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Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:08 am Looks like Snetterton
Yup , well spotted -very different circuit then of course.
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It's how I remember Snetterton, when I went there a couple of years ago after not having been for 15 years I was amazed how nice it is, Cadwell hasn't changed much though, and I bet Lydden is still the same.
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In my defence,I was 19 and it was the 70s.....a salutory lesson in how to spend a fortune and still fuck up a perfectly good Z1. :lol:

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Skub wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:07 pm In my defence,I was 19 and it was the 70s.....a salutory lesson in how to spend a fortune and still fuck up a perfectly good Z1. :lol:

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WTF is with that seat, too many views of Easy Rider ? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Bigyin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:27 pm
WTF is with that seat, too many views of Easy Rider ? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
You had to be there,brother Yin,you had to be there. :lol:
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Skub wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:07 pm In my defence,I was 19 and it was the 70s.....a salutory lesson in how to spend a fortune and still fuck up a perfectly good Z1. :lol:

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Is that in the wee garden thing beside the Queen's Bridge?
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Bigjawa wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:52 pm

Is that in the wee garden thing beside the Queen's Bridge?
Yeah,it's about there somewhere. I was ducking out of Shorts at lunch time.
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What are those wheels?
Has it got toast racks?
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Skub wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:07 pm In my defence,I was 19 and it was the 70s.....a salutory lesson in how to spend a fortune and still fuck up a perfectly good Z1. :lol:

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That is an absolutely cracking pic, everything about it is so 70s 8-)
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What's the car behind the Cortina Estate, could be an Allegro.
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Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 pm What are those wheels?
Has it got toast racks?
I think they were CMA wheels.

Toast racks?
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Skub wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:40 am
Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 pm What are those wheels?
Has it got toast racks?
I think they were CMA wheels.

Toast racks?
Dunno if you can see this http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=46638
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Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:57 am
Skub wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:40 am
Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:02 pm What are those wheels?
Has it got toast racks?
I think they were CMA wheels.

Toast racks?
Dunno if you can see this http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=46638
Nope :(
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Harry wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:23 pm Are they flares or waterproofs?
Work overalls. I'm just out from fucking up aircraft. :lol:
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Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:57 am Dunno if you can see this http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=46638
No,but if you mean the finned casing type of thing,then yes!
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More old shitty quality Zed pics.
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GS thou circa 79
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Skub wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:04 pm More old shitty quality Zed pics.
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Is that you sunbathing ?
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Yep. 8-)
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Those look like Protek sliders... I think I've still got a pair in the shed ;)

My Manx Leathers one-piece had velco for sliders as an option - I think that was 86 or 87 when I got that suit.

Stuart Adamson was a big bike fan. Mark Williams flew up to Scotland to interview him for Bike. He got off the plane wearing a fashion jacket and Levis to find Adamson waiting to pick him up with his brand new bike - a VF400F if I remember the article right - and a spare helmet. It was a 50 mile ride to Adamson's gaff... in January. :) Basically, he explained he'd just blown the pay out from the first album on the bike. The deal that they'd signed seemed good at the time but diverted most of the cash to their agent and the record company.
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Skub wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:59 pm
Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:57 am Dunno if you can see this http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=46638
No,but if you mean the finned casing type of thing,then yes!
No the were a guard that went on the barrels, very popular with Z owners in the late 70s and early 80s
The finned cover over the points is pointless :D that bit doesn't get hot (well it shouldn't)
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