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What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:56 am
by Eric
As title says. New or Used?

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:32 am
by Klawsuc
1974. A white second hand S1 reg. ONN 250L ( Where is it now ? ) Phil

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:53 am
by Ian R
New S3A in 1974. KFR 777N in green. Went missing off the radar many years ago

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:29 pm
by Chris Todd
new kh400 in 76 NJR525R probably in bike heaven now :( :(
got this as replacement :D :D :D
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Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:41 pm
by Malcolm
S1C 1975 GTN 699N long gone

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:47 pm
by Sidecardug
1987
H1D Paid £1000 for it
Still got it

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:08 pm
by Mitsui Spy
Got this in 1974 aged 9 (new).
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Rode my mates' triples in the 80's but never actually owned one until about 5 years ago.

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:30 pm
by SAM
NPP896P S3A £589 it cost me. Ken Kay Luton.

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:13 pm
by Crasher
1977 s1c250. KKN 436P Secondhand,but pretty sure it came from Paul smarts kawasaki paddock wood

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:25 pm
by Windy
I bought this H1b for £200 quid in 1981. I added the later bodywork.

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Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:39 pm
by El Presidente
Ian R wrote:New S3A in 1974. KFR 777N in green. Went missing off the radar many years ago
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:o , Nope, Pete Kidd in Preston has your bike? He brought it to last Years Nottingham rally Thumbs Up

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:45 pm
by El Presidente
SAM wrote:NPP896P S3A £589 it cost me. Ken Kay Luton.
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886 or 896? 896 Is still in London :wink:

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:46 pm
by Hal
PKE428R - a second hand KH500 in early 1978

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 3:47 pm
by h2al
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...
This was my first ...a 74 H2B cost £685 from Doug Hacking Kawasaki in Bolton, 1977... Reg: HCA597N...
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BUT.... wouldn't you like to see an advert like this now...... 1977...
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Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 3:56 pm
by h2al
And Here It Was.......
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Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:41 pm
by Nigel S
1978 march KH500 bought from Lowestoft Kawasaki for £610. September 1979 bought my first H2C in purple. Bought my second H2C in June 2004.

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:46 pm
by husson73
72 Revell H1 cafe racer new :D
real bike: 74 third or more hand 69 H1 :smt004

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:35 pm
by CJWChris
Second hand brown KH250 from Websters in Hanley in 1976. It was mint!http://www.kawasakitriplesclub.net/foru ... =4&t=11750#

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:40 pm
by Oddnedod
KH 500, used, in brown, bought in 1978 from a bike shop called ''Bikewise'', Leigh-on-sea,Essex.
Registration LYU 685P, paid £565 for it, not on the radar.

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:49 pm
by Wolfie
June 1975, bought an S1c, I had only ever seen one (S1b) Triple before I found the shop..

KUG 957N, I wonder where it is now??
:D

Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:40 pm
by Bic_Bicknell
I bought my first S3 for £375 in 1981. It was a brown one with a red stripe.
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I fitted a modified set of ace bars that look pretty ridiculous now, :oops:
It had a big dint on the top of the tank from going under a lorry.
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Re: What Year did you have your first Triple.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:02 pm
by SAM
El Presidente wrote:
SAM wrote:NPP896P S3A £589 it cost me. Ken Kay Luton.
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886 or 896? 896 Is still in London :wink:
I have been looking for NPP896P. Not been on road since third owner had it. I have npp886p bought same place week before mine.