Gotta love a Katana

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SteelerSE

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1,885 posts

155 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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A mate of mine is selling his old 1000 Katana as a resto project and I'd forgotten what nice looking bikes they are:



Yum!

Rosscow

8,723 posts

162 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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I think you've also forgotten to put your glasses on biggrin

keebz91

241 posts

141 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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This bloke certainly loves his...

https://youtu.be/yRC7SNV0tCQ

Private Pile

754 posts

194 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Link for the advert?

graham22

3,293 posts

204 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Marmite bike - I like the style, as Rosscow already hinted, many don't.

1000 - that's the rarer race size one too.

Fitz666

634 posts

141 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Loved my 750 (the one with the pop up headlight).

Even sold it for a profit after two years of me ragging it!!

Spanglepants

1,743 posts

136 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Still love these, mate has one with a 1400 tuned engine with TL1000 front and back end and classic Harris pipe sounds immense.
Had a couple of mates back in the mid 80s who both bought 1000s, had them bored and tuned at TTS ( one was 1170, rode this one, and the other 1260 I think) The 1000s were slide carbs and the 11's CVs.
Whys your mate selling it?

SteelerSE

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1,885 posts

155 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Private Pile said:
Link for the advert?
I'm not sure that he's finished the advert yet as I can't see a price but the write up about condition etc is at http://www.katanatom.co.uk/katana/forsale.html

cebica

69 posts

201 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Check out Icon's modernised version:

http://www.rideicon.com/the-ride/bikes/new-jack

Awesome bit of kit.

SteelerSE

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1,885 posts

155 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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cebica said:
Check out Icon's modernised version:

http://www.rideicon.com/the-ride/bikes/new-jack

Awesome bit of kit.
That looks the business!

Spanglepants

1,743 posts

136 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Cool bike, what about this one?




cebica said:
Check out Icon's modernised version:

http://www.rideicon.com/the-ride/bikes/new-jack

Awesome bit of kit.

SteelerSE

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1,885 posts

155 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Loads of loving care gone into that. Beautiful!

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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SteelerSE said:
Private Pile said:
Link for the advert?
I'm not sure that he's finished the advert yet as I can't see a price but the write up about condition etc is at http://www.katanatom.co.uk/katana/forsale.html
Comes across as a right grumpy sod.

Biker's Nemesis

38,534 posts

207 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Pothole said:
Comes across as a right grumpy sod.
That's saying something coming from you!

tdm34

7,365 posts

209 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Spanglepants said:
Cool bike, what about this one?

That Yoshi Kat is second only to the AC Sanctuary bikes in getting close to total perfection if you ask me....

crofty1984

15,830 posts

203 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Fitz666 said:
Loved my 750 (the one with the pop up headlight).

Even sold it for a profit after two years of me ragging it!!
It's a motorbike with a mutha-flipping pop-up headlight. Therefore it's awesome.

SteelerSE

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1,885 posts

155 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Pothole said:
Comes across as a right grumpy sod.
Or as someone that has dealt with far too many timewasters on the internet...

SteelerSE

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1,885 posts

155 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Does anyone else remember the Bloodrunners cartoons with Jack st? I think that was (very loosely) based on a katana.

Biker's Nemesis

38,534 posts

207 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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SteelerSE said:
Does anyone else remember the Bloodrunners cartoons with Jack st? I think that was (very loosely) based on a katana.
Yep, they openly took drugs and had sex with their helmets on

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Biker's Nemesis said:
Pothole said:
Comes across as a right grumpy sod.
That's saying something coming from you!
TOTKO, innit?