Featured My Vintage Jap’s That Are Companion To The Thruxton R.

Very nice

 

yep, very nice !!

 

My dream bike z650 c 1978 ? £1750 then , just out of reach for me . I bought a z750 twin secondhand . Ideal for touring but hardly a bike to set your hair on fire .

 

Great bikes. I like the Honda CB175 with the Scrambler pipes.

 

My two fair weather toys to use when my speed triple has a day off

 

Great bikes!!!

 

I totally agree.
For my part I love the looks and lines of pre RD Yamaha two strokes, AS3 ,CS5, DS7 and R5 particularly.
Sadly I no longer own any of these bikes.

 

Very nice. The little Honda is beautiful.

 

These CL175's get everywhere!! That one looks super, probably a bit better than mine, which is a 1973 K6 version

 

I don't think it's as clear cut as that. I got my first bike in '81 and passed the test in '82, progressing straight into Jap "superbike" territory with a Z1300 so, apart from a ride on a Z1B, I had no experience of earlier Jap stuff, let alone British produce, yet I bought a new classic Triumph twin last year and rate it as one of the best bikes I've owned for smiles per mile. Modern bikes are streets ahead of their ancestors in just about every department. Aerodynamic performance obviously dictates the design of fairings on high speed machines but that aside, styling is very subjective and purely down to personal preference. Just prior to retiring last year I contemplated getting another Z13, having a bit of a soft spot for them, being my first "real" bike but I just keep coming back to the fact that, as a ride, they're hopelessly outdated. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion but for me personally it isn't enough to justify owning one.

 

You need a bit of Jap to go with the Thai !