The Roaring Season

I am starting to collect older motorcycles and have a shopping list. The GT750 Suzuki waterbucket and the Kawasaki H1 500 are on it as roadbikes. Suzuki RG500 Mk.3 and Yamaha Tz750D already sourced. That Kawasaki is a wonderfully detailed and restored piece of kit

Although not spotted - it did come up when having an online chat/helping them with an issue
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Anyway one of the ladies that works for us in the French office - her husband has restored just those bikes Kawasaki H1 500 and the waterbus....I will have to find them and post them up.

EDIT: Found them - sorry was not a waterbus....I think she said that was a friend of her husbands that had the bus.

First up a Kawasaki Z 1000 along with a Kawasaki 900 Z1B and the Kawasaki 250 SAMURAI

Next is the Kawasaki 500 H1E

Last is the bike he is working on currently Honda CB 750 K0

bry3500 wrote:on the subject of Poms and Hot Rods - Triumph Mayflower anyone ?

Is this not the bigger sister Renown? Looks a bit too long for a Mayflower. Not my kind of car but very well done.

You would FALL off Coyote Man HE HE Jamie

Jamie- if it was a 1970-71 500 Mach 3 it would throw him, these were definitely more tractable.

Oldfart wrote:Is this not the bigger sister Renown? Looks a bit too long for a Mayflower. Not my kind of car but very well done.

Def a Mayflower. My Mum owned 2 of them. The hot rod has been seriously lengthened..

bry3500 wrote:Def a Mayflower. My Mum owned 2 of them. The hot rod has been seriously lengthened..

My family had one, towed a 12' caravan with it in the 50's, side valve and all!

Oldfart wrote:My family had one, towed a 12' caravan with it in the 50's, side valve and all!

What happened when you got to a hill ? That sidevalve had a taste for head gaskets as I remember

Now THAT is a real bike. Standing quarter in 12.25 seconds-in 1970

bry3500 wrote:What happened when you got to a hill ? That sidevalve had a taste for head gaskets as I remember

From what I remember, never a problem, well it got there, but slowly. Inside the purpose built 12' caravan was an 11'6" yacht! Went pretty much all over NZ!

Wow . . . all those bikes are cool

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Thats the one I need!
Found the ex-Trevor Discombe TZ750, now to try to entice the owner to part with it...

225sloper wrote:Thought i would start this thread on things that are spotted while out on your daily chores.

As my job has me on the road quite a bit I do get to see my share of things on the road. Here are a couple to start off.....

Check out his bonnet scoop


While we are on things being green...

Things being towed!!
This was going past my house...must have been a BYO BBQ


Not everyday you see a plane being towed


The comby is actually being towed by a tow truck


Was wondering why the traffic was going so slow - check out the tow rope between the first two cars

Is the 'wing' in pic #1 a plank of wood?!!!

Spotted this at the top of the Kaimais a couple of years ago - and it's not a replica!!

nigel watts wrote:Spotted this at the top of the Kaimais a couple of years ago - and it's not a replica!!

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Best part of the picture is Sally from the cares movie on the door....

This stuff is great guys

$2,300 in '74. How much now?
My Ducati GT750 was $2,450 and the Z would walk away..... My 750 SS however..........