Here ya go my friend ....and sorry if this is boring others who aren't really in to strokers :wacko: :wacko:
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/IMG_0457.jpg)
This one lives with, and is maintained by me permanently, but belongs to my friend
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/IMG_0048-1.jpg)
This is mine without dencos fitted
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/IMG_0377.jpg)
And with'em fitted
I think that you've seen the H2c
excellent love the 500 :rolleyes: the 400 is also :cool: but prefer it with the standard pipes. had the kh250 and the kh400 in the seventies, also had the yamaha cs3 200, rd250, rd400 and the rd350b. but in the late eighties decided to turn "modern for the time" of course wish I would have kept them now, don't know why I never kept them really they all had good bodies and never let me down and where in good shape for there age :smiley: so :undecided: to why I got rid. because normally I keep what I'm fond off, had the wife 32 years now :laugh:
:yawn: Show me some pics of a Goldwing, now that would be cool.
Quote from: 2kwacks on February 06, 2012, 06:58:24 PM
, don't know why I never kept them really they all had good bodies and never let me down and where in good shape for there age
That puts me in mind of some ex-girlfriends :mfr_lol:
And Lonewolf..........................behave yerslef :banana:
Quote from: Lonewolf on February 06, 2012, 08:46:03 PM
:yawn: Show me some pics of a Goldwing, now that would be cool.
just for you Mr wolf the 1978 model :wink:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/goldwing1978.jpg)
Quote from: 2kwacks on February 06, 2012, 10:14:22 PM
just for you Mr wolf the 1978 model :wink:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/goldwing1978.jpg)
Ahhh, when it was a
Sports Tourer
:ohplease: no more old bikes, those days have gone thank goodness, let's see some modern works of art, like the latest GL and maybe even the K1600gtl :clap:
KZ1300 Voyager was nicer.
(http://www.z1300.nl/site_images/471_voyager1.jpg)
Old bikes are cool. They don't handle or perform or stop like new ones but still have a charm all their own.
ah so we are playing the 'back in the day game' :rolleyes:
Kawasaki Z1000 J2... waaaaay to much power, a bendy frame and skinny tyres,,,
and a VF1000F...Cams of finest Belgian chocolate and a cam chain made of elastic.. :hammer: .why oh why didn't i by a GPZ900....
called into d&k at stoke today to have a nose around they also had the new model 2012 zzr1400 there :smiley: so had a good look around the bugger. :undecided: on it really, there's not much difference cosmetically infact very little. at first did not even noticed it was the 2012 model :shocked: only for the exhausts at first clance I would walk past thinking it was the previous model. suppose the changes are more mechanical such as the traction control,revised swinging arm, mode switch on left handle bar same as the gtr! black coloured clocks and 40 more ponies, which I don't think the bike needed anyway :nono: if all kawasaki have to promote the new 2012 zzr1400 is the extra 40 ponies and traction control I think there going to have problems selling them while there's so many of the previous model still in stock in the dealers showroom at the normal discounted price due to the new model! mind you, suppose it not easy to improve on excellence even for the kawasaki boffins, so :oops: to kawasaki for making the predecessor so dam good in the first place :smiley: anyway, on slightly a different matter. our friend "olde coney" would have been very sad to see 2 kh 500,s and 2 kh400,s in a very sorry state indeed, don't know where d&k got theses "basket jobs" from but they where shot to :death: don't even think they would even be any good for spares. all 4 must have been left out side in all weathers for at least 25 years, everythink was seized solid and what was not seized was corroded right through :sad:
how about theses 2 late eighty beauts. both the honda cbr1000f and the kawasaki zx10 belong to friends, and the zx10r which is a 1989 b2 model can still cut it with the best of them :smiley: had no problem whats so ever keeping up with my gtr or my mates hayabusa on our recent cornwall "jolly boys outing" venture.
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/cbr1000f1.jpg)
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/DSCF1540.jpg)
Quote from: 2kwacks on February 07, 2012, 03:18:10 PM
our friend "olde coney" would have been very sad to see 2 kh 500,s and 2 kh400,s in a very sorry state indeed, don't know where d&k got theses "basket jobs" from but they where shot to :death: don't even think they would even be any good for spares. all 4 must have been left out side in all weathers for at least 25 years, everythink was seized solid and what was not seized was corroded right through :sad:
Yep, I've already seen pictures of 'em...there's sometimes rare parts within such bikes tho' , you can't always dismiss them immediately
BTW.... I very nearly bought a CBR 1000 back in 1993, but settled on an Ebony and Firecracker ZZR 1100 instead which was lovely and I always liked the ZX10 and GPZ 1000RX.. (better brakes )
I think DK get their old stock from the states. If you look round the back there are lots of shipping containers delivered full of bikes ranging from sorry rotten mouldy pieces of scrap to complete bikes in need of a clean. What they dont sell they break for spares I guess. There are some sorry sights in their showroom, but also some glorious old machines.
Love the looks of the triple strokers, remind me of the 70s when I first got into biking. For me the best looking bike ever made was the early white and green 250 triple with the pointed rear tail. However despite having an RD400 for a short time, I just couldn't live with 2 strokes. It's not them, it's me honest. Anyone got a cheap CB360/250J or CB350/250 K3 or K4 for sale? I would love one.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Go on I'll humour you all briefly....I'm told this is a rare machine, doesn't look like owt special to me but hey, ho.
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s139/Jaffa_Cake101/Kawasaki%20Road%20Show%20Hartside%20Summit%2024th%20July%2011/100_2508.jpg)
This is a fantastic thread. Love the photos.
Quote from: Lonewolf on February 08, 2012, 12:31:19 AM
Go on I'll humour you all briefly....I'm told this is a rare machine, doesn't look like owt special to me but hey, ho.
