Wot Bike Is This? (A Puzzle)

Dan L says...

A lot of people don't know that the Scott design carried over well into
the latter part of last century under the Silk name. Basically a
development of the original Scott engine taken out to 700cc.

http://www.bma-magazin.de/frame.html?
Rubriken/Archiv/Fahrberichte/Silk/700/700.html

It's in some furrin language, but you can get the drift from the text.

 

Heh.

My old man reckons the Scott was a very heavy device to use.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Heh. I knew it was a Kettle 'cos of the radiator and colour. Were any
other bikes built with a rad of that style?

Dunno why, but I've always liked that bike.

 

Oh dear, I'm sad enough to know that. George Silk installed a developed
scott lump in (IIRC) a Spondon chassis with trck brakes and suchlike.

 

"sad enough"? I thought everybody[1] knew that, and I'm sure that Silks
were discussed not that long ago in Another Place.

[1]...of a certain age. Ahem.

 

If you steal one, is that a case of taking Silk?

 

(The Older Gentleman) struggled
to ejaculate:

You can cut that out, too.

 

The Older Gentleman says...

If you do and the bloke finds you, you'll probably be touching cloth.

 

This link takes you to a jumbled bike piccy:
http://tinyurl.com/4k58l

I want the make, model and approx year.

Who's prepared to hold their hand up and say,
"I'm a sad git who knows his stuff"? Personally I think this
one's hard. Prove me wrong.

riccip

 

riccip says...

Kawasaki GPZ750 (Turbo?) in the wrong colours.

 

Lozzo says...

Forgot to say, I got this one from the shape of the footrest hanger

 

A cigar to that man! It's a 1984 Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo, a highly
underrated machine that slipped through under the radar while
everyone was obsessed by the 900 Ninjas.
Original pic at this URL:
http://tinyurl.com/5wh88

10/10. I thought the non-stock colours would be the shitter. You
should be on telly.

riccip

 

riccip says...

The colour, extra bracing on the swingarm and the non-standard chrome
fooled me at first, but I just knew it was a GPZ from that hanger, the
angle of the grabrail and the typically Kawasaki eccentric chain
adjuster (though this could have been an early Triumph thing).

I know, I'm fucking sad and I need a life.

 

Champ says...

Looks that way, bastards.

 

In

The Scott Flying Squirrel.... from a time when we were at peace with
the woodland alliance



--
Steve Parry

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

http://www.arrivedeprived.org.uk/

K100RS SE
F650
(not forgetting the SK90PY)

 

They don't do that anymore. The points got too carboned up.





mike