A cool G&T!
Isn’t it strange the various things about old bikes that either light the fires or damp down the flames? For me, at least, it doesn’t matter what the hype of the day said or the machine’s perceived status is today – unless the looks ‘get’ me I struggle with enthusiasm levels.
Although I fully recognise the significance of the 1969 Honda CB750/4, its looks don’t exactly inspire me; perhaps, cosmetically, they’re a little too conservative. And if I had to pick an air-cooled four of the period it would have to be an original Z1 in that charismatic ‘candy dark green and bright yellow’ – the brown and red option leaves me cold for some reason.
And as we’re looking at bikes of that period I find the Norton Interstate in either Signal Red or Royal Blue with the silver pin striping visually amazing, yet the traditional black and gold variant somehow fails to enthuse. However, put my arm up
