Laverdabru
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Very true - I farmed that job out, although I normally do my own maintenance.Buckets and shims are great for performance,not so good for home maintenance.
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Mav617
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Country pub hunt now the weather is getting a bit better
junglie2022
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That's 'cos dispatchers hoovered them all up & rode them into the ground.....lolMy 1979 Honda CX500 genuine 14k not had a hard life it was in someone’s bungalow for 14 years as an ornament.I use it for bike nights and Sundays when it’s not raining.
Couple of my mates have the new BSA 350cc Indian Bantams with the Jawa engine The Honda runs rings around both of them Free Road Tax & no MOT what’s not to like? £60 fully comp insurance.
The amount of people who come up to talk at bike nights and Sundays with the comment I had one of those for dispatch riding is unbelievable just wish I had a pound for every time I hear it Honda must have imported 20 million of them into the UK?
Mars Bar colour was always my favourite you won’t buy a good standard Honda CX500 for £350 any more all the cafe racer men have butchered them the latter need burning at the stake.My local bike night I’ve never seen another CX500 since I’ve been going there 2 years great bike Honda reliability roll on the good weather if it ever happens
32:1
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Not mine but my good friends who leaves them with me, he and the kids like red 
martin st ledger
Super member
I certainly went through a few, we used to hire them for £40 per week, the alternator was the main thing that went,
Laverdabru
Super member
Took the ZX-9R out yesterday for the first time in months. When at the petrol station & outside the supermarket, four people came up to ask me about it. Seemed strange to me, but I guess it's nearly 30 years old - it's like me looking at bikes from the '40's & '50's when I started in the '70's.
Back's killing me today!
Gawd knows what it would have been like if I'd taken the heavier Blackbird...
From the sublime...this is the daily rider, Honda ANF125 Innova,...cost £750 12 years ago, paid for itself in a year through fuel cost savings compared to the Ninja...Also can manage to ride it when the rotator cuff (shoulder) or knees (osteoarthritis) are playing up.
Back's killing me today!
Gawd knows what it would have been like if I'd taken the heavier Blackbird...
From the sublime...this is the daily rider, Honda ANF125 Innova,...cost £750 12 years ago, paid for itself in a year through fuel cost savings compared to the Ninja...Also can manage to ride it when the rotator cuff (shoulder) or knees (osteoarthritis) are playing up.
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junglie2022
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I was offered a one free in the early 2000's had sat in a shed for years but wasn't too high miles & in decent nick. Passed it on to a bloke I knew as couldn't be bothered. Good bikes & handle ok though as I remember being on the back of a new one belonging to a fellow club member brassy & him scratching it round our local back road circuit. Another club member fell asleep on his on the way back from night shift at the pit. He went through a wooden fence into a small field. He survived with minor injuries as he was a chunky guy . Lol.
junglie2022
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I was offered a one free in the early 2000's had sat in a shed for years but wasn't too high miles & in decent nick. Passed it on to a bloke I knew as couldn't be bothered. Good bikes & handle ok though as I remember being on the back of a new one belonging to a fellow club member brassy & him scratching it round our local back road circuit. Another club member fell asleep on his on the way back from night shift at the pit. He went through a wooden fence into a small field. He survived with minor injuries as he was a chunky guy . Lol.
junglie2022
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I had the gpz 600 for a year or two in the early 90's you had to do over 100 for the fairing to work properly & take the pressure off your wrists. Good handler but I didn't like the 16" front wheel in slow speed turns . I put. Chinese back tyre on it just to sell it & it stepped out sideways on me while overtaking a car in the rain . Managed to get it back on line & back on my side of the road before the car on the opposite side could hit me though. An ar* e clenching moment though...lol...
My mate had one he rented, part of the gearstick that had come off had been replaced by a nail! Never had one myself but had a VT500 then NTV650 for dispatching on.
junglie2022
Member Extraordinaire
Better looking bikes altogether, the 80's Snoopy dream styling of the cx never did it for me tbh.
Stevex11sdw
Super member
Bucket list bike ticked today 
(photos from sellers garage so sadly the mint RS2000 didn’t come home with me)
Kawasaki Z650-C3 luminous dark blue 1979 Original UK Bike. 'Son of Z1'
The success of the Z1 allowed Kawasaki to make their mark in the four stroke market and bosses at the Japanese factory decided that they needed another model to follow on that success. Instead of the usual 750cc class Kawasaki once again dared to be different and re-invented the 650cc class.
The Z650 was introduced to the trade in 1976 and was an instant hit. 64bhp was claimed with a dry weight of only 465lbs, making a top speed of nearly 120mph possible. But more importantly, this new model handled like no other Kawasaki. For once all the available power could be used in relative safety. The Z650 was truely the 'Son of Z1' having been designed the the Grand Master himself, Ben 'Mr Z1' Inamura.
The Z650 had the agility of a 500 with the performance of a 750 and was indeed the best Kawasaki so far.
1979 Z650-C3
STARTING FRAME NUMBER:
KZ650C-022801
The C3 was the first Kawasaki model to use the new all weather sintered disk pads and braking in the wet was much improved. The bike was once again only offered in one colour, luminous dark blue. The Speedo now incorporated KPH markings as well as MPH and the rear caliper was changed to accept the new square sintered pads. The side panel badges were also slightly changed. Many considered the C3 to be the best of the range. This was the last of the C range in the UK.
