blackboilersuit Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 They probably sold quite well in 1971. Japanese bike industry (in the UK at least) was still in it's infancy and the British competition was still the BSA Bantam which was in its last year of production after being made almost unchanged for about 400 years............ somewhatfoolish and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 nice expert m9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I saw that in your garage when I collected the Xevo from you, and I had not seen one for many years. A friend had one as his first bike in 1976-it had been badly hand painted, emited plumes of exhaust smoke all the time, and was forever being over taken by Fizzies. Didn't have it long before he bought a brand new (and very yellow) CZ175 trail. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I'll just leave this here Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk Fat_Pirate, Eddie Honda and Aston Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I'll just leave this here Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk I think I prefer the Voskhod... PiperCub and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Currently in negotiations (with the wife) over this fine specimen...Oh,you want a Volkshed? martc and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyfkr2 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 From what I've read (which was, admittedly, a while ago) Neval Motorcycles only imported these from 1974, badging them as 'Cossack', with that name on the log book. All the Cossack ones I've seen were Phase 2 bikes like this one: Mine is a 1971 bike, registered as a Voskhod at new. I asked on a (now disappeared) Russian bike forum, but no-one had any idea who imported it. The early Soviet bikes were imported by Star motorcycles in Walthamstow I believe strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 The early Soviet bikes were imported by Star motorcycles in Walthamstow I believe That's Londonshire, isn't it? That would tie in with the registration suffix then: UV - London Central to "P" prefix (Greater London to 1974; government issueonly from 1997 "R" prefix) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 emited plumes of exhaust smoke all the time, and was forever being over taken by Fizzies. There is a brilliant video on YouTube somewhere of an Eastern European dude doing a classic bike-type review video of one of these. He walks around it, chatting away, then jumps on and starts it, at which point it disappears in the biggest two-stroke mushroom cloud you have ever seen Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 nice expert m9 Boxer actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 They probably sold quite well in 1971. Japanese bike industry (in the UK at least) was still in it's infancy and the British competition was still the BSA Bantam which was in its last year of production after being made almost unchanged for about 400 years............ Interestingly, this and the Bantam are related, in as much as they are both designs derived from the pre-war DKW RT125, the design of which was given to the allied forces as war reparations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 That Voskshod things is absolute class. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Holy crap, a Voskhod! I haven't seen one of those since my university days. I had a mate there who seemed to collect these Russian/Eastern Bloc orphans, such delights as Cossack, Dneipr, Neval and many others such as CZ & Jawa too. He had about a dozen at any one time in his folks garden and an old Sherpa van to fetch them with! We had great fun fixing and faffing about on them. I rode a few of them, now bearing in mind I was used to the refined style (ahem..) of an '69 MGB and a £100 '80 CB250RS, they were truly awful things in comparison!!! But they were huge fun in a barking mad, OMG-I'm-going-to-die type way. We used to go to random places as a group of about three or four of us, seeing how far we could get without some form of breakdown. Often, not that far, the engineering or lack thereof, had to be seen to be believed, all this from a nation that put the first man in space too. My AA relay card saw some use I can tell you. From memory, most of these wonderful heaps were either free or barely £30 at best. (as in literally 'Get this shit out of my garden' usually). Thanks for the memory refresh SA. Fun times. strangeangel and John F 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I'm starting to feel like I should finish the job now, and actually ride it... Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I'm starting to feel like you should swap it for a chainsaw engined Raleigh. UltraWomble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Prior to the busa I had a '92 GSXR 750 wn. Immaculate with 17k on the clock - I got £850 for it. More than likely because of the colour - metallic purple that was reminiscent of a diadora shell suit circa 1990. When I went looking for a busa I wanted an unrestriced one in copper bronze and silver - not many sold and not as popular as silver/blue and black/red. Tonight a bike identical to mine with higher miles sold for £5200 - usually they sell for £2.5 in average condition with average mileage. The reason it went for so much must have been the paint scheme. Unlike with my 750 I hav'nt dropped a bollock this time. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Boxer actually nice generic platform badge engineered van m12 strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostnotFound Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I think I prefer the Voskhod... Definitely, I mean a two tone seat unit what were they thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I'm starting to feel like I should finish the job now, and actually ride it... Do it. They are the kind of vehicle where every journey is a bit of a lottery as to whether you'll get there without a breakdown - and let's be honest here, we've all had examples of that. If you do then the sense of achievement is great! In that way, probably not best suited to your regular ride-to-work transport to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srad34 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Currently in negotiations (with the wife) over this fine specimen... Love a cheeky DR800! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Love a cheeky DR800! I love stupidly big singles too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Doctor Big, you know you want to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 whod be up for a spin along the north french coast doing ypres bruges and eindhoven at easter?? must like miles and food edit cos mong (hi moog ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 On a Voskhod? Hell yeah!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 whod be up for a spin along the north french coast doing ypres bruges and eindhoven?? must like miles and food When? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 whod be up for a spin along the north BELGIAN coast doing ypres bruges and eindhoven (NL) at easter?? must like miles and food edit cos mong (hi moog ) EF(geographical)A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I'd probably be up for that, would need to confirm nearer the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 john dieppe to wissant then across so no no belgian pastry tilburg is a no now as friend wont be there for beers (UNLIKE) to antwerp via hazebrouck and menin gate John F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Is there a pussy section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1fan111 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I have a Voskhod 2 which i think i have all the parts for now just need to put it together and sort out either a logbook or dating certificate which could be interesting. I haven't seen a voskhod 1 only ever the 2s like mine for sale online. I know they did a 3 aswell. John F, martc, Six-cylinder and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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