As I'm sure you all know by know I've got a couple of Kawasaki 1970s Triple two strokers, and I love them....BUT for quite a while I've had this itch (no not the prescriptive cream type) but an itch for a British bike circa 1950ish :oops:
Maybe its me, or have I passed the point of no return...it'll be weenie pads and a zimmer next :ohplease:
But I reckon I've got to have one even if I hate it..I once had a W65 Kawasaki which looked like a 'Brit Iron' but it didn't break down often enough to properly qualify.
HELP :mfr_lol:
Lets see your top 5 wish list and we will give you the thumbs up and down . I like the look of some old brits but i think id find the ride just too primitive to actually own , im more of a classic late 70's/early 80's jap guy
:stupid:
Quote from: viper on August 03, 2012, 08:21:12 PM
Lets see your top 5 wish list and we will give you the thumbs up and down . I like the look of some old brits but i think id find the ride just too primitive to actually own , im more of a classic late 70's/early 80's jap guy
Bloody hell Viper I'm only allowed 5 ? Well here goes
BSA Gold Star...cant afford
Excelsior Manxman.....definitely can't afford
Triumph T120 / Bonneville
AJS model 20
Panther Model 100 late 40s early 50s ....drool drool
TTIWWOP,
those bike names mean nothing, show us some porn :whistling:
this is my top 5 want list, im a much cheaper date
(http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/kawasaki_z1300.jpg)
(http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/suzuki_gs1000e_1981.jpg)
(http://motoprofi.com/bikephoto/4740/moto_guzzi_850_t_3_california_1978_1.jpg)
(http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/honda-gl1000-k2-goldwing.jpg)
(http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/kawasaki-900-z1/kawasaki-900-z1-07.jpg)
What about a blood red Norton Commando 750 ?
Coman
Quote from: olde coney on August 03, 2012, 09:56:15 PM
Bloody hell Viper I'm only allowed 5 ? Well here goes
BSA Gold Star...cant afford
Excelsior Manxman.....definitely can't afford
Triumph T120 / Bonneville
AJS model 20
Panther Model 100 late 40s early 50s ....drool drool
Why not buy a Royal Enfield Bullet? The ride will be just as rough but at least you will have brakes that will work. Probably work out cheaper too. :grin:
Nah, they don't have the same personality, as I said I once had a Kawasaki W650 (previous post said W65 :oops:) and even that didn't do the trick, it was too clinical. :wacko:
1 MV Agusta-America
2 Laverda-Mirage
3 Triumph Trident- Slippery Sam Replica
4 Munch- Mammoth
5 BSA- Rocket Gold Star
And if I ever win the lottery I'm avin em ALL :yes:.
Quote from: viper on August 03, 2012, 10:38:57 PM
this is my top 5 want list, im a much cheaper date
Hi Viper, you must be the same age (or a bit younger) as those are also my dream bikes from my youth. I would delete the lard arse Z1300 for a blue RD400 with alloys and Allspeeds
Coman
(http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/kawasaki_z1300.jpg)
(http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/suzuki_gs1000e_1981.jpg)
(http://motoprofi.com/bikephoto/4740/moto_guzzi_850_t_3_california_1978_1.jpg)
(http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/honda-gl1000-k2-goldwing.jpg)
(http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/kawasaki-900-z1/kawasaki-900-z1-07.jpg)
coman, i agree with you on the z1300, it is a lard arse, i like it for its engineering achievement and its grossness, it is the Godzilla of bikes, i could have substituted with a RD350 lc and gained kudos, but where ever it goes the z1300 atracts open mouths .
i left school in 81 and all the older lads where taking their tests and coming to the school gates with these bikes , thats how it starts.
I am decade-agnostic.
My top 5 classics would be;
84-86 Z1300/6 (already owned one and would love another. DFI model)
Van Veen OCR (rare £££££)
Vincent Black Prince (extremely rare ££££££££££££££££££)
Amazonas (yes, it's a BIG bike, but I'm a BIG bloke! Not sure if they were ever legal in the UK)
KX500 (1984 UniTrak/air-cooled model)
Quote from: viper on August 05, 2012, 09:21:21 PM
coman, i agree with you on the z1300, it is a lard arse, i like it for its engineering achievement and its grossness, it is the Godzilla of bikes, i could have substituted with a RD350 lc and gained kudos, but where ever it goes the z1300 atracts open mouths .
i left school in 81 and all the older lads where taking their tests and coming to the school gates with these bikes , thats how it starts.
Hi again,
I left school in 76 which is why I have the RD 400 in my list, I never experienced the LC's as I had a (big)GS 550 when the LC's were popular
Coman
DBD 34 with an RRT2 Gearbox and inch and a half Amal GP with bellmouth.
Old Coney will translate..
And I'll have one one day.
Quote from: wiltsguy on August 08, 2012, 08:39:11 PM
DBD 34 with an RRT2 Gearbox and inch and a half Amal GP with bellmouth.
Old Coney will translate..
And I'll have one one day.
Well I'll have a go.. its a BSA Goldie (Gold Star) with a close ratio racing gearbox which I think was originally used on the 350cc bike, but I'm not sure, it had a very high first gear and consequently an appetite for clutches, the Amal is a bigger (Racing) carb and the bellmouth is a carb induction trumpet...There how did I do ?
I wont mention that the RRT2 gearbox had a reverse cam plate plunger...I researched that bit :oops: :mfr_lol:
Any way Wiltsguy here's one I photographed at the Antrim show in Northern Ireland in 2009
DRIBBLE DRIBBLE BOY :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED5593.jpg)
Ten out of ten OC.
Back in the 80's I found one in the back of a dealers warehouse in the desert in Nevada, still in a wooden crate wrapped up just as it left the Small Heath factory in 1960. Guy wanted $20,000 and I was poor back then.
Wonder what it's worth now.
Quote from: wiltsguy on August 09, 2012, 07:09:23 AM
Ten out of ten OC.
Back in the 80's I found one in the back of a dealers warehouse in the desert in Nevada, still in a wooden crate wrapped up just as it left the Small Heath factory in 1960. Guy wanted $20,000 and I was poor back then.
Wonder what it's worth now.
Thanks for that :smiley:
I dunno about todays value of the Goldie fresh from its crate I reckon you could almost name your price :yes:
Wiltsguy, you might enjoy this site :smiley:
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=20929.0