Want to be famous (well in NZ anyway!)

Rhys Jones of Kiwirider is looking for content for his next series of classic and post classic articles.

In the past whikle, he has done, Honda C100, CB750, CB1100R, CB77, CBX. Kawasaki Triples 500/750, Z1, ZX400, Suzuki GS1000, GSX750, GT750, T500. Yamaha RD250/350/400, TZ750, XS1100

I've suggested things like:

• Laverda Jota's - off the beaten track a little, BUT quite desirable!
• What about homologation specials - a bit newer like RC30, RC45 and OW01
• Some of the original euro sports tourers R90S, R100RS
• Ducati Darmah (mate here at work has one)
• CX500? The bike everyone loved to hate, but was the staple for London couriers, and I think even won a 1 hour with Vince here in NZ. Was a bike before it's time in some respects.
• The "failures" from the early eighties when Japan Inc were developing models to out do each other, but short development cycles. XZ550 Yamaha.....MVX250, VT250, Turbo bikes.....
• Dual Purpose craze?
• Commuter work horses? CB250's etc.

He's looking for photos of actual bikes and a bit of info - so if you are keen, have one of the above or some other interesting bike or style of bike that could be good fodder, drop Rhys and e-mail on rhysj@xtra.co.nz or rhysjones707@gmail.com.

Cheers

Al

There's a CX500 thread on KB somewhere. What about the smaller 4 stroke aircooled 4s. Seem to get overlooked and much underated.

I think the Yellow Peril deserves a mention. One man's obsession with one of the most unloved things ever to make it out of Volty's shed...
Max's R90S is one of the nicest in the country- he will never say anything like that so I have to on his behalf- plus it is ridden not hidden
We have enough GS Zookies to form a posse like a swarm of Daleks

All good stuff. But if you want to do something, you will need to drop Rhys an e-mail.

Cheers

The old one man's trash cliche eh?

Been a huge amount of fun that little bike and I ride it all the time.

sound like an ex of mine.....

Trying to crack 50km/h in the literal sense again Bender?

Good eh?

Good eh?

" I'll have for breakfast what he's having"

Is that slippers Rollie is wearing.....did he so a BMW speed run...?

that really is one of the dumbest riding positions ever...

It's a Vincent. Standard riding position for a Vincent, Vincent owners are a bit different. Well , it's not a Vincent of course, it's a Honda with delusions of grandeur, but the original was a Vincent. So presumably that's a Vincent owner whose Vincent has broken down (again) and has unshipped the auxiliary life-bike to ride off to seek help.

So that's really a Life Boat Bike of sorts? Lucky Honda had one for him then aye.
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Life boat bike. You have no idea how close that is to the truth.

Tisk Tisk ATGATT