Lovely looking bike
I managed to get this 1983 Gpz1100 unitrack in January. The last of the line of 2 valve Z engines. One previous owner and genuine 5900 miles and just as it left the factory.
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Lovely looking bike
I managed to get this 1983 Gpz1100 unitrack in January. The last of the line of 2 valve Z engines. One previous owner and genuine 5900 miles and just as it left the factory.
Very nice Z1 (not Z1A) and if you bought it from where it's photographed, very expensive too.
errr very observant of you, but better than an ISA and it's mine!!
MGJ
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Looks nice
always wanted one of those.
always wanted one of those.MGJ
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oh yes! that sir is one of the finest "money pits" ever turned out by Mr Honda
they were a money pit when you signed on the dotted line and wheeled it out of the showroom...... the dealer just couldn't even guess the amount that it would cost you in the next two years!
great bike though
i remember seeing one in a "special" nickel plated tubular ladder frame (moto-martin?) with a work of art tank and exhaust outside Tommy Robb's honda dealer in Warrington way back when! pure motorcycle porn!hm
MGJ
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oh yes! that sir is one of the finest "money pits" ever turned out by Mr Honda
they were a money pit when you signed on the dotted line and wheeled it out of the showroom...... the dealer just couldn't even guess the amount that it would cost you in the next two years!
great bike though
hm
I'm not going to ride it, just going to make it as good as I can.
Then drink beer and look at it.
MGJ
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Found and bought about two weeks ago !!
There is a story in there somewhere , but not sure what it is !!
Made in March 1976 - 1st reg in August 1978 (Ties in with ROI ... Belfast, registration number) - First Registered new in NI ... the plot thickens .... approx 46,000 miles from new - looks correct , BUT according to DVLA , never been Taxed , and by MOT records , never been MOT'd (till by me yesterday !)
Ideas ??
There is a story in there somewhere , but not sure what it is !!
Made in March 1976 - 1st reg in August 1978 (Ties in with ROI ... Belfast, registration number) - First Registered new in NI ... the plot thickens .... approx 46,000 miles from new - looks correct , BUT according to DVLA , never been Taxed , and by MOT records , never been MOT'd (till by me yesterday !)
Ideas ??
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Davy F
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It's way past being concerned about it's history as it appears it just doesn't have one available. Personally, I'd restore it into as next to mint as I could and let its condition speak for itself.
no no ..... I meant about the history ... how can a bike "disappear" for 2.5 years ?? (Yes , I realise how expensive they were in their day (2.x times a Honda 750) ... and how they would have laid about in dealers ... but .....)
... and those are period Lester wheels .... much rarer than wire ??
no no ..... I meant about the history ... how can a bike "disappear" for 2.5 years ?? (Yes , I realise how expensive they were in their day (2.x times a Honda 750) ... and how they would have laid about in dealers ... but .....)
... and those are period Lester wheels .... much rarer than wire ??
just a guess, a bike taken to germany by a squaddie can "disappear" and then suddenly come back
Blind Lemon Ade
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I raced one of those! Couldn't afford an 851, see...
I found the Weber twin-choke carb to be ok - it was worse when I put 42mm Del'Orto carbs on it; the clutch slave cylinder needed some tlc, and I think I put an extra plate in the clutch to help it grip better.
Nice find!
... and those are period Lester wheels .... much rarer than wire ??
And do you know why they're rarer ? because they are shite - the wheel bearings eat into the hub.
R90S Sorted ... (Not the wheels , they I assume will simply just fall off in the next 5 to 10 miles)
DVA have managed to "dig up" that it was previously registered in GB ... so if the original owner of PDM 650P would like to make himself known ... ?? Reg in May 1976 - which would tie up with manufacturing date of March 76
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DVA have managed to "dig up" that it was previously registered in GB ... so if the original owner of PDM 650P would like to make himself known ... ?? Reg in May 1976 - which would tie up with manufacturing date of March 76
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