(photos from sellers garage so sadly the mint RS2000 didn’t come home with me)Kawasaki Z650-C3 luminous dark blue 1979 Original UK Bike. 'Son of Z1'
The success of the Z1 allowed Kawasaki to make their mark in the four stroke market and bosses at the Japanese factory decided that they needed another model to follow on that success. Instead of the usual 750cc class Kawasaki once again dared to be different and re-invented the 650cc class.
The Z650 was introduced to the trade in 1976 and was an instant hit. 64bhp was claimed with a dry weight of only 465lbs, making a top speed of nearly 120mph possible. But more importantly, this new model handled like no other Kawasaki. For once all the available power could be used in relative safety. The Z650 was truely the 'Son of Z1' having been designed the the Grand Master himself, Ben 'Mr Z1' Inamura.
The Z650 had the agility of a 500 with the performance of a 750 and was indeed the best Kawasaki so far.
1979 Z650-C3
STARTING FRAME NUMBER:
KZ650C-022801
The C3 was the first Kawasaki model to use the new all weather sintered disk pads and braking in the wet was much improved. The bike was once again only offered in one colour, luminous dark blue. The Speedo now incorporated KPH markings as well as MPH and the rear caliper was changed to accept the new square sintered pads. The side panel badges were also slightly changed. Many considered the C3 to be the best of the range. This was the last of the C range in the UK.
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junglie2022
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Love the old z650's my mate trog had one an early wire wheeled metallic red bike. Rode it to Israel & back as well as all over here & trips to assen etc. I had a blueprinted T140v tuned to an article from motor cycle mechanics at the time too. Black with pillar box red frame & Campbell stainless rocket three silencers, tuned for more mid range it went like stink.. Should have kept that one...
Laverdabru
Super member
Had a'78 C1 in green back in the late '80's. Handling was improved further with a box section swing arm with needle rollers, Marzocci shocks, & air forks with taper head bearings. Sold back to the previous owner with 70-80k on the clock, after I found the tip of a gear selector fork when I changed the oil.Bucket list bike ticked today
Kawasaki Z650-C3 luminous dark blue 1979 Original UK Bike. 'Son of Z1'
The success of the Z1 allowed Kawasaki to make their mark in the four stroke market and bosses at the Japanese factory decided that they needed another model to follow on that success. Instead of the usual 750cc class Kawasaki once again dared to be different and re-invented the 650cc class.
The Z650 was introduced to the trade in 1976 and was an instant hit. 64bhp was claimed with a dry weight of only 465lbs, making a top speed of nearly 120mph possible. But more importantly, this new model handled like no other Kawasaki. For once all the available power could be used in relative safety. The Z650 was truely the 'Son of Z1' having been designed the the Grand Master himself, Ben 'Mr Z1' Inamura.
The Z650 had the agility of a 500 with the performance of a 750 and was indeed the best Kawasaki so far.
1979 Z650-C3
STARTING FRAME NUMBER:
KZ650C-022801
The C3 was the first Kawasaki model to use the new all weather sintered disk pads and braking in the wet was much improved. The bike was once again only offered in one colour, luminous dark blue. The Speedo now incorporated KPH markings as well as MPH and the rear caliper was changed to accept the new square sintered pads. The side panel badges were also slightly changed. Many considered the C3 to be the best of the range. This was the last of the C range in the UK.
Ten years ago, nearly bought another one in blue before the prices went silly. Still kicking myself about that!
Scrappy
Busy member
Bucket list bike ticked today
Kawasaki Z650-C3 luminous dark blue 1979 Original UK Bike. 'Son of Z1'
The success of the Z1 allowed Kawasaki to make their mark in the four stroke market and bosses at the Japanese factory decided that they needed another model to follow on that success. Instead of the usual 750cc class Kawasaki once again dared to be different and re-invented the 650cc class.
The Z650 was introduced to the trade in 1976 and was an instant hit. 64bhp was claimed with a dry weight of only 465lbs, making a top speed of nearly 120mph possible. But more importantly, this new model handled like no other Kawasaki. For once all the available power could be used in relative safety. The Z650 was truely the 'Son of Z1' having been designed the the Grand Master himself, Ben 'Mr Z1' Inamura.
The Z650 had the agility of a 500 with the performance of a 750 and was indeed the best Kawasaki so far.
1979 Z650-C3
STARTING FRAME NUMBER:
KZ650C-022801
The C3 was the first Kawasaki model to use the new all weather sintered disk pads and braking in the wet was much improved. The bike was once again only offered in one colour, luminous dark blue. The Speedo now incorporated KPH markings as well as MPH and the rear caliper was changed to accept the new square sintered pads. The side panel badges were also slightly changed. Many considered the C3 to be the best of the range. This was the last of the C range in the UK.
Oh that is beautiful
- Congratulations, I'm feeling very jealous!
martin st ledger
Super member
Mad max, they dont make films with proper bikes anymore,
Laverdabru
Super member
Remember seeing that when it came out.
Kawasaki Austalia apparently lent the film company quite a few bikes, & were less than pleased at the condition the surviving ones were returned in. Apparently about half were written off.
Seen a couple of 'Goose' replica MFP bikes for sale.