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Some old 400's
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:37 pm
by Mori Man
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:46 pm
by Brett
I've never heard of/seen a gpz 475. Very nice looking bike, where they an import?
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:50 pm
by Brett
Just realized where you live. Probably is an import then! Still very nice mind.
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:18 pm
by Mori Man
Brett wrote:I've never heard of/seen a gpz 475. Very nice looking bike, where they an import?
Think it's a 400 been bored out, the Green one with the Daishin pipe has a Zephyr engine in it
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:56 pm
by cargo
Love the racer with the red number plates must be an old F3 machine very nice.............
I wonder what sort of HP it makes
The two stroke racer looks fun too
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:30 pm
by masterofinsanity
this is mint!!
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:41 pm
by crushedlizard
masterofinsanity wrote:this is mint!!
Where's that swingarm from?
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:28 pm
by Brett
cargo wrote:Love the racer with the red number plates must be an old F3 machine very nice.............
I wonder what sort of HP it makes
The two stroke racer looks fun too
Is the two stroke a KH?
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:06 pm
by cargo
Yeah I think it is a KH of some sort maybe even a 400................
I know they made 250 400 500 and 750 3 cylinder two strokes so take your pick
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:57 pm
by Brett
I've seen a 500 but not a 400. Shame they don't make big two strokes anymore, they were so much fun.
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:11 pm
by cargo
here you go.............
And I think there was a 350 as well
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:32 am
by Brett
Sweet, I wouldn't like to go round corners on it mind.
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:45 am
by cargo
I actually had a KH250 in fact I owned two of them a purple 1976 one and in 1980 I bought a brand new one complete with FLF bodywork, mag whels and expansion chambers.
It was a great handling wee bike I could get the pipe down on the left side.............
The 500 and 750 were reputed to have a hinge in the middle of the frame somewhere
but rocketship fast
Re: Some old 400's
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:03 pm
by Mori Man
Had a "scarey" time on a tuned 250 , slightest twitch on the throttle and the thing was up in the air - great for straight line possing but getting away from junctions fast was a nightmare
The 750 was the original "Coffin maker" or "Black widow" and for many years held the quarter at santa pod - think it still does in it's class.
They produced them in: 90,125,250,350,400,500 & 750 versions.
Also known as SS250 & 350 with the 500 as a H1 and 750 as a H2.
Notorious for overheating in the centre pot and was advisable to put in a couple of grades down cooler plug in it.
Saw a nice Red one at the Ace cafe that had been bored out to 666cc - no horns on it though
I am sure the racer pictured was a 500 but couldn't find the info for it again.
I thought the swingarm on the Green GPz/Zephyr was a convertd Zephyr one but the drag slots look wrong
