hi , my bike timeline in pictures 1

[tanken2]

first six , don't regret any of them , except not having them around now

[tanken2]

second lot , still no real regrets , but GB Honda was not what was expected. still had fun though.

[AllanB]

Some collectors bikes in that line up - you were sweet on the 2 stroke triples.

[tanken2]

what they would be worth now !!!!

[fridayflash]

great lineup there... did you buy any of them new?

[tanken2]

yes
first four were new . Kawasaki g4tr , sl350, dt 360 and mach 4, then the reality of economics stepped in.

[tanken2]

little story for each bike
g4tr rode from auck to Rotorua and back , holed a piston at Tamahere sth of Hamilton , decided needed a bigger bike

sl350 someone tried to steal it at the speedway one night

dt360 when compression release cable broke , bastard nearly broke my leg kickstarting it

first mach 4 lost my licence for 9 months??? put twin discs on front and didn't change master cyl , used to smoke up front tyre , went for ride one day from Murupara via waiouru via wellington via danniverke via napier only stopped for gas.

honda cb 750 fitted twin sidedraught dellorto carbs , that fixed flat spot ??

second mach 4 uneventful , learnt from the first one.

kz 900 rode in freezing conditions between auck and waiouru for 2 yrs , met my wife on this one . still married 42 yrs later.

mach 3 fixed it up , seized a crank , spent years trying to make disributor waterproof commuted daily we formed a bond I wouldn't thrash her and she wouldn't kill me.

gb 500 expected a british thumper and got a high revving trail bike , electric start was a shit and kick starting was shittier

vfr 1000 absolutely awesome growl from this bike , fell over in driveway one morning , had to get wife to help pick it up weighed a ton (bike not wife)

gpz 500 wow a torquey little twin felt like the gb should have nice commuter but not a superbike.

duke 848 too new to say , I'm almost a pensioner (couple of months) wife highly displeased with this one

[WALRUS]

Cool thread idea! Welcome to the forum!

Hope you don't mind but I stole your idea to make a new thread in General ;)

[george formby]

Yeah, very cool. Hiya.:wavey:

I had a DT400... Your comment brought back some memories. :sweatdrop Trying to start the bugger in a bog or side of a steep hill. :eek5:

[pete376403]

little story for each bike

first mach 4 ... went for ride one day from Murupara via waiouru via wellington via danniverke via napier only stopped for gas.

I'm guessing you stopped for gas quite a few times that ride. I knew a guy who had one of the original blue mach IVs. He was a bit of a bullshitter but I believed him when he said, two up, the bike did about 13mpg when ridden hard.

[tanken2]

Cool thread idea! Welcome to the forum!

Hope you don't mind but I stole your idea to make a new thread in General ;)

your'e welcome, great for bringing back memories, I can still hear each bike in my head lol.

[fridayflash]

good to read your memories of those bikes, getting that SL350 from new mustve been something else, especially after a wee 100cc two stroke

[tanken2]

good to read your memories of those bikes, getting that SL350 from new mustve been something else, especially after a wee 100cc two stroke

yep , but $1.00 filled the tank on the Kawasaki back then ! bigger shock was going from sl350 to mach 4 .