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by Katapult
Mon Dec 20, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: eBay Adverts
Topic: GSX250SSN Katana
Replies: 2
Views: 1386

Re: GSX250SSN Katana

Nice, but with the 250 I can never see past the fact that it only has a single disc on the front...
by Katapult
Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:58 am
Forum: The Bar
Topic: Mot and tax free....
Replies: 11
Views: 4145

Re: Mot and tax free....

What happens with imports? My V5 says declared manufactured 1983 but date of first registration is July 97 The time is taken from the date of manufacture, and as you have that on your V5 you will be good to go with 40 years from that year. I have one manufactured in 1972, but registered in the UK i...
by Katapult
Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:53 pm
Forum: Katana Photos and Videos
Topic: Boys make room for Auntie Elsie
Replies: 12
Views: 4838

Re: Boys make room for Auntie Elsie

Ah good times, Used to go to Mallory Park, Cadwell and Donnington, watch the racing oh the battles between bikes tuned by Terry Beckett and Sten Stephen's. I only raced at Brands Hatch Indy & GP, and Snetterton. I was closest to those two and never really wanted to travel any further. Mine was tune...
by Katapult
Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:50 pm
Forum: Katana Photos and Videos
Topic: Boys make room for Auntie Elsie
Replies: 12
Views: 4838

Re: Boys make room for Auntie Elsie

I had a 250 when I was 17 back in the UK now 40 years later it's a bucket list thing . I had a 250LC at about that time as well, which I was production racing. My particular bike was a factory demonstrator which was loaned to Motorcycle News, and was in a big feature by them at the time, then conve...
by Katapult
Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:42 pm
Forum: Say Hello
Topic: Hi.
Replies: 6
Views: 2417

Re: Hi.

Welcome to the forum. Thanks Sounds like a plan! Well, it's a pretty loose plan at the momentb but it's gathering momentum. I sold my first 1100 in the early 2000's and then like you regretted it and finally got another in 2010 (and 2018!), I knew I had to sell it, I just didn't want to. Only bonus...
by Katapult
Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:48 pm
Forum: Say Hello
Topic: Hi.
Replies: 6
Views: 2417

Hi.

I've just joined the forum and thought I'd say hello. A bit about me. I had a 1982 Katana 1100 for a couple of years in the early 1980s until I was forced to sell it to finance a purchase for my business, something that had to be done, but I've regretted ever since. Back then I thought that there wa...