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Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:31 am**

Hi Guyz
I think a few of you on here know Bluesmoke Baz who builds and repairs Suzuki GT 750 Kettles (a.k.a. water buffalos).

He is making a new DVD showing a complete kettle rebuild and wanted some footage of one going through it's paces.......................

Well what could I say.

For those who haven't ridden round the midlands area there are some of our favourite biker spots/ landmarks on the clip.

http://youtu.be/WL18veaQzP8

Cheers from Mark

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:50 am**

Great footage

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:12 am**

Cheers Ian
there's a bit more footage of it going through some twisty bends - I will try and get him to add that on later.

Not sure about the cheesy grin but I had to follow "directions"

Bonus is that my pay back is he will film me on my zeds next spring - will be nice to keep that as a souvenir when I am too crocked up to ride 'em anymore.

Spot prize for first midlander to name any 6 of the locations used in the right order

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:11 pm**

A really nicely made piece of film, and a lovely restoration job.

Be even better if you could hear the bike, though.

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:47 pm**

Cheers Ted,

On the finished thing there will be an overdub of bike sound to give it more atmosphere.

I would now like to try an H2 of some sort to compare - would have to be a nice tidy one mind you!!

ANY OFFERS IRHOBOLOTO??

Any guesses at the locations??

From Mark

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:16 pm**

Looks out of Focus to me.

Make the most of the Food stop lease has expired!!mind you i reckon they wouldnt serve you and slung you out,must have spent at least one second in there :lol:

,no prizes then to work out what the next resto is then :roll:

Oh and i know all the locations but i will pass on the spot prize i bet its those used brake pads you couldnt shift on ebay!!!!

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:56 pm**

Sounds out of FOCUS more like. Very nice video mark

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:14 pm**

Hmm Kettles......faster than a bored out z1000, I had to wait for the z1000 so many times on the way to the BMF rally one year.......
Guess who???

The frog made me do it

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:22 pm**

coldsummer wrote:Sounds out of FOCUS more like. Very nice video mark

Yep thats where i was coming from Simon,bet Jan Akerman never had visions of a Smokey old Suzuki trundling round Shropshire when he Wrote that,Prefered Hocus Pocus Me self,if i remember right thats track is called Sylvia!!!

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:09 pm**

pertonpc wrote:I would now like to try an H2 of some sort to compare - would have to be a nice tidy one mind you!!
ANY OFFERS IRHOBOLOTO??
From Mark

Irhobo..""LOTO"" :shock:

Jeez Mark its silly enough as it is , please dont make it even sillier !!!
My H2 is as rough as a bears ass, honest :wink:

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:11 pm**

Where do you get your username from Steve??

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:11 pm**

Nice filming.

One thing about the kettle though was its propensity to run like shit below 2,000 rpm.

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:19 pm**

Cheers Guys
Would have stayed longer at the Cafe but I only popped in for a tasty pie......

and some dude with a goatee riding an A4 had beat me to it and devoured half that days supply in one sitting, before taking the rest home in his cowboy style pannier :wink:

will post the answers to where the shots were taken later this weekend in case anyone is bothering to wonder.