Show your 70's bike...

[becker-on-ph]

Some nice bikes in this thread

Me with GT250 one morning before work around 1977


My Z1000 (and Rex)


My brown Z1A at the Ace

[Hoopsuk]

They are all mint but i particularly like that Z1000, what a classic beast

[becker-on-ph]

Also still have these 2 less than mint basket cases waiting for my retirement to restore them.



They are now in a dry garage - this was the only photo I could find of them - a couple of years ago when having an extension built

[srob]

Wonder if I should start a show us your 1920s bikes thread...

[Nigel Worc's]

srob said:

Wonder if I should start a show us your 1920s bikes thread...

Why, you like being lonely ?

[srob]

It's cool to be different

[S7Paul]

Rolled off the line in August 1974:

[3DP]

Andy XRV said:

When it comes to wheelies he's like me. Gets it up but can't hold it up. We both need lessons form the master. Are you off between Christmas and New Year?

LOL! I don't know about master, but I can give a few tips!! I wish I was off - working across Christmas period and at the moment, I'm even working Boxing day...

Jan will be better as I have a big project deadline for 31st Dec that's been dominating everything for months. I'll drop you an e-mail.

[3200gt]

S7Paul said:

Rolled off the line in August 1974:

Always had a soft spot for 500 fours. That is a nice bike, mate of mine had one in black in the mid 70's.

[dingocooke]

srob said:

Wonder if I should start a show us your 1920s bikes thread...

Here you go then... just for you, my 16H

[dingocooke]

podman said:

dingocooke said:

1976 RG500

Gorgeous.. Tell us more about the history of that one mate.

Why thank you kind sir! Well, it's supposedly ex Steve Parrish, and he is currently checking his records to confirm, but you know how it is with old race bikes, who knows, they all got changed about so much. This bike is an XR14, and has loads of ex Heron nice works bits on it, air forks, works swing arm and remote reservoir shocks, works tank and filler. Must be one of the few not painted like Sheene bikes

[Harvey mush man]

Andy XRV said:

Harvey mush man said:

My 1978 Yamaha SR500. It's taken 11 months of the odd day here and there to get to this stage. The motor will go back in with a 505cc Wiseco piston kit and a few nice bits and pieces in it.

And in true 70's Blue Peter style - "here's one that we prepared earlier"

Ha, except that one appears to have been built by somebody that knows what they're doing. Lossa Engineering went for a GSX-R600 front end on theirs, I wanted to stick with Yamaha and have grafted a '99 R6 front end onto mine. It might end up being quite a nice thing, still a fair way to go yet..

[Hooli]

dingocooke said:

srob said:

Wonder if I should start a show us your 1920s bikes thread...

Here you go then... just for you, my 16H

I'd love that

[Busa mav]

some great bikes there guys , very jealous.

Thanks for taking the time to post them..

the Z1's are fantastic, but gotta gove the Jota just for its rarity

[cwis]

Busa mav said:

some great bikes there guys , very jealous.

Thanks for taking the time to post them..

the Z1's are fantastic, but gotta gove the Jota just for its rarity

Common as sh*t, those Jotas:

Here's my unrestored, badly repaired in the '70's, Italian import Jota, with a replacement German 3CL engine upgraded to Jota spec (it's a long story!)

One day I'll get round to a restoration, but mechanically it's sound so I'm just using it.

[Busa mav]

I know a couple of guys with them now , probably my biggest regret not buying one of them back in the 70's

[srob]

dingocooke said:

srob said:

Wonder if I should start a show us your 1920s bikes thread...

Here you go then... just for you, my 16H

Nice, did you get it from Yesterday's in Holland?

[Amebix]

My 1972 Honda CB350 Four - Since had it's seat painted and a matching set of mirrors attatched

Edit - I have no idea why that last picture is sideways

[Biker's Nemesis]

[Biker's Nemesis]

Here's my 1977 FS1-M