Topic: Sold a couple of bikes. Just got a project.

[Terry in Australia]

Well you know how I don't like to boast Ken, so don't be humbled, just keep trying and one day............ who knows? Trevor (my cocky) is a particularly disrespectful bird, so I won't tell you what he's doing to the pic of your LC as I type this, but needless to say, I can't watch, it's just too awful............

Hey your Kwaka looks great, I remember riding one back in the 1980's, it was a wicked little thing, where did you find one in such good nick? If it was mine I'd just clean it up and ride it, they're only original once! Cheers, Terry.

[Stev-o]

The H1 looks good!  Hard to find them complete like that, an H1E, right?

Great website for info:

http://www.kawtriple.com/mraxl/

Here's mine on a short [cold and at dusk] ride a couple weeks back...

[ekpent]

 Mercy - I have to move to Australia where all the good bike are hiding. !!

[Stev-o]

Mercy - I have to move to Australia where all the good bike are hiding. !!

I'm very, very surprised you dont have an H1 or H2.

[ekpent]

Mercy - I have to move to Australia where all the good bike are hiding. !!

I'm very, very surprised you dont have an H1 or H2.

  Lady luck has not smiled upon me yet Steve. I have seen very few of those around for sale unfortunately in my area regardless of the price point. Don't want to have to mortgage the house for one either so as they say "The hunt is half the fun". I wish I would have been more serious 10-20 years ago on them. Maybe I can trade 3-400's and a 350 triple for a 750, seem to still find those around    Maybe if I beg and grovel and make a serious pain of myself a certain Kwacker collector up north will sell me one    Heard he may be thinning his herd sometime in the not so distant future.

[Stev-o]

Mercy - I have to move to Australia where all the good bike are hiding. !!

I'm very, very surprised you dont have an H1 or H2.

  Lady luck has not smiled upon me yet Steve. I have seen very few of those around for sale unfortunately in my area regardless of the price point. Don't want to have to mortgage the house for one either so as they say "The hunt is half the fun". I wish I would have been more serious 10-20 years ago on them. Maybe I can trade 3-400's and a 350 triple for a 750, seem to still find those around    Maybe if I beg and grovel and make a serious pain of myself a certain Kwacker collector up north will sell me one    Heard he may be thinning his herd sometime in the not so distant future.

Yeah, he may be thinning the herd but I have a feeling he won't be letting anything go for cheap.  BTW - his last birthday bash is this Aug, would be fun to go.  Unfortunately, I can't make it, will be in the Rocky Mts for a wedding. 

[ken65]

Thanks everybody. Its a lot rougher than it looks. BUT
I've decided i'm going to get it safe,brakes, clutch, cables, tyres and a bloody good service. Its been off the road since 78.
Played with some wiring today and everything works .I think a grand will make it ready to ride.  Bloody Gov't will want a few hundred as well.

[Terry in Australia]

Good idea mate, as much as immaculately restored bikes look nice, it's like their histories have been obliterated. I prefer something with a few stories to tell. I'll look forward to seeing pics of it back on the road!

[ken65]

Be a while Terrance. The RD has a few months to go and the all ords are falling everyday.

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, are you still working Ken, or have you retired? I'd love to be able to retire, but I hate the thought of living on canned baked beans, which is all I could afford if I retired now, and it's too cold in winter to leave the windows open!

[ken65]

Ha ha, are you still working Ken, or have you retired? I'd love to be able to retire, but I hate the thought of living on canned baked beans, which is all I could afford if I retired now, and it's too cold in winter to leave the windows open!

I'm sort of retired Terrence.  My wife does pretty good and looks after me. I make sure she has clean clothes for work and somewhere clean to sleep.
A bit of cooking and cleaning but could do more.
The body is a bit fragile these days from previous injuries and general wear and tear. I don't get a jatz cracker from the government but sell a few things
on ebay to go towards beer and bike parts but at the moment its fairly slow. I'm cheap to run, rarely have a takeway feed , don't play golf and
rarely go to the pub.
Once a fortnight I fill the tanks on the FJ and RD but don't venture to far from home anymore. It's to dangerous now with mobile phones
and with radar cameras everywhere it takes the enjoyment out of it. I'm currently waiting to see if I get a speeding ticket in the mail.
I hope I slowed down enough before I got into his detection zone, wherever the hell that was. Bloody plicks.

[Terry in Australia]

Well all the best mate, One of my co-workers from Canberra is a bit of a nerd, and 3 weeks ago he surprised everyone when he bought a new Mustang. Within 2 weeks of picking it up he'd been booked doing 140 KPH (90 MPH) in a 100KPH (60 MPH) zone. I haven't found out what penalty he's going to receive, and apparently NSW's speeding penalties were all increased late last year, so I think it's gonna be expensive.

I hope you weren't going that fast? I can't say anything, if I was caught doing some of the speeds I've seen (especially on my bigger bikes) I would probably get life with no parole!