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Re: Cafe style GZ250
Kinda a cool look. I will assume you don't need signal lights in Ohio.
Got to ask. Why does the rear end sit so high?? Taller shocks maybe?? |
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Re: Cafe style GZ250
Whatever he fitted, it's got to be better than the original
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Ah yes. These things were pedestrian killers and banned in the UK, and probably the rest of Europe in the 1970's
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Re: Cafe style GZ250
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Here's my dad's. Late 1940s. He bought the bike after he came home from the war.
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Re: Cafe style GZ250
Great pic Alan. My dad had a Norton 500 side valve with a double adult Watsonian sidecar in the late 50's. We went out for a ride one Sunday out to Buxton, there were six of us on board, my Dad and Mum on the bike and us 4 kids in the sidecar. On the way back from Buxton we passed by the Cat and Fiddle towards Macclesfield, a notorious stretch of road. We went round a sharp bend and the anchor bolt between the bike and the sidecar snapped. Fortunately the bike and sidecar leaned in towards each other instead of separating, but we still rolled over. I can still remember now looking through the sidecar window and seeing my mother pinned underneath us. We were all taken to Macclesfield Hospital with minor injuries, the worst of which was my Mums cracked ribs. We were very lucky, if the the bike and sidecar had separated things wouldn't have worked out quite the same. There for the grace of God!!
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