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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 322
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1994-98
#Suzuki
RF900R 🏍️
Source:
#Motorcycles
See you all again next time 👍
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Released 40 years ago, the
#Yamaha
RD350 YPVS.
Who had one? Who wants one now?
Source: Yamaha
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Never mind Race Developed, the 1980s were a time of rapid development at
#Yamaha
going from the last of the air-cooled 2-strokes in 1979 to their largest in 1984:
1979 RD400F
1980 RD350LC
1983 RD350LC YPVS
1984 RD500LC YPVS
Images: Yamaha
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1970s Italian exotica 🏍️🇮🇹
You can only take one, which will it be? 🤔
Clockwise from top left:
1970
#Laverda
750S
1976
#MotoGuzzi
850 Le Mans
1979
#Ducati
900SS
1978
#Benelli
Sei 750
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Reported in the Notts & Derby section of VMCC page on Facebook, brought to our attention by
@fastestfredy
This tracker was attached to a trailer carrying bikes from an event, others were found on trailers/vans carrying bikes. Always check before you leave a rally for one of these
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To date, the only motorcycle fitted as standard with a warp-drive, the 1960 Aermacchi Chimera 🇮🇹
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Out of around 500 images that I've got 'pinned' over at Pinterest, this one is the most popular by a country mile with more impressions than the 2nd and 3rd placed bikes combined...the 1957 MZ BK 350 🇩🇪
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To celebrate reaching 4,350 followers, here are 4 x 350
#ClassicMotorcycles
😉
1970
#Ducati
350 Desmo (Sotheby's)
1952
#Horex
Regina 350 Geländesport (Auto Nussbaumer)
1962
#Triumph
3TA 'Twenty One' (NMM)
1980
#Yamaha
RD350LC (Yamaha)
There you go, something for everyone 😍
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Class of '73! Launched 50 years ago, the BMW R90S🇩🇪
Designed by Hans Muth, who would later be responsible for other BMW icons such as the R100RS, the R80G/S and the R65LS before going on to design the original Suzuki Katana.
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45 years ago, when the Kawasaki Z1-R was new, this is what a 45 year old motorcycle looked like, the 1933 Brough Superior SS80 De Luxe.
Ignoring for a moment the problematic asking prices of the Brough, which would you rather have in your garage...?
Images: Bonhams, Sotheby's
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1952 AJS 7R | I'm just going to leave this here...
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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and looking forward to seeing you all when the Silhouette Quiz returns on Monday 8 January ✝️🎄🎅🎁
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 202
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1951 Sunbeam S7 Deluxe in Mist Green 🏍️👌
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Doretheum
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz
Congrats to everyone who got it right 🏆
(or guessed lucky😉)
and many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1981
#Suzuki
GSX1100S Katana🏍️
See you all again next week 🙏🤞
#MotorcycleQuiz
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It's 40 years since a new generation of liquid-cooled
#Suzuki
two-strokes first hit the streets: the RG250 Gamma from 1983 🇯🇵
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This elegant device was sold briefly in the early '80s - can you remember for what purpose?
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1982 Honda CB1100RC | Hand-built in limited numbers from 1981-83, this was the world's fastest production motorcycle at the time with a top speed in excess of 140mph from it's 120bhp inline four.
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Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎄🎅
Alternatively, wishing you the Christmas you'd wish for yourselves. Either way, here's a bike with Santa's name on it, the 1987 Ducati 750 F1 Santamonica 👍
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 217
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1976 Silk Sabre 700S Mk II 🏍️
Image: motoservices
#Motorcycles
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Whilst I have your attention, I'd just like to wish all of you silhouetteers the very best of the season (not easy but I'm sure we'll muddle through somehow).🎄🎅🎁
The mighty quiz will return on 3 January.
See you there.
