A bike I lusted after in my youth - Page 3

Wasta · 02-12-2021, 09:13 PM

As a teen I always wanted my mates Suzuki GS1000e and a Z1. Loved the Guzzi Le Mons too.

hh93 · 04-12-2021, 04:27 PM

April 1979's Bike Magazine had this on the cover:

After a good read - that was that, I'm having one of those !! Here it is soon after delivery from Harris and ready to go to Inverness for inspection.

A long long story but about 40 years and about £20K later, here we are:

motomartin11 · 04-12-2021, 05:11 PM

Yes some of the early Jap "superbikes" were all engine and very little frame.

As I think I said the ZI I tried in 1977 hated corners.

I had an XS1100 which was truly awful unless the road was dead smooth. I remember going (not fast) down an unknown but bumpy B road and ending up on the wrong side of the road- a real brown trouser moment. Mind you I had a similar brown trouser moment on a perfectly well handling Thundercat on a test ride in 1997 when I totally misread a hump backed bridge over a canal near to the Aston Villa training ground. I ended up in flight and again landed on the wrong side of the road -but this was totally my fault.

02-12-2021, 09:13 PM	#31
Wasta Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Durham Bike: M900 Posts: 386	As a teen I always wanted my mates Suzuki GS1000e and a Z1. Loved the Guzzi Le Mons too. __________________ 2018 Aprilia Tuono V4 1100RR 1998 M900 monster

04-12-2021, 04:27 PM	#32
hh93 Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Lincoln Bike: M620ie Posts: 116	April 1979's Bike Magazine had this on the cover: After a good read - that was that, I'm having one of those !! Here it is soon after delivery from Harris and ready to go to Inverness for inspection. A long long story but about 40 years and about £20K later, here we are: __________________ Doris '03 620 Dark Horace 1980 onwards Harris Mag II Last edited by hh93; 04-12-2021 at 04:32 PM..

04-12-2021, 05:11 PM	#33
motomartin11 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: stourbridge Bike: M750 Posts: 352	Yes some of the early Jap "superbikes" were all engine and very little frame. As I think I said the ZI I tried in 1977 hated corners. I had an XS1100 which was truly awful unless the road was dead smooth. I remember going (not fast) down an unknown but bumpy B road and ending up on the wrong side of the road- a real brown trouser moment. Mind you I had a similar brown trouser moment on a perfectly well handling Thundercat on a test ride in 1997 when I totally misread a hump backed bridge over a canal near to the Aston Villa training ground. I ended up in flight and again landed on the wrong side of the road -but this was totally my fault.