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s139/Jaffa_Cake101/Kawasaki%20Road%20Show%20Hartside%20Summit%2024th%20July%2011/100_2508.jpg)
Would that be Honda's attempt at re-inventing the wheel, Oval Cylinders...it never really became popular....could have been summat to do with the price too
I used to have this in my collection, until quite recently, :oops: but was made to feel embarrased by 'friends' in the Triples fraternity :mfr_lol:...it actually had only 1.8 miles on the clock, from being pushed around the factory
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED1616.jpg)
2 of these on e-bay, 1 at £85,000 and 1 at £105,000. Engineering masterpiece but ugly as sin
Coman
Quote from: coman37 on February 08, 2012, 03:14:40 PM
2 of these on e-bay, 1 at £85,000 and 1 at £105,000. Engineering masterpiece but ugly as sin
Coman
Bloody Hell...I nearly had a heart attack there Coman :cry: :shocked: :shocked:
I thought you were referring to the KZ400.... I did make some profit bwhen I sold it, but nowhere near that much :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
Z400 is cute but not £85-£100k desirable,
I am very very slowly restoring a CB 500T, which is similar to the Z
Coman
Quote from: Lonewolf on February 08, 2012, 12:31:19 AM
Go on I'll humour you all briefly....I'm told this is a rare machine, doesn't look like owt special to me but hey, ho.
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s139/Jaffa_Cake101/Kawasaki%20Road%20Show%20Hartside%20Summit%2024th%20July%2011/100_2508.jpg)
Mr wolf :shocked: you can't half pick them :rolleyes: One of the rarest bikes in the world :yes: "rare as rocking horse shit" but if you would like one don't let the price put you off! :whistling: sweatdrop:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-NR-750-/260896998430?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3cbeac441e
OMG!! The NR. I absolutely love that machine.
I believe that one was at Devils Bridge a couple of years ago.
I was gobsmacked to see one on the road.
I remember the rider had that shitty Caberg lid!
olde coney :smiley: dam nice kz400 you had there! don't think I would have let that go :nono: some history on it please! did you buy new? how come it had under 2 miles on the clock? No number plate, wasn't it registerd? would have loved that to commute on :biker3:
"Oh :yes:"
Quote from: 2kwacks on February 08, 2012, 09:09:57 PM
olde coney :smiley: dam nice kz400 you had there! don't think I would have let that go :nono: some history on it please! did you buy new? how come it had under 2 miles on the clock? No number plate, wasn't it registerd? would have loved that to commute on :biker3:
"Oh :yes:"
The KZ 400 was purchased by me from Rick Brett about 3 years ago, and was one of, I think' 4 KZs that Rick imported from the States, the bike was never imported by Kawasaki into the U.K
I took it to a couple of shows and it impressed wherever it went, it was absolutely perfect because it was a true N.O.S (New Old Stock) bike it even had the original plastic covers over the instruments, and was actually featured in the VJMC 'Tansha' magazine
I could never, nor would I hope, anyone else put the bike on the road, which is a sad thing to say I know, it was truly a collectors bike, but alas, I like to ride my classics (it also had one too little cylinders and two too many strokes :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:) and so I sold the KZ to a guy in Dunfirmline, who almost immediately stuck it on fleabay and tried to make a profit, what a prat
I don't know whats happened to it now.
Here's the evidence....amazing eh ?
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED1620.jpg)
BTW only a 70s bike builder could put vivid green and orange pin stripes on a copper coloured paintset :mfr_lol:
Quote from: olde coney on February 08, 2012, 11:00:08 PM
The KZ 400 was purchased by me from Rick Brett about 3 years ago, and was one of, I think' 4 KZs that Rick imported from the States, the bike was never imported by Kawasaki into the U.K
I took it to a couple of shows and it impressed wherever it went, it was absolutely perfect because it was a true N.O.S (New Old Stock) bike it even had the original plastic covers over the instruments, and was actually featured in the VJMC 'Tansha' magazine
I could never, nor would I hope, anyone else put the bike on the road, which is a sad thing to say I know, it was truly a collectors bike, but alas, I like to ride my classics (it also had one too little cylinders and two too many strokes :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:) and so I sold the KZ to a guy in Dunfirmline, who almost immediately stuck it on fleabay and tried to make a profit, what a prat
I don't know whats happened to it now.
Here's the evidence....amazing eh ?
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED1620.jpg)
BTW only a 70s bike builder could put vivid green and orange pin stripes on a copper coloured paintset :mfr_lol:
thanks for the info! that would defo be somethink I would buy :yes: there something about theses seventy bikes I just can't forget :smiley:
Quote from: Winston Smith on February 08, 2012, 08:05:03 PM
OMG!! The NR. I absolutely love that machine.
I believe that one was at Devils Bridge a couple of years ago.
I was gobsmacked to see one on the road.
I remember the rider had that shitty Caberg lid!
Winston, that photo was taken at the Kawasaki day in 2011 at Hartside Summit which Sidders, Kwikasfuki, 100milesaway and I went to. Great day out. :biker3:
The NR is fequing gorgeous though - when I win the lottery................
I recall seeing an NR in Charles Hirst's showroom in Belfast, they had it kinda tucked away to one side, and I just didn't understand why it wasn't in a more prominent position
The NR is an absolute modern day Classic
A bit like yerself Chris :mfr_lol:
Quote from: Winston Smith on February 09, 2012, 06:45:59 PM
The NR is fequing gorgeous though - when I win the lottery................
Have a word with your lass, play your cards right you could have one in a few months. :clap:
As much as I would love one, even I'm not that mad!
i saw a nr honda at squires milk bar last summer
I cant see how you could justify spending that much on a bike. :no: