Grace (BikeHedonia) Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 So my fairy godmother of motorcycling is waving his/her wand, and has given me a choice: which bike to restore?? (omg!) The options are: Kawasaki s3 400 Suzuki GT750 Yamaha RD250 These bikes are all before my time, so I'm super keen to hear from anyone who has ridden and loved them. Tell me which one you would choose, and why? Please and thank you!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace (BikeHedonia) Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 come on guys, wake up, I know it's 3.30am over there but I need your input 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 5 hours ago, Grace (BikeHedonia) said: So my fairy godmother of motorcycling is waving his/her wand, and has given me a choice: which bike to restore?? (omg!) The options are: Kawasaki s3 400 Suzuki GT750 Yamaha RD250 These bikes are all before my time, so I'm super keen to hear from anyone who has ridden and loved them. Tell me which one you would choose, and why? Please and thank you!!! I've owned the first two! I already talked about the S3, and in terms of the GT750 it's now a cult bike so worth much more than the others. My second one threw me off at 110mph with a tankslapper in 1978 so my memories are painful ones. Besides that they're pretty quick, fairly thirsty, and ground clearance is a bit limited. Having said that, I'd still choose that one over the other two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace (BikeHedonia) Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 57 minutes ago, XTreme said: I've owned the first two! I already talked about the S3, and in terms of the GT750 it's now a cult bike so worth much more than the others. My second one threw me off at 110mph with a tankslapper in 1978 so my memories are painful ones. Besides that they're pretty quick, fairly thirsty, and ground clearance is a bit limited. Having said that, I'd still choose that one over the other two. Thank you How well (or badly) did you come out of that tank slapper? Sounds dramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Grace (BikeHedonia) said: Thank you How well (or badly) did you come out of that tank slapper? Sounds dramatic. Just cuts and bruises Grace! No broken bones and no stitches! Had my only ever trip in an ambulance on that one! The worst part was a rampantly gay male nurse had to get what was left of my jeans off me! I was cleaned up, X-Rayed, then a tetanus injection.......and they let me go. Next day I collected the bike from the recovery firm's yard, only scratches on it, and rode it home in the snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 10 hours ago, Grace (BikeHedonia) said: So my fairy godmother of motorcycling is waving his/her wand, and has given me a choice: which bike to restore?? (omg!) The options are: Kawasaki s3 400 Suzuki GT750 Yamaha RD250 These bikes are all before my time, so I'm super keen to hear from anyone who has ridden and loved them. Tell me which one you would choose, and why? Please and thank you!!! RD250 i used to have one and not bad to work on being a twin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Why would anyone want anything else other then this amaZing machine! https://powersports.honda.com/street/minimoto/navi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 No offence Grace but I wouldn't want any on them , 20-25 mpg is not my bag nowadays . You're much younger than me though so crack on 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Mawsley said: The only thing in favour of them here is investment value unless you like spending riding time constantly fettling. That, powerbands and daft consumption figures are not my cup of tea at all. Reckon if I was pushed, I'd go for ones not on your list, the Suzuki X7 or the RD400E - but for no other reason than I fancied one or the other when I got into bikes and wanted anything other than my piece of crap CJ250T. I reckon that you'd probably pick one up far cheaper that 2T exotica goes for here now, they command daft prices. Why you wanting two stroke? i had an x7 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace (BikeHedonia) Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 9 hours ago, boboneleg said: No offence Grace but I wouldn't want any on them , 20-25 mpg is not my bag nowadays . You're much younger than me though so crack on Yeah they're not famous for their fuel efficiency. But damn I love the smell of two stroke in the morning... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace (BikeHedonia) Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 8 hours ago, Mawsley said: The only thing in favour of them here is investment value unless you like spending riding time constantly fettling. That, powerbands and daft consumption figures are not my cup of tea at all. Reckon if I was pushed, I'd go for ones not on your list, the Suzuki X7 or the RD400E - but for no other reason than I fancied one or the other when I got into bikes and wanted anything other than my piece of crap CJ250T. I reckon that you'd probably pick one up far cheaper that 2T exotica goes for here now, they command daft prices. Why you wanting two stroke? Because I love how they sound and smell and feel. I just love it. Makes my heart sing. I also have a crazy plan. Add that to opportunity (which has now come knocking)... and well, the rest as they say shall be history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace (BikeHedonia) Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Update: The bike is going to be a GT550. I will be wearing leather. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Grace (BikeHedonia) said: Update: The bike is going to be a GT550. I will be wearing leather. Its like getting a second christmass, a leather glad smoker, grrrrrrrrr.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 7 hours ago, Grace (BikeHedonia) said: Update: The bike is going to be a GT550. I will be wearing leather. I've had one of those as well.....they're decent enough but they don't have the performance of the Kwak 500 triple! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Still got my original Suzuki GT550 handbook. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Clive said: Still got my original Suzuki GT550 handbook. the 550 was a better bike than the 380 they reckon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, skyrider said: the 550 was a better bike than the 380 they reckon I never tried the 380......also never tried the 750 Kettle either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 The 380 was the best of the three I'd say! And I owned all of them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 14 minutes ago, Clive said: I never tried the 380......also never tried the 750 Kettle either. my mate has 3 kettle's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 minute ago, skyrider said: my mate has 3 kettle's and one of them has a 3 into 1 and that sounds well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 14 hours ago, skyrider said: my mate has 3 kettle's You brits and your tea… 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 5 hours ago, Pedro said: You brits and your tea… absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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