump with tonnes of extras...

Enjoy your toys

Try facebook group, UK Trikers, but best bet is EvilBay or Gumtree, its a really pants time to sell though, if he can hang on till April they will be a sought after item as to buy at this time of year to sit taking up garage space and they are a LOT of money. If you guys think Tamiya's get expensive......get two of these things and then you will know what expensive really is!!

[Nitomor]

Cheers, I was advertising on ebay for him a couple of months back but we deceided to wait until the spring as you say. It’s a beautiful piece of engineering, very impressive.

[Baddon]

11 hours ago, Nitomor said:

Cheers, I was advertising on ebay for him a couple of months back but we deceided to wait until the spring as you say. It’s a beautiful piece of engineering, very impressive.

The good ladies has the Ford 1600 Duratech engine (Muscle) they are so much better than the VW, My Rewaco has a mid engined 1600 Zetec with a modern 5 speed gearbox and it handles better tan just about anything else I have been on/in

[Supercoolnothing]

@Nitomor that zxr750m is absolutely gorgeous, I used to run about on an L3 model and I regret selling it to this day. The zxr's are definitely some of the best bikes ever produced in my opinion. 

[Nitomor]

I’m sure the Duratech would be way smoother, I’ve only ‘riden’ it once to get its MOT this year, they’re not my cup of tea as they are so big and unwieldy although I have to say they handle far better than I imagined, probably due to the long wheelbase and independent rear suspension. The air cooled VW engine has bags of character with its twin weber carbs and trucker exhausts, it has that rorty off beat sound and charisma of old. The 1900cc engine is higher capacity than the usual engine I believe, think it was a Boom option. It’s a 4 speed box on his but it sits on the motorway at 80mph pretty happily all day long. It goes faster but it’s less pleasant after that. It’s not mine so I felt a bit uneasy riding it, the local MOT centre for one of these was about 30 odd miles away with a mix of country lanes, motorway and town riding by the journey back I had properly settled into it but the town stuff and wider rear end keeps your wits about you, I guess its just second nature to you. Thankfully it was a relatively dry day, the cleaning regime on one of these must be a total pig lol!!

Our Cam Am Spyders had the width at the front so totally different riding style with the single rear wheel allowing some yaw, they had great performance and comfort using a Rotax triple 1330 engine with a fingertip six speed sequential that sounded superb but a very different riding experience again!

[Nitomor]

13 minutes ago, Supercoolnothing said:

@Nitomor that zxr750m is absolutely gorgeous, I used to run about on an L3 model and I regret selling it to this day. The zxr's are definitely some of the best bikes ever produced in my opinion. 

Thank you, I absolutely love it. When I first started riding in ‘92 a chap in town had an L1 and I fell in love with it and vowed one day I’d have one. Then a year later there was another chap with one of these in these colours, I fell in love with it all over.

Then time moved on and life takes its twists, I’ve lusted after a ZXR for years and come close to buying one each decade since. I had a lengthy bike ban from the Mrs for about 16 years so been making up since then. Race reps were totally banned so the good old Tuono stealthed its way under the radar and opened that door back up. 

That dream became a reality with the ZXR early this year. This particular example was in an Italian collection for 24 years and had 24 miles on the clock when I bought it. Some may say its sacrilege to put miles on such an example but I couldn’t not use it. It’s now on just under 500 miles which I’ve been carefully running in. All I’ve done is put Millers CRO (competition running in oil), new Pirelli Diablo Rosso III tyres and black Goodrich brake hoses, oh and a period correct NOS Gianelli silencer so I can preserve all the original parts (tyres/hoses/silencer). It’s such a wonderful bike to ride. I will probably only cover 500 special miles with it a year. I remember the articles saying about them bogging down with the close ratio box and flat slide carbs. Poppycock, first gear has a very long ratio, I’m limited to 4k rpm at the moment and 1st will go to 30mph. The remainder 5 gears only take it to 60mph to give an idea how closely stacked the ratios are to keep the engine on the boil. It has been great fun even running it in, it really allows one to fully appreciate all the finer nuances of the bike.

There are still some lovely examples about and they are only going one way now. For me it was a case of its now or never.

[Baddon]

:As you say second nature to me, first trike was a Family 1600 B & I Engineering trike build in Huddersfield in Black of course,:- 6 years and 26.5K miles then I got my first Rewaco RF1.....1100cc 12kmiles in 11 months(red one)...man these things just handle but so needed more power, hence the change to the 1600cc. 4 years later still loving it. 85mph in third with two gear to go if your neck muscles are up to it.... Been to rallies in Holland, Belgium, several in England, Scotland and of course at home toured all over Ireland.

Then got the good lady i confirmed biker (but kids stopped using it much) a Boom fun 500 to see how it would go, a few months later changed to the Boom Muscle. The kids love em as well and we can all get out on them (5 of us on the two trikes)

[Nitomor]

It’s great to see them being used properly and you sure have some Triker miles and history with them under your belt. My wife is also a biker but again not comfortable riding now we have kids. Hence the reason for the Spyders, which were great but ultimately we had visions of going for trips with the kids, maybe camping etc and taking in all the glorious sites around Wales but the reality was a little different, the kids weren’t overly fussed once the novelty wore of and the wife would get carpal tunnel in her wrists on the longer trips, coupled with that she could only really use hers with me as with 2 kids she couldn’t enjoy hers with both of them (which is where the Boom family scores!) so we sold them, she got a convertible instead and I changed my car, but even as a biker I’d gladly have another and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss it, the convenience of not needing to dress up in biker gear meant that you got 85% of bike thrills but way more convenience and practicality, in a way more visible and comfortable package.

Cheers

Nito

[Shodog]

I love riding motorcycles and I’ve got a few street and dirt bikes.  My Suzuki Katana 600 was given to me by my Brother in law when I needed something to commute with.   The $400+ gas bills per month my car was putting me through were killing my post divorce budget.  He had crashed it and I took it apart and restored is with a little paint and some Chinese body work.

 

I wanted something faster and one night cruising eBay I saw that you could buy prepainted Rothmans body work.  So I bought a CBR1000rr to fit that body work.  This bike has been brutally unforgiving and I’ve cracked it up too many times to count.

After its May 2017 make over

I don’t think I’ll ever sell it as it’s incredibly fast and fun to ride. My girlfriend likes to ride with me and the katana just didn’t have power we needed. She hated the CBR as she feels like she’s gonna fall off so I bought a Yamaha FJR 1300

The Bike is sweet with plenty of power.  Pop the hard bags off and it rides like a sport bike. 

[StrokerBoy]

Think I might have posted some of these before.

My '89 GSX-R750RK - like Nitomor's lovely ZXR-R, it's a homologation special :

My modified 350LC :

One of several KR250's :

Cluster of Gag bikes :

The missus has a couple of other bikes too, and we share a Mini :

[Nitomor]

I could see that collection again and again, gorgeous gaggle of bikes you have there

I hadn’t seen the KR before though, looks mint, very rare beast!

[kontemax]

My 1st toy.

My 2nd toy.

Max