Future classics - what do you reckon ?

Originally Posted by Bri w

Bought a Honda 400-4 in 1978. Put Girling gas shocks on it, and a Cibie headlight. It stuck to the road like glue, and was brilliant thro' the twistie's. A bit ugly, and like many Jap bikes back then it was a rust magnet.

Always wanted a Kawasaki Z650, and bought a '77 model in '92. Huge disappointment, slow and heavy without the ability to stop. Had a blast on the original Z1. Amazing ability it had for the frame hinging left and right as you flipped thro' corner - guaranteed to finish a journey thanking God you'd survived. Fancied a Kawasaki 3-cylinder 750 two stroke but saw too many with blown engines.

Went across to Classic Bikes near Shrewsbury in the summer to look at a 6 cylinder Honda CBX 1000. Would still like one but would prefer the original twin shock, not the Pro-Link one.

Funny you should say that about the Z650, at the time of its release it was kicking out 64 bhp which made it just short of the magic 1000cc/100bhp if you see what I mean, when you consider that the 2001 curvey is a 650 and kicking out 67 bhp (?) it was pretty handy for its day, its reckoned to be a bit of undervalued classic, the problem is that it was overshadowed by the absolutely brilliant Z900, of course it all horses for courses, better get some overtime in or Ill still be on 4 wheels

Originally Posted by Lozzo

You mean the Ducati 998 Matrix Reloaded Replica?

Now that is sex on wheels. I'd thought that the Matrix bikes were black, but that one looks dark green.

Edit: Looking at other photos, it appears that they are dark green. I'd just assumed that they were black.