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[Andy J]

so ok some of you guys might need to ask your Dad's about the great 1980's of biking, I've asked mine and he says it was a turning point for sure.

Been thinking , Yogi's fault !!!  that the 350LC was a thing of beauty and the move from the old Triumphs and Z650's etc into the GPZ's was a great time to enjoy biking.

There seemed to be a leap into a new generation of bikes (so my dad tells me  )

I know we've had threads on the old stuff but here I go again, well if your 40's aren't for a bit of nostalgia what are they for 

I blame Yogi because he mentioned in another thread about ZXR750H carb tops being a good mod on the big Kawasaki's back in 1988/9.

I recall the pro am stuff on 350LC's and the CB1100R but what was the iconic bike that moved things on, was it the GPZ550, the RD350LC, the CB750/900 or even the Katana 1000/1100 perhaps.

for me it has to be the RD350LC was back in 1980 as it changed everything and then the GSXR750 in '86 bringing race reps to us all.

I had the first ZXR400 in the country way back in 1989 and PB took it for a test, god knows why I let them but you do these things don't you. Anyhow they did write well of it and set an article that I still have here somewhere.


So this

and then this make it for me



so chose your best bike of the 80's or ask your Dad for advice 

[zxyogi]

Katana 1000 for me!!...but i also agree with you Andy that the LC was the iconic bike of the 80s.

[Andy J]

and how could I not have mentioned the two great bikes I had 

the GPZ900A1


and of course in late 1988 the ZXR750H1 which was so much nicer than the GSXR's of the time 

[fido]

My 250LC.......Couldnt afford a 350 due to being a student at the time

[davemfox]

Flipping heck Andy, what's with the stroll down memory lane? You been hit on the head 

Ok for me, I'd agree with the 350LC and also add in the 500 Gamma and GPZ600

Dave

[Andy J]

Must be as my 42nd B'day approaches 

come on Dave surely not the tiny 'orrible GPZ6 ? 

The Gamma 500 was nice but never really sold as it never made the Hype overall likewise on the 500LC

Next thing you'll be telling me that a 400/4 Honda is a dream for you 

[zxyogi]

My Ol CBX Thou was a lump to throw around....  ....attempt to throw around!

I had a GPZ600R on a C plate,good bike!!
Forgot my other fave bike.....GPZ750Turbo!!! 

[davemfox]

Must be as my 42nd B'day approaches 

come on Dave surely not the tiny 'orrible GPZ6 ? 

The Gamma 500 was nice but never really sold as it never made the Hype overall likewise on the 500LC

Next thing you'll be telling me that a 400/4 Honda is a dream for you 

  yeah that'd be right 

ok how about the FZ750 Genesis/FZR 1000 family??

Dave

[Andy J]

My Ol CBX Thou was a lump to throw around....  ....attempt to throw around!

likewise Yogi, I had one of those shit machines too, it had a badly made monoshock too and bellmouths and fuck me it was crap until the revs went up and then it took off like a panther in an elephants body  



that big fat tacho needle  

[Andy J]

aye Dave, my pal Phil Wood had the 740 and we rode like idiots with me on the ZXR, the Yam was a great bike, then he got the thou and another great bike for sure, just overshaddowed by the GSXR really 

[davemfox]

You got the day off like?

Dave

[HammyUK]

GPZ600r was the first "legal" big bike. Bought a 750 turbo with 30 miles on the clock that had been slammed into the arse of a cortina. Went racing for a week and came back to find my 600r wasn't a 600 any more! 
That was a scary bike! Its still running round leamington in mint nick.
ZXR750, followed by an Exup that got me a 2yr ban on the A46 and the front page of the coventry evening telegraph
Couple of XR's, an XT, an old Bonneville(1974), Kids, no bike for a while, the the 6r J1, and the 10!
Would still love the GPZ back though.

[rotax81]

the bike that changed things to me was the GPz900R. i had to get one in 1984.. i had one of the first ones.
was going to upgrade to the GPz1000RX but it wasnt much of a step from the 900.
the ZX10 came along and i had to have one. carb mods n all 
that lasted me not quite a year and the ZXR750 came out, i was in love  i had a H1 in red/gun metal and black.

that got nicked before it was a year old 

im now on my 7th Kawasaki but still have 3 of them 

[twostrokes]

I started with the KH250 in 76, then the KH 500 in 77 still got that....

[zx10r bob]

well andy,me and you could be the same person,because we have the same good choice in bikes...........the first big bikes for me were my brothers GS750 and a GS1000S then he when on to have a GpZ1100 and a zx10..............as for me i still have the love of my life...........ZXR750H2,,,,,,,,,,,,a thing of beauty