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That’s a pleasing story.
When (when, not if) Gordy gets rich, I’ll make a bid for one, and if successful I’ll slide it in your direction and suggest that you project manage the whole restoration process. Positive thinking to the fore. Tally ho.
Because the current R1 and R6 are obviously, clearly and unquestionably boring.
But seriously, a three cylinder layout can surely have a good blend of virtues, and I look forward to seeing what they punt out.
I hope they do, but I want to see them do it on a genuine basis, not like the Geeley Rolls-Royce fake crud. There are enough of them, so there must be some genuinely talented people over there, so all they need is the right financial conditions (currently provided by their government), and an honest mind-set (which currently appears to be lacking). When they wake up to designing it from an original perspective instead of exploiting the design work of others then I’ll line up for a test ride!
Although I like to see new additions to the market, I am not keen on a company trying to get in by making a very, very close copy of another companies’ products. It is as if they have leached upon the originator and exploited their hard work. It suggests that they can not do anything original, and expect to gain favour by aesthetic association and direct rip-off design. Very disingenuous in my (sometimes humble) opinion.
Hung-over dude leans on pride-and-joy two stroke one rainy British summmer afternoon…
…sometimes not so much changes in 26 years!
Keep that in your collection… spend your readies on a bigger garage… : )
R,
My suggestion would be to keep the FZ; it’s a fine all-round m’cycle that does exactly what it says on the tin. It was very shiny when I saw it, and I presume that it is still like that. If there is no pressing reason to sell then hang onto it and enjoy the ride!I saw the table at Santa Pod on the TV and creased up laughing.
Good luck to him; very entertaining, and keeping Great Britain great.Ultra specialisation isn’t an automatic route to riches, so he obviously believes that there is a viable market. Could this be a sign that those green shoots are actually chrome plated?
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Originally posted by hunnsy
The GS1000 I had was the only multi I’ve ever ridden. It was fun to blast along the straights dragster style but a cow to get around corners, it was so top-heavy.A friend had a Z1000 that was the same… smooth and quick in a straight line but went around corners as if it had a bag of spuds on the handlebars. I guess it was typical for that age and design type.
You’ll be surprised if you venture out on a modern multi as most of them handle very well these days, even the heavy ones. However motorcycling is often more than the technical side, as you obviously know, and no super-smooth four will ever… oh hang on, I’m about to ramble on about chracter and ‘feel’, etc., etc., … must… stop… myself.
It’s good that there is such a variety of bikes available; something for everyone. It’s a shame that some of the older ones are now climbing in price quite steeply. I guess I should have hung on to that Commando after all!
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…but I just can’t seriously see myself in multicoloured leathers.That makes me smile… I seem to remember that a certain red leather jacket was soon died black!!!
T, when I get my e-mail sorted out (probably early next week) I’ll send you the address via a PM on this site, then hopefully we can have a beer when you are back over here.
Nice one T. She looks ideal for some gentle cruising. Hope the electrical gremlins don’t take too much fixing. Surely even the French will have some Monsieur Lucas parts lurking under some dusty counter in some old out-of-the-way mechanic’s shop. Just hunting the bits down might be an interesting adventure!
I can remember the deflated tyre, but curiously I don’t recall much about the Reading Rock weekend. That Commando was my last Brit bike, all 27-or-so years ago. However I sometimes admit, under cover of darkness and with a following wind, to a slight Bonny T140 hankering. I don’t normally mention it in polite company, and I might be able to get it sorted by hypnosis. Or I may have to buy one.
