Christchurch Classic Japanese Motorcycle Show. 17 March 2013

[toycollector10]

http://www.cjmg.org.nz/?page_id=1756

[The Lone Rider]

How old do the bikes need to be to enter?

[Katman]

A glance through the gallery on their site may give you a clue.

[Madness]

No reply ??

I'm with you Lone Rider, does'nt sound like they're too interested at all. Not at all .

Good luck to their show then, won't bother having a look.

You don't think there's a chance the OP simply hasn't seen the question yet?

This place gets more retarded by the day. :facepalm:

[Kickaha]

This place gets more retarded by the day. :facepalm:
Fuck yeah, not everyone bothers to come online every day

Stylo it's a good show with a lot of bikes you'd not get much oppurtunity to see anywhere else

[willytheekid]

Cool! :niceone:

Might have to drag the whole family along for that one...great entry price :yes:

[toycollector10]

Sorry guys but I don't even come here on a weekly or monthly basis any more. The bikes on display will be all pre 1985. I would like to think that anyone who owns a modern Japanese motorcycle would be interested in the history and development of the bike he is riding. The air cooled 1969 Honda CB750 K0 was a big experiment for Honda. They didn't even make pressure fed dies for the castings as if the bike didn't fly they could cut their losses. They made 7,414 gravity cast "Sandcast" CB750's which are now super collectible. When demand totally outstripped supply Honda went to pressure die casting and the rest is history. There will be a Sandcast CB at the show. I was speaking with the owner last weekend and I could hardly take my eyes off the bike, it was so stunning. It was the first mass produced transverse four with electric start, disk brake and indicators. So there's the 44 year old genealogy of the UJM you ride. The first Superbike. And if you were in your teens or twenties in 1969 the bike would have been etched in your mind. To see the four upswept pipes and fabulous Candy colours, red, blue-green and gold. Followed up by the Kawasaki Z1 900 Super Four. Known as the "Jaffa" in Australia and New Zealand due to the orange colour-way. They only made 20,000 Z1's. Rare and desirable bikes that are seldom seen on the roads here in Christchurch. They will be only two of about 90 or so vintage bikes. So come on down and give your $7 to a good cause and get your mind blown! Thanks for reading all this.

[Mully Clown]

Looking forward to this. Been a great event so far, just have to remember not to go to Papanui this time.

[toycollector10]

Looking forward to this. Been a great event so far, just have to remember not to go to Papanui this time.

Thanks for the promotion Mully Clown. It'll be another memorable show this year. Staged only once every three years so be there or be square, ffolks.

[AllanB]

Reckon I'll be there. Cheers

[HenryDorsetCase]

Will be there. Last one was great

[Matt_TG]

Thanks for the heads up - I'm in CHCH this weekend and will be there :)

[young1]

Can someone please post heaps of photos?

Thank you

[toycollector10]

Can someone please post heaps of photos?

Thank you

I'll put up a link to the show images later next week. Below is a link to the 2010 show.

http://www.cjmg.org.nz/?page_id=1047

[AllanB]

Took my lad to the show this morning. A fine collection of memories from my youth with a number of my then 'dream' bikes.

Hondas out number all other brands .........possibly backing up their rep for long life?

Gave the 400 triple Kawa a tick for best Kawasaki as my brother owned one and it was a blast.


Funny thing when I see the old Japanese 'big' bikes - I remember seeing the likes of the CBX1000 new in show rooms and everyone stating how big they were. Compared to some of the modern road trains they were positively small!

Also had a chuckle as every bike is sitting on it's own centre stand. Good luck finding one now days on a new bike!

Many thanks for the show - there was a good crowd when I was there so it looks like a success.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I thought it was excellent. One bike in particular I think is worthy of a writeup on Bikeexif. (the H1 Kwaka cafe racer. That is beautifully done).

I have many ideas for a new project. My vote for best in show went to the CB750 sandcast. Absolutely as if it had just been uncrated in 1969: HM300 pipes, vented side covers, four throttle cables etc. Loved it but would not want to own. Someone needs to bookend that with a CB750F2 next time, and then a CB750 Rolladoor, to show the progression over 12 years or so.

I'll let Allan put up the proper pics, in the meantime here are a couple:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Here is one of the bikes in the show I could see myself owning:

[HenryDorsetCase]

something you don't see everyday...... the mightly LILAC

cool as fuck, and there was a CX500 outside (for sale: best offer over $2200) which would have bookended it nicely.

