[Cat3625]

Think you may find
Prescott is connected to the Speed Hill Climb https://www.prescott-hillclimb.com/ and not a former deputy prime minister of the u.k. Who punched a protester that threw an egg at him on camera ?,turns out he was a former boxer in the navy,kinda always liked him after that ?

[wildbill]

after the bike had sat for 2 days I decided it was time to kick it over and take it for a quick run and see exactly how it performed. after-all the previous unit I had did run well apart from one minor issue so I expected the same from this.

https://youtu.be/bLug4HKv9pM

[Richard230]

Yes, she IS a fine looking chromey beast, ain't she? And what is more, she gets to wear a proper "INTERCEPTOR" decal on her sidebox instead of our Americano "INT650", which kinda sounds like a deworming med for pets..."Is your dachshund dragging its ass around the carpet in circles? Ask your veterinarian about INT650!"

I finally saw a Honda "Interceptor" today, cause of the legal trademark infringement kerfuffle that led to the special decals here in the Land of the Plastic Spork, and had to resist the urge to kick it over.

Here are three photos of my daughter's 1986 Honda VFR700FII Interceptor taken four years ago. The bike has another 20K miles on it now.

[LVNVINT650]

The name game goes the other way too. Watsonian Squire just renamed their coolest looking sidecar. The one that was a copy of a fuel tank from a WWII bomber. How cool is that? It was called The Meteor! Last week they renamed it Prescot. That's not a typo. It is either a misspelling of the town in Arizona or more likely the name of someone who works for them. Why in the hell would they do that??? Probably because Royal Enfield just reregistered the name Meteor.

I wrote to Watsonian to express my displeasure. I even used Suzuki as an example of a company making mistakes with product names. The SV650 was one of the best budget sportbikes ever made. Then one day they renamed it Gladius. Nobody bought them. Gladys?? Gladiator? Gladiolus?  Know what they call it now? SV650. And they are selling once again.

And who remembers their Madura? Really? A bike named after a swollen foot disease?

RE could make more money off us by leaving the INT decal off and selling us Interceptor decals, as long as we promise not to put them on our bikes

They are available like that in Europe. Stuart F. has them on his bike.......I am going to get a pair also.

[GlennF]

The current trend seems to be to give the "rights" to a name to whoever first pays the registration fee at some obscure clerks office somewhere, regardless of past history.

it is only a matter of time before some bright spark registers the names "water" and "motorcycle" and bans everyone else from using them.

[GlennF]

"Gladius" is actually semi-cool in a manly-man slashy-stabby glisteny and vaguely homoerotic kind of way, like "Scimitar" or "Sabre"...especially if you say them kinda "lispy".

Well it must be said the  North American version of the Korean era Sabre with just 6 x 0.50 cal and a J47 engine was a touch insipid ... however the Aussie version produced at the Commonweath Aircraft Factory, fitted with a Rolls Royce Avon engine and a pair of 30mm Aden revolving autocannons was faster had a higher operational ceiling and had ridiculously more firepower.

[wildbill]

latest running in video

https://youtu.be/HkD1YAaiyfg

[wildbill]

latest release in drones from DJI -

https://youtu.be/SDS21tQ-XMM

[olhogrider]

Nice video! Keep up the good work. I have never used a drone. Been thinking about one for a while but all of my "disposable" income has gone into bikes this year, like most years.

[wildbill]

THANKS..
try this one. just fitted this cut/slash exhaust today.one of 3 mods. looks pretty wild!

https://youtu.be/7guWMWbc8KI

[jimku]

Whole lotta chrome there!  Gorgeous bike!
I LOVE my Interceptor!  I hope you love yours as much as I love mine!

[jimku]

Whole lotta chrome there!  Gorgeous bike!
I hope you love it as much as I love mine!

[wildbill]

yep! don't mind the bike at all. here's todays country ride

https://youtu.be/aCYriaMhTu8

[wildbill]

first 100 klm review of the bike-couple of small issues

https://youtu.be/JVX1ib6G0PA

[wildbill]

300 klm update video -bike running well

https://youtu.be/eAzVBJdPwi0