What was the first bike you *really* wanted?

Don't forget the Sei is much simpler, technically - SOHC and 2 valves
per cylinder, compared to the CBX's DOHC and 4 valves

 

Stu waffled on in a quite bewildering manner to produce...

Geezer who runs the local bike tyre place in Liverpool, Phil "Chunky" Gard
of PR Tyres, has got a totally immaculate, 9000 mile CBX 1000. Won't sell it
though. B*stard!


--
Pete M.

Golf Gti (For Sale) Sierra 2.8i project (in progress)
Liverpool, Great Britain.

"you can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"

 

IIRC the Sei was a Honda CB550/4 motor with an extra cylinder pot-riveted
onto each end.

The 250/4 was a *lovely* looking bike mind. I used to lust after the one in
a Liverpool bike shop back in the late 70's

 

I said 12 valves up there ^^^ see!
I could remember that after 25 years so WTF can't I find the keys I put down
yesterday.

I am also remembering a Scottish bike show in the late 80's where Honda
displayed a piston, valves and conrod from a Halewood era 250cc 6cyl. That
was very amazing stuff.

 

In around '75 or '76, Bike did an R90S v Guzzi 750-S3 giant test. I
*needed* both bikes.

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Platypus - Faster Than Champ
VN800 Drifter, R80RT
DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19
BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89 FTB#11
BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15

 

I have an April '76 copy of Motorcycle Mechanics with 2,000 miles in four
days on the BMW R90/s, Moto Guzzi S3 and Kawa z900

Is that the one you mean?
http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/mcmech-april1976.pdf
1.2MB

 

No, it was Bike, and I think it was Bill Haylock and Mike Nicks did the
test.

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Platypus - Faster Than Champ
VN800 Drifter, R80RT
DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19
BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89 FTB#11
BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15

 

I've got that issue in my archive.

I've got them all, to be honest. Almost. Missing one or two from 1972/3.
Got the Chopper Supplement, though, and jolly fine it is, too.

 

Oh well, I thought it was a bit of a coincidence to have a mid 70's M/C
Mechanics in front of me [1] featuring both the bikes mentioned.


[1] It's got a big 4-speed MZ TS review, yummy.

 

I was going to say DT125LC, but thinking about it, I have to agree
with Ginge on this one ;o)

 

ZXR400. So I bought one, rode it for a year and considered getting a
Bandit 12. And then the ZXR was nicked, so I used the insurance money
to get a Bandit 12.

Sometimes life just works, y'know.

 

Track-day bike?

 

Trackday/club race bike, I believe. Lovely, it was - in a sort of
'orrible way.

 

That rare issue where they stuck a freebie extension sheath on the
front cover, you mean?

 

The only thing I can remember from the Chopper Special is the cover art
and the Mud Shark. And, possibly, a Cossack advert...

--
Platypus - Faster Than Champ
VN800 Drifter, R80RT
DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19
BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89 FTB#11
BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15

 

There appears to be one for sale on ebay too.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2440760257&category=424

--
Oldbloke

2000 Honda CB500
BOTAFOT #140
"He's like Robbo's chubby kid brother"

 

That's the feller. Nice looking bike.