Japanese Classics

widget · Oct 29, 2011

FERRET said:
My winter project, and ive always fancied doing a John o Groats to Lands End trip for charity (mad moped challenge ,help for heroes,on bike under 100cc), so this may fit the bill

Me and the missus did that trip on our GT750 kettles, along with 3 other mates on their kettles for cancer relief last year. 2200 miles in 4 days. On our two kettles ,we did 750 quids worth of petrol!!!!

Dave56 · Oct 30, 2011

widget said:
Me and the missus did that trip on our GT750 kettles, along with 3 other mates on their kettles for cancer relief last year. 2200 miles in 4 days. On our two kettles ,we did 750 quids worth of petrol!!!!

Five GT750 kettles, now that must have looked a real treat, any chance of any pics...........

craig10 · Nov 12, 2011

Another one from the garage, a '76 Honda XL125k2

B4ndit · Nov 12, 2011

craig10 said:
Another one from the garage, a '76 Honda XL125k2

Thats the little beasty that started my love of bikes.

craig10 · Nov 12, 2011

B4ndit said:
Thats the little beasty that started my love of bikes.

Yeah, very addictive. Get as much fun being out on that as the GS, just a whole lot slower!

From an event this year...

mr_magicfingers · Nov 13, 2011

Mutley said:
I remember taking a GPz1100 down the Halezowen bypass one Saturday morning about a week after I'd passed my test on a BSA C15. No insurance, first time on a big, modern bike. Nearly sh1t myself

Did the same thing on my GPz750 the day I got it. My, but things got closer more quickly than expected

I did at least have a year or so on other bikes before I got it.

bod · Nov 27, 2011

Suzuki GS750

Had this little gem for 6 or 7 years now!

One of the very first off the production line in Nov 76, by Feb 77 they put an extra disc on the front.
Maybe part company next year, as the urge for an old "stroker" intensifies.

Dave Ett · Nov 27, 2011

FERRET said:
My latest project, an old 1984 Yamaha dt80, yes horrible yellow frame, soon to be transformed

Think I have a Haynes for that in my shed. Do you need one?

England-Kev · Dec 21, 2011

Mmmm let me see, this is what I have kicking about....

Micky · Dec 21, 2011

Not a very good photo of a very good bike

Bullet proof, good looker and in those days was lotsa fun

Yamaha XS750 triple

jonnie comet · Dec 21, 2011

Micky said:
Not a very good photo of a very good bike

Bullet proof, good looker and in those days was lotsa fun

Yamaha XS750 triple

A zillion years ago...B1249

bow)....Big hill into Foxholes.....Me, and my assistant 'Fat Kev' hit 115 mph on one of them things.......

What a laugh.....

Johno23 · Dec 22, 2011

England-Kev said:
Mmmm let me see, this is what I have kicking about....

Z1B very nice.........always wanted one

russ996duke · Dec 22, 2011

Johno23 said:
Z1B very nice.........always wanted one

and me, always wanted a Z1A, but this american import with aftermarket silencer would do!

At the bike show the bike with the biggest crowd around on the Kawasaki stand was.......

...

yep, an immaculate concours Z1.

I asked the chap on the stand who I saw about placing an order for one....he was a bit nonplussed

repomanbe · Jan 10, 2012

craig10 said:
Another one from the garage, a '76 Honda XL125k2

You've hidden the reg plate on that bike!! I think it's fairly safe from cloning.

Devon · Feb 5, 2012

Another Gpz1100 unitrack. This came up on ebay last August when I was out of the UK. One owner bike with under 6k miles on it. It didn't sell for a fortune and I was gutted not to be in a position to have a go for it. Readvertised a couple of weeks back by the gent who bought it last summer: a dealer who stored the bike in a games room in his house but his missus was getting fed up with several M/Cs in the house. I got the bike for what he paid plus he had changed the fork seals and had the screen restored as the platic had started to cloud.
The bike is pretty much as it left the factory but hasn't been on the road since 1996 so some injection cleaner in the tank and a 200 mile ride to blow the cobwebs out are on order when it warms up a bit.

mcz900 · May 20, 2012

Z1 1973

Nearly finished, just a couple more jobs to do.

Springer · May 20, 2012

Suzuki GS

Here's my GS 1000 1978 it's waiting for the speedo rear cover and engine bars back from the chromers then its taking me down to Dijon for the moto legend.

Davy F · May 21, 2012

Springer said:
Here's my GS 1000 1978 it's waiting for the speedo rear cover and engine bars back from the chromers then its taking me down to Dijon for the moto legend.

Used to have one of them. IMO, it as actually the best of the UJM's of the era. :thumb2

(RIP) Kaister · May 22, 2012

mcz900 said:
Nearly finished, just a couple more jobs to do.

nice one

dogman · Jul 7, 2012

Hi Sidestand. I had a brand spanker GT500 in 1977 on a R plate. Superb bike. Loved the pulling power of that big 2 stroke. Wish I still had mine. Always wonder if it is still on the road somewhere?

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