T14086 said:

yeah they were great fun with that powerband, nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing EVERYTHING!!!!! lol

I always wanted the 750 just to sample true madness but never did manage to get one, probably just as well or wouldn't be here now

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I own a 1973 Kawasaki 750 H2A in mint and Original condition, except for the three Wirges expansion chambers, to annoy the neighbours...
My newest toy is my first moped that I rebuild to my own taste, a 1969 Garelli Rekord.
In 1988 I build a Ducati 1000cc Bevel MHR, using the best parts available at that time, still proud of it!

Yazza54 said:

Kinda forgot I made this thread!

A little something I'm building if anyone's interested..

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/...158768&i=340&nmt=Mito+443+Project+&mid=158768

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You might be a bit close to me for comfort, so don't you be coming round here on your stinkwheel. We're law abiding 4 stroke folks round here now.....although I do miss the noise.....and the smell..... and the holed pistons.....and.....

Actually, thinking about noise reminds me of when we first moved here in 1989. There was a large Victorian semi almost next door which was split into 2 flats with an old wooden shed thingy between our houses. On one of the first Sundays after we moved in, Mrs. Beard and I were enjoying a nice well rewarded lie in when all of a sudden, at about 8 am we were woken by the sound of a Norse god of thunder gargling a hammer (sorry about the plagiarism Mr. Clarkson). I looked out of the window but couldn't see anything, and after a few minutes the noise stopped.

A couple of hours later I went to get a paper and as I walked past the shed noticed a "biker" working on a bike. He was wearing a pair of jeans, white tee-shirt with a black leather waistcoat over it. He also had a hair style that was popular at the time with bikers, namely a No. 1 cut at the side but longer on top. As I walked past I realised the bike was one of the all time '70s greats; namely a Honda CB750 in a Dresda frame complete with a bikini fairing. Dave Degens of Dresda was at the forefront of the then cafe racer craze.

As I walked past a few yards behind I shouted: "That looks really good". No reply. I stood there for 30 seconds and then he fired it up again. It sounded like a proddy racer. Thinking to myself that he was just an ignorant t**t I carried on to the shop, but on the way back I noticed he was talking to a mate of his.....in sign language!

No wonder he wasn't bothered about making a lot of noise early on a Sunday morning.

Haha I'll do my best whereabouts are you?

Peter Pick-Up said:

I own a 1973 Kawasaki 750 H2A in mint and Original condition, except for the three Wirges expansion chambers, to annoy the neighbours...
My newest toy is my first moped that I rebuild to my own taste, a 1969 Garelli Rekord.
In 1988 I build a Ducati 1000cc Bevel MHR, using the best parts available at that time, still proud of it!

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It's quite strange seeing the Sports Motorcycles logo on that Duke after all these years as I used to hang around the showroom when I was about 16 every Saturday without fail. Ducatis, Laverdas, Triumphs and Nortons were all over the place. I think they may have stocked BMWs at one stage. And possibly even Hondas.

And the lovely Steve Wynne never chased us away. Maybe he knew the value of dreams. I think the dealership got a bit too big for him and it folded, although later re-emerged near Macclesfield.

Yazza54 said:

Haha I'll do my best whereabouts are you?

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Sunny Denton

I have three motorcycle hero's:
Fabio Taglioni, designer of the Ducati Bevel Twins.
(I sadly missed his appearance during the World Ducati Weekend in Bologna back in 2000, which I visited together with my wife).


Mike Hailwood, because of his dream come back in 1978 and winning the Isle of Man F1 World Championship for Motorcycles.
I visited his grave in Tanworth, some years ago.


And last but not least, Steve Wynne, for building the 1978 Hailwood winning bike!


When I decided to build my own Hailwood Replica back in 1988, I have contacted Steve many times by telephone and by writing letters, and sending pictures ( no internet that time..!)
When the 1000cc engine broke down a couple of years later, I dismantled it, and took the cil. heads to his former workshop, near Manchester, his wife was running a country store in it, if I remember well...
Anyway, although out of business, Steve did rebuild the heads in a perfect way!
I still think of it, when I'm in my own workshop now, and see the Ducati, "touched by the Master"....!! ( I never had to open the heads again since...)

http://sportsmotorcyclesducati.com/
Steve is back in business for some years now:

What happened to Steve Wynne of Sports Motorcycles Manchester..??


http://sportsmotorcyclesducati.com/...3/08/Whatever-happened-to-Steve-Wynne-PDF.pdf