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Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:32 pm
by Dave T
In 1981, Red KH 250 - SEN 284S - £ 350
Bought from Dave Parkinson who sadly is no longer with us.
Seized it about 8 months later.
Sold the bike in bits and used some of the money to buy paint to respray a mk2 Mexico
which I had bought for £950.00 and sold on a few months later for £1450.00.
Wish I still had that Mexico

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:20 am
by El Presidente
h2al wrote:First rode a H2 in may 75 when a mate traded his Commando in for a brand new red H2C at Poulton Kawasaki Centre (nr Blackpool)...Reg: KFR 778N...
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KFR lived 3 miles from me in Nottingham for several Years, it was Blue, then Green and ended up Purple (No surprise) It's still around now
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:27 am
by scouse
18/08/1991 KH 500 KEM 490 P

Spent more time in my flat, than on the road
I've still got it
Gary T
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:03 am
by 666rog
3rd July 1973. Bought new from Read Titan's of Leytonestone. It was an H1D in two tone green. I still have it, never sold it.
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:10 am
by 3styn
28th September 1978, XHB 999T, Purple KH400 A4 (new) from Kawasaki House, City Road, Cardiff.
Been checking periodically & was showing date of liability in 1992.
Just checked again & Taxed & MOT until May 2015
Where are you now

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:20 am
by Rubbadub
JDB228N1978again.jpg
1977 JDB 228N, still got her
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:03 pm
by BIG H
July 1978,Purple H2C,Still in my garage.

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:25 pm
by Doctorpayday
2009.
Had to save for a while.
Doc
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:52 pm
by SERPICO
1976, it was an N reg S3a Candy red, can't remember the reg number. Fell off it big time about a year later and sold it soon after.
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:46 pm
by Treeman
A KH250 in 1979 - was originally B2 blue - UGK 114R - originally supplied by Godfreys of Sheen. I gave it to my Brother-in-Law when I got a z1000 and was given it back about 5 years later after it had been on extensive commuter duties
Twelve years stripped down and in recycling boxes - now back together
I won't say too much as I will write it up properly for the magazine

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:57 pm
by Triple Parts
1980, changed my RD200DX for a KH250b2 CFR347S. Kept it for years then stupidly sold it cheap with several crates of spare parts to fund a GPZ600R.
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:12 pm
by johnnymoped
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:26 pm
by malc87
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:33 pm
by 30yrs-on
KH500 in 1978
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:01 pm
by Madmax
1974' H1B. VRA 793K.
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:31 am
by S2Gerald
September 1980, bought a KH250B2, UYL 286S from a guy called Luigi Rosetti in Edgware. I paid £425 for it. It had the "green" bodyset from a KH400A3 fitted, but I didn't realise that until a few weeks later (I was green too!!). I sold it to a mate a year later who thrashed it to pieces for a year or two and having recovered it after being stolen, he painted it black and eventually left it in his Mum's shed when he left home to work in London. About 5 years later, and having moved house myself, my next door neighbour was given the bike by my mate's Mum after he got a Saturday job where she worked. Going by the details on the dvla website, my neighbour never got it roadworthy! Here's a picture before I'd splashed out for a new centre-stand for it! I've also just noticed it still had grey-shafted metal plug-caps!! Now what did I do with those?? It also had twin Fiamm horns which were great until they fell off from the vibration!
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:43 am
by oldman
H1a 1983 rode it back from walsal 2 cylinders most of the way hoping to tidy it up this year
Messed up again first triple was a sic in 73 with full body fairing and spannis returned it to standard and passed my test on it then bought the h1a

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:35 am
by SAM
oldman wrote:H1a 1983 rode it back from walsal 2 cylinders most of the way hoping to tidy it up this year
Don't rush into it Ray.
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:39 am
by johnnymoped
SAM wrote:oldman wrote:H1a 1983 rode it back from walsal 2 cylinders most of the way hoping to tidy it up this year
Don't rush into it Ray.
Was going to say the same thing Sam - but did not want to upset Ray - again

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:11 am
by h2bchris
I think i got my first triple in 1978 , it was a blue 750 reg aba 795L , and according to Rick , because he checked the database, it was still on the road a few years !

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:09 am
by Gary557
H1F 2010, made 1 from 2 basket cases.
Gary
Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:40 am
by H1E Sid James
KH500 (LGY 765P) bought off my brother in 1984, think its long gone now