Just got back from Stafford. Big congratulations to Richard, Malc, Gary etc and everyone else who helped with the organisation, the stand looked the bollox
I don't think any other owners club could take a single model of bike with so many variants and colours and get one of each together in one place 35 odd years later, just the amount of people constantly around the stand just gazing compared with the others shows how iconic and well remembered the triples still are and the dedication we all have to try and keep them alive.
A great weekend in great company
think we signed up maybe close to 20 new members,it was certainly the most we have ever done
we won "best japanese stand", trophy and £100
mark huttons 69H1 was best 60"s bike
big thanks to everyone who put all the effort in
A big thanks from me to all the rest of you guys at the show.. it was my first involvement with the K.T.C at a show, and I was made to feel VERY welcome ..I had an absolute blast, the stand was stunning and to see such a collection of H1s all together was nothing short of awesome
Here's a few pics of the show
Loading up.. ready for setting off
The usual pre show preparation
feeding/drinking time
fantastic collection
ya might never see a display like this again
ready for business.. bring it on
some interesting specials
another 'special'
quick enough for you
a brilliant stand well done to all concerned
'fast freddie', with the guy from Auf Weidersein pet in the background
well i think everyone enjoyed the weekend apart from my wallet that is thanks 2 all there guys who put up the stand and packed it away sorry could not stay and help finally got back at 9.00 and the bike was p**** wet through, loverly British northan weather, well there is one thing for sure i wont be building another bike in 7 weeks again :!: :!: :!: :!:
until the next time cheers
Well done to all concerned, we were watching the stand come together from up on the balcony and were very impressed.
I've made (constructive I hope) comments in the past that your stand has sometimes looked a little 'busy' - the less-is-more look worked far better this time. Best stand of the show we thought, and voted that way.
I particularly liked the lighting units, sure I've seen something similar somewhere before...
4x KR250 Tandem-Twin, a KS-II (and a couple of S*zuki's, sorry)
The lights were brill. What one can do with a bit of guttering, some wire and a few spots. They did a treat.
What about the carpet tiles though...!!! They have become part of my life now.. . They are still outside the front door, covered and in the dry under the extended porch.
I dont want to move them anywhere else as I need to keep them close to the drive for loading and un-loading. I decided to build a chest 0.5m x 0.5m x 1.5M that will also be a bench to sit on. That will do the trick...!!!
Another job I need to get done soon before I can finish my workshop and get back onto my restoration projects.
Also Malc's four wooden boxes added a 'Z' axis to the stand in the centre for the three H1's.
Thanks to all the team - it was obvious a lot of effort had been put in by them for the club.
Here's some pics of triples & a few others I hope that are of interest
Spotted Kim's H2B elsewhere
Didn't note who's this was
...or this
One of these rough H2s sold, priced at for £4995 !!!
Fizzie ! (one of the early SS's)
Cobra 500
Early TZs & earlier TR
Katanas - you wait for one then 5 come along
(guess some people might have been saying that about H1s)
YDS-not-very-many - maybe YDS3 ?
Similarly, 350 YR2 or 3...
Kawasaki A7SS (350 with high pipes ...or was it the 250 A1SS - didn't look closely enough)
(Hope you saw this one Malc - it was on a Yamaha stand behind the club's H1 stand)
Can't believe I missed that, same date as my last sidecarcross meeting of the year, nothing on for months now.......
Can't see all those triples being in the same place at the same time for a long time.
Fantastic pictures.