Flogged It Friday! Kawasaki GPz1000RX exhaust. “Is that an old Neta system?” It would not be an original Kawasaki item, they mostly rotted away within a few years. The search for an aftermarket exhaust back in the day was straightforward,…
Flogged It Friday! Suzuki Bandit 600 Frame. “What’s with the jacked up rear end?” This was a complete but unfinished project that we broke for parts just before Christmas. The bike was a right miss match of parts. The rear…
Make or Break? Honda Bros 400 NC25. “What a stupid name.” Can’t argue with that! The Bros name was always going to be a target for banter. Some people that own them just called them a NC25, which is the…
Flogged It Friday! Honda CBR250 MC22 Fairing. “Never seen one.” Honda have made heaps of CBR models over the years. From the jelly mould 600 of the 1980s thru to the CBR Fireblade models that grew from 900cc up to…
Flogged it Friday! Kawasaki ZX-10 Fairing Panel. “Fairing panels must be a good seller?” Yes, any decent fairing panel will always find a home. Some sell straight away, others can hang about for ages waiting for someone to buy them….
Flogged it Friday! Yamaha RD250 cylinder head. “Where do you find these new old stock items?” When buying up job lots of motorcycle parts you are never too sure what items lurk within the multitude of crates, cardboard boxes and…
Make or Break. Suzuki GS500E ‘Where did you find that?’ Yet another barn find bike that hasn’t ever seen a barn. The only people I knew with a barn when I was growing up were The Walton’s, and do you…
Make or break? Yamaha YSR80 Gag Bike. ‘Big in Japan’. Back in the 80s, the Japanese created the Gag Bike market, some called it a craze. Most crazes come and go quite quickly, although that’s something these fun size bikes haven’t…
Flogged it Friday! Honda CB250N SuperDream. “Where did you dig that up from?” For every motorcycle that I invest time and effort in finding to buy, there is always another one that simply finds me. Since the early 90s I’ve…
Make or Break? RD250LC ‘Cor, I used to have one of those!’ If I had a pint for every time someone said that to me since picking up this Yamaha, I’d be face down in a loo by now. Nostalgia,…
