Cafe style GZ250

[jaeone]

I'm think I'm finally done with it, I might cut the rear fender down a bit, but thats it.

[Water Warrior 2]

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??

[jonathan180iq]

I like this one too.

I would get one of those Euro front fender tags, but that's just me.

Good work, man!

[alantf]

Whatever he fitted, it's got to be better than the original BTW, what's a euro front fender tag? It's a word (words) I've not heard before.

[jonathan180iq]

This


I don't always have the proper terminology. But that's what I'm talking about.

[Fawlty]

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

I don't always have the proper terminology. But that's what I'm talking about.

Ah yes. These things were pedestrian killers and banned in the UK, and probably the rest of Europe in the 1970's

[alantf]

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Here's my dad's. Late 1940s. He bought the bike after he came home from the war.

[Fawlty]

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!!

[alantf]

Originally Posted by Fawlty

We went out for a ride one Sunday out to Buxton,

You must be from my neck of the woods. In the 60s and70s, when I was married, we went into Derbyshire many sundays.

[Fawlty]

Originally Posted by alantf

You must be from my neck of the woods. In the 60s and70s, when I was married, we went into Derbyshire many sundays.

We lived just outside Manchester until '63. Buxton was a regular, as were Southport and Blackpool. In '63 we moved to the Midlands and got to know the Derbyshire Dales well. Good biking country, as you know.