The crotch rocket thread

Pah, sacrilege !

This. Very much this

Wtf ! How to fuck could you think that looks cool.
At least this resto mod is subtle

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Japan :man_shrugging:

I reckon the 650 is the nicest looking of the Z’s.
Mine, c. 1991

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A mate had one of these,
I was pillion passenger to see Led Zeppelin at Knebworth in 1979

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Very nice! :heart_eyes:

I ran a black one in Canada in '95-6 - came to me with bent US-spec raised bars, so I fitted shorter slightly dropped bars that made it look like a cafe racer. I thought it went alright, but then a work mate with a ‘fettled’ Katana 1100 joined the highway alongside me, there was this weird howling noise and he was a dot in the distance :rofl: :joy: :rofl:

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It ended up black. I worked in a bike breakers for a while, got a 650F motor with a GPZ750 top end. Went ok for an old dog.
I miss it tbh, had real character. 2 weeks ago I cut the frame up and chucked it in a skip.

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Sad to hear that, but restoration is an expensive game even if you had the time, so buying one someone’s done already is usually better / cheaper, even if you wanted another Z

A couple of mates at school went to that - 2-up on an FS1-E. :flushed:

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Haha, I think I got the better deal

It was rusted through, beyond reasonable repair.

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photos of the bikes of our yoof always make me smile
Anybody else here got any ?

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Was that once a 250 dream

Nope

CM250 custom?

Nearly CM125

It appears to have lived a full and varied life!

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And some :joy: