Off to BSD engineering in Peterborough

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1980.. Hard to believe back then if you wanted a bike that could handle you a bought European. Back in '77 I had a rd250, most of my mates had 250 or 200 strokers though one had a moto Moroni or benelli ( can't remember) three and a half...not as quick as the strokers but left us for dead through a set of twisties. My first one after passing my test was a silver rd350b, then a rd400. When I first got my gen one fazer thou in blue, it took me right back to that 400, I loved that bike, the look, the sound, the way the exhaust note would go from an off beat burble to a banshee wail when you wound it on...

....i tried most of jap stuff bk in 70,s..most fast as fk" but 90% handled like crap!!...then a mate of mine bought a brand new 850 commando"..i had a gl1000 at the time lovely smooth bike but struggled to get 120 mph on a good day?...we swapped for a full day and that was it?...3wks later sold the wing and got meself a manx silver 850 interstate!!...handled like a dream" went round islands and twisties  as if on rails!!...only 115 tops but what you lost in the straights you made up in cornering!!....still got it to this day been in storage years but still as good as it was then?...been offered silly money for it" but no way will i part with it?...i do intend to get it bk on road before i croak"..one day :rolleyes