2Kwacks

[O.C.]

Here ya go my friend ....and sorry if this is boring others who aren't really in to strokers 



This one lives with, and is maintained by me permanently, but belongs to my friend



This is mine without dencos fitted



And with'em fitted

I think that you've seen the H2c 

[2kwacks]

excellent love the 500  the 400 is also  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 so to why I got rid. because normally I keep what I'm fond off, had the wife 32 years now

[Lonewolf]

    Show me some pics of a Goldwing, now that would be cool.

[O.C.]

, 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 

And Lonewolf..........................behave yerslef 

[2kwacks]

   Show me some pics of a Goldwing, now that would be cool.

just for you Mr wolf the 1978 model

[Winston Smith]

just for you Mr wolf the 1978 model

Ahhh, when it was a Sports Tourer

[Lonewolf]

  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

[Boomer]

KZ1300 Voyager was nicer.


Old bikes are cool. They don't handle or perform or stop like new ones but still have a charm all their own.

[Mogster]

ah so we are playing the 'back in the day game' 

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.. .why oh why didn't i by a GPZ900....

[2kwacks]

called into d&k at stoke today to have a nose around they also had the new model 2012 zzr1400 there so had a good look around the bugger.  on it really, there's not much difference cosmetically infact very little. at first did not even noticed it was the 2012 model 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 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 to kawasaki for making the predecessor so dam good in the first place 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 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

[2kwacks]

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 had no problem whats so ever keeping up with my gtr or my mates hayabusa on our recent cornwall "jolly boys outing" venture.

[O.C.]

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 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

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 )

[ChrisB]

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.

[Lonewolf]

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.

[Ziderman]

This is a fantastic thread. Love the photos.