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Celebrating the milestone of 3,300 followers with 3,300cc of
#Kawasaki
GPz awesomeness:
1982 Kawasaki GPz1100 B2
1985 Kawasaki GPz550 A1
1984 Kawasaki GPz750 A2
1984 Kawasaki GPz900R A1
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 189
Congrats to our winners🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1980-81
#Suzuki
GSX1100E (GS1100E US). Allowed 1981 GSX750E as identical🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image:
#Motorcycles
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Just heard that
#TheMotorbikeShow
with
@HenryColeTV
, Sam Lovegrove and
@AllenMillyard
returns to
@ITV4
on Wednesday 11 November at 9pm. In addition to the usual rides and restorations, this series also includes (somewhere) an interview with
@OgriCartoon
(Paul Sample)🏍️👍
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 210
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1992-2007
#Kawasaki
Zephyr 1100 🏍️💪
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Kawasaki
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 208
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer:
1986-88
#Yamaha
FZ600/FZ400R 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Yamaha
#Motorcycles
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No. 2 in my occasional series entitled 'Stuff wot does well on Pinterest' we have this gratuitous engine shot of the 1978
#Kawasaki
Z1-R 🇯🇵
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz
Congrats to everyone who got it right (or guessed lucky) 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1979
#Yamaha
RD200DX 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
#MotorcycleQuiz
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 300
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1987-88
#Yamaha
FZR1000 Genesis 🏍️🇯🇵
#Motorcycles
Image: Yamaha
See you all again next time 👍
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1975
#Suzuki
RE5M 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 215
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1983
#Honda
CX650 Turbo 🏍️
Image: iconicbikes
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 206
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1948 Moto Guzzi GTV 500 🏍️🇮🇹
(also allowed Model W)
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Barnebys
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 204
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1979-81 Sanglas 500 S2 V5 🏍️🇪🇸
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Fuchs
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 197
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1987-8
#Yamaha
FZR750 Genesis (or 1000)🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Yamaha
#Motorcycles
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30 years since it's introduction, the
#Ducati
M900 Monster (Il Mostro) still looks fit for purpose 🏍️🇮🇹
Image: Bonhams
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Very sad to hear of the passing John Haynes who created and gave his name to the ubiquitous series of owners' workshop manuals. Home to countless oily smudges (the inspiration for our name) most of us must have owned at least one copy. RIP
JH Haynes OBE
25 March 1938 – 8 February 2019
Read the full obituary here:
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I've taken the difficult decision to suspend the mighty Silhouette Quiz for the rest of September but hope to return in October. Until then, look after yourselves and get revising cos...
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 214
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1984-85
#Kawasaki
KR250 🏍️
What a way to ring-a-ding in the New Year 👍
Image:
#motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 306
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1986
#Kawasaki
KLR250 🏍️
#Motorcycles
Image: Kawasaki
See you all again next time 👍
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When I think 'modern classic', I think this 👇
@insidebikes
When the term 'Modern Classic' is mentioned, what bike do you automatically think of?
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 248
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1996-2003
#Kawasaki
ZX-7R 🏍️
#Motorcycles
Image: MCS
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Recently managed to get back up to 4800 followers, so, to mark the occasion, here's (approximately) 4800cc of motorcycle goodness:
1968 Clymer-Munch Mammoth IV 1200
1982 Laverda 1200TS Mirage
1979 Kawasaki Z1300
1981 Suzuki GSX1100S Katana
Thanks for following 😎
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 287
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1979-80
#Kawasaki
Z1000 MkII 🏍️🇯🇵
#Motorcycles
Image:
See you all again next time 👍
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 216
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1957
#Triumph
3TA 'Twenty One' aka 'Bathtub'
(also allowed 5TA 'Speed Twin' or 6TA 'Thunderbird' as very similar in silhouette) 🏍️
#Motorcycles
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Behold the magnificence of this 1962 Matchless G50
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35 years ago this year, the
#Kawasaki
GPz900R was launched alongside the tag-line "Who can catch a Kawasaki?". It was one of three ways to get to 150mph on a brand new Kwacker in 1984 😎
Can you name the other two?
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 279
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1983
#Yamaha
DT50MX (also allowed bids for DT80) 🏍️
#Motorcycles
Image: Yamaha, Dan Tarradellas/Getty Images
See you all again next time 👍
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1980
#Kawasaki
Z1000H 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
#Motorcycles
#FuelInjection
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 307
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1976-79
#Yamaha
XS500 🏍️🇯🇵
#Motorcycles
Image: Yamaha
See you all again next time 👍
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To celebrate recently reaching 3900 followers, here we have three
#Kawasaki
Z1300 (or parts thereof).
Images ©️ Kawasaki
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 227
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1981
#Kawasaki
GPz1100 B1🏍️💪 (Bonus points for B1 ⭐️)
See you all again next week 👍
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 296
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1975
#Benelli
500 Quattro 🏍️🇮🇹
#Motorcycles
Image: Bonhams
See you all again next time 👍
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Ideal for the weekly shop...
1943 NSU Kettenkrad HK101
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 205
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1993-95
#Yamaha
TZR125R 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Yamaha
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 226
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1982-84
#Suzuki
GS1100G 🏍️💪
See you all again next week 👍
Image:
#Motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 178
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1979
#Yamaha
XS1100 Martini 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Classic Yams
Suggested by:
@Herla_x3
#MotorcycleQuiz
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz
Congrats to everyone who got it right (or guessed lucky)🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1952
#Honda
Dream E 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
#MotorcycleQuiz
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 236
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1975
#Suzuki
GT250M 🏍️
Image: Suzuki
See you all again next week 👍
#Motorcycles
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NEW on OilySmudges | Honda CB750F Freddie Spencer Replica
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IT'S BACK!
