deaninkl
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My older brother had one for a while, I remember touring with him, me on a Honda CB250 G5, he use to get 35mph on a good day, cracking touring bike apart from that.
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My older brother had one for a while, I remember touring with him, me on a Honda CB250 G5, he use to get 35mph on a good day, cracking touring bike apart from that.
Kneeslider916
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I sold this last weekend to pay for an engine rebuild on my GS......
KAYCEE
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Just convinced SWMBO that a GPz900 would be a better investment than an ISA account.
Usual story, fancied one when they were first released but couldn't raised the necessary pennies.
Time to start doing some homework and searching.
Kneeslider916, what sort of mileage did your GPZ have and if you don't mind me asking, what sort of money did you let it go for?
Kaycee
PS Oops just noticed yours was a 750
first bike i ever owned that
purchase in 1971 when i was around 17 or 18. came from HGB's in Harrow. paid £249 for it, and it was about 2 years old. same sort of colour. pxed a bent Vespa SS180 for it.
well that bringing back loads of memories.
purchase in 1971 when i was around 17 or 18. came from HGB's in Harrow. paid £249 for it, and it was about 2 years old. same sort of colour. pxed a bent Vespa SS180 for it.
well that bringing back loads of memories.
1st bike i ever owned! one of them.
purchase in 1971 when i was around 17 or 18. came from HGB's in Harrow. paid £249 for it, and it was about 2 years old. same sort of colour. pxed a bent Vespa SS180 for it.
well that bringing back loads of memories.
Bought a 1969 Yamaha DS6 a few years ago- it was in pieces (several of them missing) but the engine had been fully rebuilt..... in 1979. There are a handful of them in this country as they were only made for 18 months before the YDS7 250 and YR5 350 were brought out. I have only ever seen one other- that was at Stafford show a couple of years ago that was restored by Classic Bike mechanics- that one wasn't complete and didn't run.
This is what my project should look like.....
Was at the Stafford show last weekend and what did Mrs Haydw spot? a complete YDS6 just imported from America. The chromework on it is in excellent order for its age, and it even ran, even though it was last on the road in 1982!!!
After a bit of haggling, it was transported home in the back of a Ford Galaxy and is now sitting in my dining room. For some reason it hasn't leaked any fluid all week, but woke up yesterday morning to find the house stinking of fuel and a puddle on the dining room floor.
Still, have all the parts for my project to make a mint one and enough bits to make a rough one. Not decided yet what to do with the rough one, sell as a project or for bits. The engine is the same as a Yamaha TD2 race bike from the same era and those bits are now getting rare.
purchase in 1971 when i was around 17 or 18. came from HGB's in Harrow. paid £249 for it, and it was about 2 years old. same sort of colour. pxed a bent Vespa SS180 for it.
well that bringing back loads of memories.
Kneeslider916
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Just convinced SWMBO that a GPz900 would be a better investment than an ISA account.
Usual story, fancied one when they were first released but couldn't raised the necessary pennies.
Time to start doing some homework and searching.
Kneeslider916, what sort of mileage did your GPZ have and if you don't mind me asking, what sort of money did you let it go for?
Kaycee
PS Oops just noticed yours was a 750
Jaycee,
In the world of the 900R, everyone wants the original A1 model, and it has to have the original exhaust. Find a good one of those and you may beat the ISA......
Look on the GPZ zone website, there are some good bike for sale often on there.
Later ones go for peanuts, my 750 went for £600 !
Farmboy
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Not the oldest one here but surely a classic waiting in the wings 
The Fast Freddie
Top fun and always a giggle
The Fast Freddie
Top fun and always a giggle
illustratedman
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I've got a 9 in bits in my garage being restored taken 2 years so far, i paid £1300 for mine with 8 months tax and test on it and it was in pretty good nick if thats a guide for you.Just convinced SWMBO that a GPz900 would be a better investment than an ISA account.
Usual story, fancied one when they were first released but couldn't raised the necessary pennies.
Time to start doing some homework and searching.
Kneeslider916, what sort of mileage did your GPZ have and if you don't mind me asking, what sort of money did you let it go for?
Kaycee
PS Oops just noticed yours was a 750
illustratedman
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Always wanted one of those when my dad had a honda dealership, that or a skoal bandit gammaNot the oldest one here but surely a classic waiting in the wings
The Fast Freddie
Top fun and always a giggle
Class! "Fast Freddie" my fav of all time!!
"Fast Freddie" my fav of all time!!
Not the oldest one here but surely a classic waiting in the wings
The Fast Freddie
Top fun and always a giggle
Love it.....
.. I would love to have a nice one of those like yours. I learned to ride in the mid 80s and my early years were Honda years (MBX50,NS125F), I really lusted after the NS400R and the VF500 but ended up with a VF400 as it was all I could afford. Then the CBR600 came out in 87 and moved the game on in spec if not looks so I made one my first ever new bike so I never even got to ride an NS400R.
KAYCEE
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illustratedman
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Restoring one at the moment cracking bikes, if you get stuck when fettling give me a shout mines been stripped down to the last nut and bolt and is halfway back together so i've found some pitfalls.
GPZ 900's gotta love em......
Had two of these great bikes an early 86 model and this one an A7 or A8 as I recall, one of the last of them.
Actually also lurking in the garage i've a factory manual covering the A1 to A3 models - £10 posted if its any good to you guys?
and also this old Z650 pictured reclining outside the cafe at Alston, which may well be going up for sale soon as I have an an irresistible urge for a triumph scrambler - must be my age .......
Had two of these great bikes an early 86 model and this one an A7 or A8 as I recall, one of the last of them.
Actually also lurking in the garage i've a factory manual covering the A1 to A3 models - £10 posted if its any good to you guys?
and also this old Z650 pictured reclining outside the cafe at Alston, which may well be going up for sale soon as I have an an irresistible urge for a triumph scrambler - must be my age .......
There's a Japanese old bike event at the Ace Cafe tomorrow, but dont believe me, check first!!! I'm thinking of going for another reason.
Bigdave789
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Here's a photo of me old 1976 GT500 - had her since '78
I'm just picking up bits on evilbay with a view to a full restoration next year
Happy days I had DHG 595 S which was a blue GT500 I paid £695 for it brand new in September 1977
The dealer was a car showroom on the A59 at Maghull and they where getting out of the motorcycle market hence the bargain price
I sold it three years later with 15000 miles on it
zool
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Nearly finished, just a couple more jobs to do.
Oooooh, Thats SoooOOOOO nice (Made me use up my quota of letters O's , it was so gorgeous
(Whats the exhaust - Piper?)
zool
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