[pete-blen]

Great selection of bikes... My tick went to the SL350 those were rare in the day & to have one
in show room condiction now...
seeing the Suzuki RE5 & Kawa S3 400 triple... now wish yer had kept them..

[HenryDorsetCase]

nice CBX with six into six pipes (no photo).

I have this thing for big drum brake front ends at present.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Beautiful bit of moto-jewellery: Honda CB350F

[AllanB]

There was a 350/4 chopper on display.

Now about 30 years ago when I was 18 I remember going to a friend of a friends place to help pick up some motorcycle related part/bike (that part is very foggy) and that bike was there freshly finished. Looks just the same - pretty sure it still has the 30 year old tyres!!!!!

I was disapointed not to see a 1st edition Katana (wire wheel please) but it has been ages since I have seen one on the road in CHCH.

GT750's are still large!, The Rotary Suzu still looks odd.

Loved the Z900's - on several occasions I almost purchased one of them way back ........

[AllanB]

That 350/4 spins out to 10,000 rpm - way back in the day!!!!

It was a exciting period of motorcycling where the Japanese were experimenting with different engines and moving away from old Brit design copies.

Bring it back I say!

[HenryDorsetCase]

Next time, if you have anything on the following list, it would be good to see it there:

Honda CB400F. Honda CB550F. Honda CB650 SOHC. A black bomber. (CB450). CB77, CB92. CB750F (Bol D;Or, or 900)

Kawasaki Z1R, (the pale blue one with the fairing) (that 350 Avenger was the sex though...)

Yamaha RD400A,B C D E F or G. (seriously..... not one? heaps of beautiful RD350's but not ONE 400?).

Suzuki GS550, 650, 750 and some original (not wire wheel even) Katanas

To complete the set of 80's turbo weirdos: the GPz750 Turbo, the XJ650 Turbo. Mr Scumdogs XN85, and a CX650 T to go with the 500 T that was there. And if some has one of those Z1 TC's that would be cool.

The other thing I wondered was how many of these bikes are dry, just for show, and how many get ridden? My personal view (I know others differ) is that it is not a motorbike anymore if it can't or isn't ridden. Particularly Jap ones: they're reliable.

My favourite bikes were the ones with patina, showing a bit of history (the Toad Racing RD350 say, or the Suzuki T350 that was original and unrestored). Sure the obsessively restored ones are great and beautiful to look at, but I'd be a bit scared to ride some of them (esp given their value).


Anyway, Great show chaps, and I hope to be joining you next time.

[HenryDorsetCase]

There was a 350/4 chopper on display.

Now about 30 years ago when I was 18 I remember going to a friend of a friends place to help pick up some motorcycle related part/bike (that part is very foggy) and that bike was there freshly finished. Looks just the same - pretty sure it still has the 30 year old tyres!!!!!

I was disapointed not to see a 1st edition Katana (wire wheel please) but it has been ages since I have seen one on the road in CHCH.

GT750's are still large!, The Rotary Suzu still looks odd.

Loved the Z900's - on several occasions I almost purchased one of them way back ........

apparently owned by the guy who had the two fabulous CB350's. Bookends!

[Oakie]

Loved the Z900's - on several occasions I almost purchased one of them way back ........

You mean these ones ...

[mulletman]

Beautiful bit of moto-jewellery: Honda CB350F

My dad used to take me for rides on one of these except his was a green one, always remember him polishing that chrome and cursing about rotting mufflers, his had crash bars on em till my uncle crashed them off ! Ins comp repaired it and it lived again.

[toycollector10]

The Kawasaki H1R won Best in Show and also Best Kawasaki. Well done! The story of the bike will be put on the CJMG website within about a month or so. As for what bikes make it into the show we take bikes that are offered as long as they meet our criteria but we don't actively seek out any particular model as there's enough work involved organising everything without chasing people. Thanks for your support.

[pete376403]

Great display and I went left field and voted the Green Kawasaki 350 Bighorn trailbike as best in show , why ? it looked like it'd only been ridden yesterday, dripping with patina, bought back some memories ...my mate's big brother had a new one back in '71 and that's exactly how it looked back then. I used to drool over it.

Any pictures of the F9? I had one in '72 and it was a real love/hate thing. (loved it when it was going, hated it when it blew up (as it did several times) As others have noted, wish I had enough sense (and money, and space) to have kept it