Got ace
#motorcycle
recognition skills?
No? Well, join us anyway, Monday at 7pm (UK) and have a little fun with like-minded guessers in our Silhouette Quiz. We post the silhouette of a
#Classic
#Motorcycle
and you give me a follow and tell me what it is.
Good luck 🏍️🤞
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Wishing you all the absolute best Christmas you can manage 🎁🎅🎄⭐️
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 179
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1985-86
#Bimota
DB1 🏍️🇮🇹
The first all Italian Bimota
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Bimota
#MotorcycleQuiz
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The 1974
#Ducati
750 Super Sport, built as a replica of the bike Paul Smart rode to victory in the 1972 Imola 200 (or as near as they could get and still be road legal!) 😍
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As this is the last quiz of 2020, it seems an appropriate point to thank you all for your participation and good company throughout the year. Here's looking forward to a better experience in 2021 🍻🤗🤞😊
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 291
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1994-97
#Kawasaki
ZX-9R in Lime Green/Pearl Alpine White/Jet Ski Violet 🏍️🇯🇵
#Motorcycles
Image: Bennetts
See you all again next time 👍
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Sorry for the last minute update but I've run out of road this week and won't be able to run the Silhouette Quiz.
Hopefully, back to normal next week.
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 295
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1993
#Yamaha
SRV250 🏍️
#Motorcycles
Image: Yamaha
See you all again next time 👍
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An oily handshake to all my recent new followers. Just for you, here's a bike celebrating it's 40th birthday this year, the 1979
#Suzuki
GS1000S "Wes Cooley Replica"
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 293
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1994-2004
#Yamaha
XJ900 Diversion 🏍️🇯🇵
#Motorcycles
Image: Yamaha
See you all again next time 👍
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Wishing you all a Happy New Year 🎆
The mighty OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz returns tomorrow, 3 January 2022 @ 7pm (GMT) with the usual high-octane mix of blacked out photos and random, bike-based chat.
Any fun derived, real or imagined, is entirely accidental.
Good luck 🏍️🤞
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 313
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1988
#Suzuki
GSX-R750J 'Slingshot'🏍️🇯🇵
#Motorcycles
Image: FastestLaps
See you all again next time 👍
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 305
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1980
#Yamaha
XS850G 🏍️🇯🇵
#Motorcycles
Image: Yamaha
See you all again next time 👍
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Attention motorcycle twitterers, we have a problem 🤯
As a result, this week's quiz is moving to 7pm Wednesday.
Best laid plans, etc. Sorry 'bout that 😭
See you Wednesday 👍
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz
Congrats to everyone who got it right (or guessed lucky) 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1978
#Honda
CBX 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
#motorcycles
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz
Congrats to everyone who got it right (or guessed lucky) 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1994
#Ducati
916🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
#MotorcycleQuiz
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 190
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1979-81
#Honda
XL500S 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image: MCS
#motorcycles
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It's International Day of Happiness today, so be like this little chap and give us a grin 😃
#InternationalDayofHappiness
#StayPositive
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Good evening & welcome to the 211th edition of the Silhouette Quiz
To take part:
1) FOLLOW
@OilySmudges
2) RETWEET this tweet
3) REPLY with the MAKE, MODEL & YEAR (NO PHOTOS - that'll spoil the fun for others)
4) WAIT for DM with good news
5) REPEAT if no DM!
Good luck 🏍️
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Congratulations to
@AllenMillyard
on winning “Most Distinguished Motorcycle 2018"
@SalonPriveUK
with his stunning Honda RC374 👏👏👏
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 193
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1988-89
#Honda
XRV650 Africa Twin 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image: Wheels Age
#motorcycles
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Got ace
#motorcycle
recognition skills?
No? Well, join us anyway, tonight at 7pm (UK) and have a little fun with like-minded guessers in our Silhouette Quiz. We tweet the silhouette of a
#classic
#motorcycle
and you give us a follow and tell us what it is.
Good luck🏍️🤞🎅
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OilySmudges' Silhouette Quiz No.221
Congrats to everyone who got it right (or guessed lucky) 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1986
#Yamaha
TZR250🏍️
Hope to see you all next week when the wheels are firmly back on👍
Image: Yamaha
#MotorcycleQuiz
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 207
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1981-83
#Triumph
Thunderbird TR65 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image:
@TheNMMUK
#motorcycles
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Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas🎄& a Happy New Year 🎆
Until the next time, here's a 1987 Ducati 750 F1 Santamonica...
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The OilySmudges Silhouette Quiz No. 224
Congrats to our winners 🏆
Many thanks to everyone who joined in 👏👏👏
This week's answer: 1982-85
#Laverda
RGS1000 🏍️
See you all again next week 👍
Image: zombiedrive
#Motorcycles
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