What makes of motorcycles haven't been owned by anyone on here?

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cheb wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:32 pm I'd expect them to be really obscure or very old. The bikes, not the owners.
Are you sure about that? :)
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Zundapp? Ossa maybe? Kreidler?

What about Jawa? They weren't that rare but still pretty unusual. Simpson? Tomos? I remember seeing them in Woolworths for £249.99.
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Count Steer wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:03 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:40 pm I can't see anyone on here having been a Zenith, Scott, Victoria, ABC or Sunbeam owner.... ;)
I did help restore a Scott when I was at school. (Flyer iirc, I think it was a 600cc watercooled twin). I say 'restore' but it can't have been that old but even so it was a complete strip down so the frame could be stove enamelled so it must have had a hard life!

Oh yeah...I had a P&M.
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mangocrazy wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:54 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:47 pm
mangocrazy wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:48 pm I was very taken with the Bridgestone GTR 350 in the mid-late '60s, but never even saw one in the metal, much less owned one.


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I know someone with a couple of Bridgestones, a 175 and a 350
As I recall they were marketed as a 'premium' product; i.e they were a fair bit more expensive than your run of the mill Hondas, Yamahas and Suzukis. And they didn't have much of a dealer network. The Kawasaki Avenger 250 and 350 (disc valve 2T) models were of the same era and very tasty.
I know someone else with an Avenger 250, it's the only one I've ever seen.
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Doubt there will be many who've owned a Munch?

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:38 pm I know someone else with an Avenger 250, it's the only one I've ever seen.
I was working at the local Kaw shop several years ago & some bloke showed up looking for A1 head gaskets. He was racing an A1-R at Willow for the vintage bash.
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Found 7

Me: Yeah we have some, how many ya want?
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I've owned a JAP & a Weslake.
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porter_jamie wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:37 pm
Count Steer wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:03 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:40 pm I can't see anyone on here having been a Zenith, Scott, Victoria, ABC or Sunbeam owner.... ;)
I did help restore a Scott when I was at school. (Flyer iirc, I think it was a 600cc watercooled twin). I say 'restore' but it can't have been that old but even so it was a complete strip down so the frame could be stove enamelled so it must have had a hard life!

Oh yeah...I had a P&M.
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There was a Vertimati owner on TRC, did anyone have a VOR?
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:03 pm Silk?
I had one.

Well, more accurately: "I've ridden one" ;) Customer arrived at the shop, I admired it, he gave me the key. Never met him before!
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:46 am
porter_jamie wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:37 pm
Count Steer wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:03 pm Oh yeah...I had a P&M.
Peckett and McNab Kawasaki 1000?
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Horse wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:39 am
Count Steer wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:46 am
porter_jamie wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:37 pm
Peckett and McNab Kawasaki 1000?
Phelon and Moore (Panther)
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ZRX61 wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:24 am I've owned a JAP & a Weslake.
A JAP?? or a J.A.P. ?
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Rockburner wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:30 am
ZRX61 wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:24 am I've owned a JAP & a Weslake.
A JAP?? or a J.A.P. ?
[Hushed Tones] And here we see a rivet counter emerging from hiding and starting to engage with his foe [/HT]

There was a slew of North American motorcrossers using Rotax engines, ATK was one, had a funny rear brake IIRC.

I didn't own it but I was chair monkey on a Weslake engined Wasp outfit.
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cheb wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 10:13 am
Rockburner wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:30 am
ZRX61 wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:24 am I've owned a JAP & a Weslake.
A JAP?? or a J.A.P. ?
[Hushed Tones] And here we see a rivet counter emerging from hiding and starting to engage with his foe [/HT]

There was a slew of North American motorcrossers using Rotax engines, ATK was one, had a funny rear brake IIRC.

I didn't own it but I was chair monkey on a Weslake engined Wasp outfit.
OI!

:D

I'd not heard of a bike called a "JAP", and I'm not sure if there were any bikes made under the J.A.P. brand name, (except for collaborations like Excelsior J.A.P.) so I'm just seeking clarity here!
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Off the top of my head how about

SWM
Hercules
Monark
Moto Gori
Derbi
Ossa
Bultaco
Montessa
CZ
Praga
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Metisse too, did they market whole bikes or just frames for you to do the conversion?
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My mum had a Derbi Senda 50.
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:00 pm My mum had a Derbi Senda 50.
Unless you wear a dress and call yourself Brenda at weekends, you're not your mother :D
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