Bought a new bike at the weekend - it's a bit special

[rev-erend]

Just bought a new bike at the weekend.

It's a bit special.

What do you think.







How did Jeri Ryan get in that one..

Edited by rev-erend on Monday 13th October 14:23

[surfsofa]

Love that retro look. Did they throw the blonde in?

[sprinter885]

I want that !-In fact both ! Jealous to death-good for you.
Are those the Higgs 'spanshun chambers? (them chrome things on the bike-not those under her red jumper)
I was looking at their web site last week.

[black-k1]

Lovely machine. (The blondes not bad either!)

[rev-erend]

surfsofa said:

Love that retro look. Did they throw the blonde in?

Sadly not - she would keep me busy for a while

7 of 9.

[rev-erend]

sprinter885 said:

I want that !-In fact both ! Jealous to death-good for you.
Are those the Higgs 'spanshun chambers? (them chrome things on the bike-not those under her red jumper)
I was looking at their web site last week.

They sure are .. (stainless steel)..

Spend much of Yesterday with Dave Higgs - as it's his creation.

That bike is the one on his web sit with the sound recordings of the spannies.

Lovely mix of old and modern imho.

Edited by rev-erend on Monday 13th October 11:32

[PapaBear]

Tip of the cap for that effort.
Retro cool!

[Yoda954]

Can we have a linky to the web site so we can hear the pipes please

[rev-erend]

Yoda954 said:

Can we have a linky to the web site so we can hear the pipes please

Sure - no problem.

General site :

http://www.higgspeed.com/

Expansion chamber movie ..
http://www.higgspeed.com/BAFFLE-OPTIONS-NEW-

[sprinter885]

I thought it looked like the one he marshalled the TT on and now I see it is..
Good for you-lucky man.

[Fats25]

I love this style of bike. I know nothing about them - but there is a group of about 5 of them that ride round where I live.

I think they are Z-750 and Z-1000's - but as I say I know nothing about them. Where can I find out more about these old Kawasakis?

As I have posted here many times I am useless with mechanics, but would love to learn with a project bike of some sort - and as I love the looks of these bikes, I would like to get my hands on a project bike like this.

[SplatSpeed]

i was looking at that but the divorce was tooooo expensive

[rev-erend]

Fats25 said:

I love this style of bike. I know nothing about them - but there is a group of about 5 of them that ride round where I live.

I think they are Z-750 and Z-1000's - but as I say I know nothing about them. Where can I find out more about these old Kawasakis?

As I have posted here many times I am useless with mechanics, but would love to learn with a project bike of some sort - and as I love the looks of these bikes, I would like to get my hands on a project bike like this.

This show will be right up your street then ..

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

[Fats25]

rev-erend said:

This show will be right up your street then ..

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

No can do this weekend - but would have loved to have gone and had a look.

Just found this website - going to have a lurk around here - http://www.kawasakitriplesuk.info/

[jon-]

rev-erend said:

surfsofa said:

Love that retro look. Did they throw the blonde in?

Sadly not - she would keep me busy for a while

7 of 9.

7 of the 9 times you've knocked one out over her? Interestingly back in the day (circa 2000) I had the 'official' Jeri Ryan website on the internet. What a babe.

Erm, just pretend i talked about the bike.

[rev-erend]

Yes - what a babe.

[srob]

rev-erend said:

Yoda954 said:

Can we have a linky to the web site so we can hear the pipes please

Sure - no problem.

General site :

http://www.higgspeed.com/

Expansion chamber movie ..
http://www.higgspeed.com/BAFFLE-OPTIONS-NEW-

That's impressive with a two stroke- you'd think that they'd need different carburation with a change in back pressure like that.

I've got a couple of late 50's/early 60's Italian lightweight four-strokes and they've both got removable baffles on the standard silencers. Haven't dared take them out though- they're loud enough with them in!!

[rev-erend]

I think it sounded smoother at 4K with the baffles in.. so perhaps the jetting happened to suit that set-up.

[macdeb]

One phuckin' cool bike! Remember lusting over them when new in window of B'ham m/cycles when I was on my moped.

[cyberface]

Whoa - a three cylinder 500cc 2-stroke? Is that as undiluted mentalism as I'm imagining???

The engine looks a bit suspect though - the middle cylinder must surely get a hell of a lot hotter than the outer two, it's air cooled right? Much less surface area to cool the middle cylinder.

And what's with the bird in the last pic? Just a random photoshop you had to share with us? Is she connected with the bike in any way or are you just doing a subliminal 'riding' thing?