cradley kawasaki 40th year anniversary open weekend

[ade woollams]

ignor this as it was last year and I never noticed the add date ,SORRY 28/29 th march.as far as im aware there will be 12 demo bikes thrashed sorry ridden.
not sure what day im going as ive got blasted parts to deliver to avon park at some stage. ive been using them since 1977

[ade woollams]

Saturday & Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm
Spring is upon us and the biking season has finally arrived!
Join us on the 29th & 30th March for Kawasaki Winners Weekend & Cradley's celebration of our 40th year of all things Kawasaki!
What's on...........?
*Demo day..........13 Kawasaki models available to try (Conditions Apply)
*National Prize Draw.......Your Chance to win a GB Moto J300 Scooter
*Regional Prize Draw 1st.......Win a Chris Walker Race School Experience
*Regional Prize Draw 2nd.......2 VIP Passes for May WSB at Donnington Park
*Regional Prize Draw 3rd.......2 VIP Passes for any BSB event with GB Moto
*Free Raffle.......5 Kawasaki Goodie bags to give away 3.00pm Sat & Sun
*Kawasaki Clothing.......New In-Store department opening Saturday 29th
*FOOOOOOOOOOD!......And Plenty of it! Buffet at 12.00 - 15.00 Sat & Sun
IMPORTANT.........YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE RAFFLE AND TEST RIDE ANY OF THE AVAILABLE BIKES,READ TERMS & CONDITIONS TO ENSURE ELIGIBILTY. To View T's & C's and register online.........
http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/News/Details/340C0B4F997














GBmoto J300 Grand Prize at Winners Weekend Event




kawasaki.co.uk

[davejames]

Does anyone know when Cradley opened ? I only ask as my Z1b was originally supplied by them on 22/01/1975.

[PAULJAC47]

Alwys a bit of a bugger to park over there do you know if there will be anywhere to park bikes or cars up?

[z1bman]

i worked there from 1976-2007 & before it was re named to its current name it was called cradley heath motorcycles but they where selling new z1a's & s1b 250 in 1974. they moved to the current location when i started working there but they only had to move 300yds i remember we where moving the parts for about a month. they have probably the biggest parts stock in Europe & supply parts all over the world

[Jay1969]

Wasn't this event last year 29th & 30th March?

I checked their Facebook page (scroll down to March 2014)
https://www.facebook.com/cradleykawasaki



~Jay.

[z1bman]

29th-30th march 2014 ade has missed the boat & the free food

[Tonka]

i worked there from 1976-2007 & before it was re named to its current name it was called cradley heath motorcycles but they where selling new z1a's & s1b 250 in 1974. they moved to the current location when i started working there but they only had to move 300yds i remember we where moving the parts for about a month. they have probably the biggest parts stock in Europe & supply parts all over the world

I started going there in 79 and went every sat to ogle at the bikes! I'm sure it was called cradley Heath kawasaki then though. They've had that Z1A in the shop forever! It used to be mint but now it needs a restoration!

[z1bman]

yes they did drop the kawaski from the company name never knew why? that was from about 1997. i restored the two strokes from 1978-1980 & the kt 250 which was a box of parts. a good friend of mine restored the z1a in 1985 & did a straight swap for a zx10 b1 in 1988. the bikes i restored have never been started from the day i drove them to the showroom & where built from parts they had on the shelf.

[ade woollams]

blimey jay I never noticed that as I joined there page and at that time this add was at the top of the page so naturally assumed it was this month ,oh well what a bugga .no big deal as its just made my weekend easier as im supposed to be taking freshly blasted engine parts to avon park to a friend racer ...

[ade woollams]

I guess dennis cant cope with putting his hand in his pocket for another this year.i think it would be a good idea to have a classic day there once a year.i may just put it to them

[Jay1969]

blimey jay I never noticed that as I joined there page and at that time this add was at the top of the page so naturally assumed it was this month ,oh well what a bugga .no big deal as its just made my weekend easier as im supposed to be taking freshly blasted engine parts to avon park to a friend racer ...

How's the blasting hobby going mate?

~Jay.

[ade woollams]

ok thanks stuff coming in from time to time ,bigger jobs are having to take a back seat just now as im back at my old job ,doing service repair work on fleet bikes all week now.stuff from home is now just evenings and weekends

[davejames]

Haha, guess that answers my question then 1974 not 75. Think the old premises was called Fiveways ??