FairlyFast Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Hi All Firstly its great to see the site alive and running. It has been many years since I've visited, mostly since I moved to the Middle East the best part of a decade ago and sold my Katana a few years before that even! It's great to the scene thriving and it got me to thinking about another Kat - that was what bought me back to the site in the first place. In turn that got me thinking about my old bike. A massive long shot, but I sold it to someone via this site way back in in 2004/5 - A good guy from memory, he came over from the Isle of Man to collect it and I believe he had others. Now if it were a standard Kat I know my request is pretty ridiculous, but it was a little modified whilst a long shot you never know someone may remember it. It was in Streetfighters back way back in the day and there was an article on it calling it the Donkey Choker - a Pip Higham bike. I blew the engine doing a flyer at Woodbridge and dropped in an EFE before it was later sold - so the pic here taken outside Big CC had the earlier engine. Does anyone know the bikes whereabouts now, or even have an encylopaedic knowledge of back issues of Streetfighters mag? Fingers crossed. Matt 4 Quote Link to comment
Fazz711 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Hi bud. Welcome to OSS Quote Link to comment
ccroaker Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 great looking back .... apart from the pink decals....lol. hope u find it again...but guys who have them... tend to keep them Quote Link to comment
johnr Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 not ash? hes a kat guy from the isle of man. 1 Quote Link to comment
FairlyFast Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Ash does ring a bell, but then so do a few of the names on here even after so long. The pink logos challenged me at first, but after a while I grew to like them Memories are flooding back - WP forks, magnesium dymags, harris clip-ons and swing arm?, harris collection exhaust, spondon floating discs, ohlins shocks, 33mm smoothbores, dyna coils and taylor leads, dyna 2000 etc... you'd almost call it a vintage speed version, definitely of its time. Of course a standard EFE engine after I killed the bored and breathed on one. I bought it at Motorcycles Unlimited in Perivale who always had a few oddities. I think they got it from Reservoir Cogs or his brother... I remember a website with scans of all the old Kat/OSS articles in Streetfighters Mag - but damned if I can find it, its probably gone... it was a long long time ago Quote Link to comment
FairlyFast Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 So it turns out it was Ash He sold it on a couple of years later to someone in Birkenhead, whom he'd heard had some work done on it but hasn't heard anything for a while. Any suggestions for Birkenhead Kat fans?? Quote Link to comment
Swirl Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Does nick C or Dave Cara know anything about it, Birkenhead there neck of the woods Quote Link to comment
johnr Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 nick c is birkenhead. i will be seeing him this week, have some stuff for him that has been couriered up from southampton, so i will ask. 1 Quote Link to comment
FairlyFast Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 (edited) Hi johnr. That would be great, much appreciated. Edited October 10, 2017 by FairlyFast typo Quote Link to comment
Duckndive Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 (edited) On 08/10/2017 at 6:05 PM, FairlyFast said: Foook in hell Matt long time no hear....you must either like the middle east or the $$$ ...you,ve been there a few years now a friend of mine owned that Kat for some time it had some nice bits on it and in it... if I recall ResCogs bought it off him via Eblag it then changed hands a few times quite quickly and ending up collecting dust at Motorcycles Unlimited in Perivale where you acquired it from..... I,m guessing that pic was taken at the Dyno day at the old BigCC shop that was part of the old 200mph forums 3 day event ...Dyno , flyers and then 1/4s at the Pod....I only did the 1/4s on me Blue EFE I,m sure the OSS grapevine will find its current location given a little time...... if you can narrow down the year it was in Streetfighters I can look to see if i have the mag Clive Edited October 10, 2017 by Duckndive Quote Link to comment
FairlyFast Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 Hi Clive, good to hear from you. Its a bit of both and no tax helps I can't remember if that was just one of Sean's dyno days or the first of the 200mph Ultimate Street-bike Challenges. Great days but all so very long ago. The pic is tagged 2004. On the mag year, I've googled away for hours but no joy and of course I've had about six different laptops since then. I distinctly remember a web page where someone had collated and scanned all the old feature bikes - probably taken down by the copyright police years ago! Anyway good to see you are around and still on the scene, perhaps there's even a piece of my 'broken' EFE still on one of yours Matt Quote Link to comment
Gpz1100_Convert Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Awesome bike. I am sure Ash did have one with pink decals at some point. Give yourself a shock and type WP Roma into eblag. There is a set on there... comedy money! PS. ensure you are sitting down when you do it. Mark Quote Link to comment
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