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kawasaki gpz900r

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  • #32
    davidglanza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭davidglanza


    blade1 wrote: »
    Is that Youghal?

    Ya that was youghal last week.


  • #33
    Lorddrakul
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    Gorgeous bike, mate.

    Went retro myself last year. After a hard winter's use, mine is not as shiny as yours any more...

    fmCyx7.jpg

    Go, 80s!


  • #34
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,782 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Lorddrakul wrote: »
    Gorgeous bike, mate.

    Went retro myself last year. After a hard winter's use, mine is not as shiny as yours any more...

    fmCyx7.jpg

    Go, 80s!

    Another similar styled, but more conventionally engine Honda of that era is the CBX750F, a great bike.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #35
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Another similar styled, but more conventionally engine Honda of that era is the CBX750F, a great bike.

    Vf1000 f I think


  • #36
    davidglanza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭davidglanza


    Lorddrakul wrote: »
    Gorgeous bike, mate.

    Went retro myself last year. After a hard winter's use, mine is not as shiny as yours any more...

    fmCyx7.jpg

    Go, 80s!
    Bike looks savage..
    What is it.??


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  • #37
    CJhaughey
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    Looks like a VF1000F2 with a quarter fairing.
    Was it a Bol D'or at some point with a full fairing?


  • #38
    blade1
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    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Looks like a VF1000F2 with a quarter fairing.
    Was it a Bol D'or at some point with a full fairing?

    Different wheels I think and I was wondering why the back looked different but seems a tail tidy done to it.


  • #39
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    blade1 wrote: »
    Different wheels I think and I was wondering why the back looked different but seems a tail tidy done to it.

    Those aren't original wheels, they would have been Comstars originally but I guess the 16" front was replaced for a 17" and the back one was fitted same time.
    They look like Honda wheels'Blade rear and VFR front?


  • #40
    blade1
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    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Those aren't original wheels, they would have been Comstars originally but I guess the 16" front was replaced for a 17" and the back one was fitted same time.
    They look like Honda wheels'Blade rear and VFR front?

    That's what I thought about the wheels but then I thought rear wheel probably too narrow to be off a blade and too wide to be off an nsr125, so perhaps something in between.


  • #41
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,355 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Original 'Blade only had a 160 rear!

    Scrap the cap!



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  • #42
    blade1
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    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Original 'Blade only had a 160 rear!

    Yeah????
    Several lads I know we're putting 180 on them Gen 1 one's back in the day.

    I would say I am 100% sure of that but you saying 160 is making me doubt myself.:o


  • #43
    Lorddrakul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭Lorddrakul


    Aye, it is a 1985, though not registered till '87, VF1000 FF.

    Forks are original but rebuilt with Wilbers internals and a Wilbers shock on the back.

    Wheels are CBR600F2 to give a 120 front and a 160 rear to take modern rubber (Fnarr!)

    The seat is a custom single seat unit the previous owner had made for it that Germania.


  • #44
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,355 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    blade1 wrote: »
    Yeah????
    Several lads I know we're putting 180 on them Gen 1 one's back in the day.

    I would say I am 100% sure of that but you saying 160 is making me doubt myself.:o

    Definitely 160 on the early ones. One time there was one parked beside my CBR6 and I was surprised to see the same size rear on it as on mine.

    http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2002/january/94-cbr900rr-r/
    It still had the 16in front wheel and it was still a bit unstable, but the modifications that year, which included a revised gearbox and a 180/55 x 17 rear tyre in place of the preceding model's 160/60 rubber, calmed it down considerably.

    Scrap the cap!



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