newbie from New Zealand

petez1 · 2011-07-09T05:37:46+01:00

Hi everyone. I have just picked up my next project. A 1977 ST70. Originally from UK, but privately imported to New Zealand where she has been used and stored for the last 26 years... The idea is to get her running, and then see how much restoration she really needs. (I do like a original "used" machine. Not fussed with a concourse restoration, but they do look very nice...) She shares the garage with my 78 Z1000, Moto Martin Z1000, GPz750 (the current runner), 97 KDX200 (the off road bike), and a Z50 K2 ( a disaster I got recently, may be too far gone to save?) I shall post progress as I make some, but we out in the colonies don't have access to the easy parts suppliers you enjoy. Thank (deity of your choice) for the internet...

LITCHStandard MemberPosts: 200
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Re: newbie from New ZealandThu Apr 19, 2012 9:13 pm

I have real respect for outfit riders as having ridden them I can understand just how different it is to riding a solo machine.

Correctly set up (and I don't know if you COULD set up an ST70 outfit correctly!) they are still a completely different animal to a solo and take some getting used to. Ride a badly set up one (I have) and they are almost impossible to control properly with the outfit determined to go a completely different direction to what the rider wants.

griff125Standard MemberPosts: 2
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Re: newbie from New ZealandMon Feb 16, 2015 8:29 pm

Hi, Im in Napier New Zealand. I sent you a PM.