[imatt88]

Hey all,

A buddy gave me these built up motorcycles and I have no idea what they are, or what scale..



I put it next to a 1/24th scale car body to show size



and this one..


same comparison..



and, lastly this one..




Any idea what type of bikes these are, and what scale?

I hope to do some resto work on these some day

Thanks,


Cheers, Ian

[ChippyWho]

Interesting! Right from 'my' era (late 1970s), the epitome of the dreaded 'Universal Japanese Motorcycle' (UJM) concept: the top one is almost certainly a Kawasaki Z750, circa...1978? The type ran into the early 80s -have a look here:

Z750

The second object sports a 'Turbo' graphic; this was an early 80s obsession, but as far as I am aware Kawasaki did not bolt a hairdryer onto their 750 block until the later GPz750 (1983, too late for the Falklands!) This was a more modern design altogether:

GPz750 Turbo

Maybe yours is a one-off custom? It happened quite a lot; big-bore Suzukis were popular among third-party turbo-ists.

As to scale...absolutely no clue. Sorry.

Great to see these in plastic, though, thanks for showing them and allowing me to wallow in sentiment!

[imatt88]

Cool, thanks for the info.

It gives me a start....

Cheers, Ian

[Netz]

Lest you forgot the Legendary Kawasaki Z1-R.
Curt

Model #6

This post has been edited by Netz: 03 April 2012 - 01:18 AM

[imatt88]

Any idea on scale? 1/12th?

[JRobinsonUSAF]

Probably 1/12. They look to be Revell, and they have not done 1/8 bikes since, well, a long time ago. Revell did a whole bunch of 1/12 Kawasakis and Yamahas in the 80s. HTH