I suppose in terms of sales it might have been King Kong there for a while.
AKA the Z50, AKA the “Monkey Bike”. I started on a Z50 myself about 40 years ago. Gave the bike to a friends little brother at some point. Last I heard it was still going strong. Those tires were a PITA to change.
The Kawasaki response to the CB750. And what a response it was!
Oh to have been born ten years sooner. Glorious days for motorcycles.. Especially when you think of what was going on in factories from Ducati and Suzuki… sigh
Cool inset crop..
That’s a nice way to roll.
Thanks to Morgan Rue!
I’m getting a real soft spot for the small cc customs and this is certainly no exception to that. More proof that it does not take huge money and big cc to build a cool bike. Congratulations Amli.
Hi.my name is Amli from Malaysia..this is my weekend project..just completed 3 weeks ago..This bike originally is Yamaha RX-K with 135 cc..I decided to convert it to Cafe Racer..This is the end of the weekend project.
Hat tip to Robie Pruden for posting this in the comments.
Congratulations to Steven Sclavos on such a fine build! If you’re in to old 2 stroke street bikes you’ll appreciate what went into this bike. Those pipes a sweet.
I love these old 2 stroke enduros.
Time to get back into the e-mails with this nice collection!
With special Thanks to Kenneth Pantling for all the hard work. Some very nice rides here!
Steve,
These pictures were taken at The Goat Public House in Skeyton, North Norfolk, UK. The annual gathering there is in aid of cancer charities and draws in an astonishing variety of vintage bikes and cars for such a small rural gathering. Skeyton is right next door to Coltishall which was the site of one of the famous WWII Battle of Britain Spitfire bases. Douglas Bader, the pilot with tin legs, was based at Coltishall and allegedly downed a significant part of his beer consumption in The Goat.
Some of the pictures are of the same bike from a couple of different angles so you may well want to dump some of them. Also the bikes varied from pristine to distinctly agricultural so if any of these pictures are of interest, take your pick.
Kenneth Pantling
And here some more from a few years back. Nice Square Four and that Scott is sweet!
Bit busy now that I’m back but in the mean time check out this sweet gallery of the Bol d’Or Classic 2012. by Cédric JANODET
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