was that on the corner of Elm Grove in Southsea , or when they moved to DenmeadHilly wrote:A brand new s1c HOR 814N bought from Bob Gollner Kawasaki Portsmouth in May 1975. Sold it a year later for Z1b.
It was the shop at Denmead. They had all the triple range on show. If I remember correctly they were on raised platforms inside the showroom. Brand new S3's, blue H1f's, purple h2c's. my idea of heaven!..Needless to say I was a regular visitor.Kezsam1 wrote:was that on the corner of Elm Grove in Southsea , or when they moved to DenmeadHilly wrote:A brand new s1c HOR 814N bought from Bob Gollner Kawasaki Portsmouth in May 1975. Sold it a year later for Z1b.
I always remember going into the Southsea shop and drooling over the triples, but couldn't afford one
Hilly wrote:It was the shop at Denmead. They had all the triple range on show. If I remember correctly they were on raised platforms inside the showroom. Brand new S3's, blue H1f's, purple h2c's. my idea of heaven!..Needless to say I was a regular visitor.Kezsam1 wrote:was that on the corner of Elm Grove in Southsea , or when they moved to DenmeadHilly wrote:A brand new s1c HOR 814N bought from Bob Gollner Kawasaki Portsmouth in May 1975. Sold it a year later for Z1b.
I always remember going into the Southsea shop and drooling over the triples, but couldn't afford one
Do you remember the H2 Wasp he had for sidecar cross?Hilly wrote:It was the shop at Denmead. They had all the triple range on show. If I remember correctly they were on raised platforms inside the showroom. Brand new S3's, blue H1f's, purple h2c's. my idea of heaven!..Needless to say I was a regular visitor.Kezsam1 wrote:was that on the corner of Elm Grove in Southsea , or when they moved to DenmeadHilly wrote:A brand new s1c HOR 814N bought from Bob Gollner Kawasaki Portsmouth in May 1975. Sold it a year later for Z1b.
I always remember going into the Southsea shop and drooling over the triples, but couldn't afford one
), Bristol for £900 in 79 (approx £4.5K in today's money).
Could then be the bike that Paul De'ath rode all over Europe, from Portugal in the west and to as far as Greece in the east? RB put a picture of his bike in one of the very early club newsletters as probably one of the worlds most widely ridden H2'sstevie747 wrote:KHA 128L p/x (+£300) for my R5 Yamaha cafe racer, from Allins, Cambridge in 1977, sold it to Mr De'ath (honest...
Could be, how many De'ath's own H2'sHal wrote:Could then be the bike that Paul De'ath rode all over Europe, from Portugal in the west and to as far as Greece in the east? RB put a picture of his bike in one of the very early club newsletters as probably one of the worlds most widely ridden H2'sstevie747 wrote:KHA 128L p/x (+£300) for my R5 Yamaha cafe racer, from Allins, Cambridge in 1977, sold it to Mr De'ath (honest...
(maybe he should've called it a 'Widower maker' 
). It was wet but I still managed a few 2nd gear two-up wheelies and when we got back he was shaking like a leaf - his mates got him to buy it. They chucked it in the van and with no straps, they drove off holding it up in the back I think I mentioned all this in the Superbike Hairy Tales story I did at the time. I think someone has it scanned somewhere (maybe malcGary557 wrote:Have you got the Superbike report. Can you put it on here??
), my original copy is deep in the loft somewhere.... 
) Fiamm airhorns (in the correct place and the right way up ) which were a unique upgrade for an H2, as I was running pods, it left space for the air compressor under the seat, which obviously justified chucking away the airbox... 
