Who's owned a GPz305?

[Mawsley]

Who's owned a GPz305 and what was it about the bike that made it one of the best bikes you've ever ridden?

 

Someone on the Facefriends said it was boring. They are clearly wrong and/or insane. I found it a completely exhilarating ride around country lanes and, with engine bars for your feet, made for a decent fun tourer to boot.

[RideWithStyles]

Never knew it existed…don’t know if I want to ask why called 305? Odd number…

[Ian Frog]

Quirky little belt drive number and more reliable than the 250 scorpion I recall a few on the London despatch scene.

Can`t have been bad to end up there.

Cheers

Ian

[bud]

It was my cousin's first bike after passing his test. After a year he sold it to buy a TZR250. The lunatic. 

[Capt Sisko]

A bit of conflicting information between these two websites, but either way there aren't many still with us.

How Many Left  or How Rare is my Car

[Mawsley]

On 19/12/2024 at 09:40, Ian Frog said:

Quirky little belt drive number and more reliable than the 250 scorpion I recall a few on the London despatch scene.

Can`t have been bad to end up there.

Cheers

Ian

I had the chain drive A1, swapped it for the CG125 I got for the wife to pass her test on. Reckon I packed on 10k fault free miles. 
 

In fact the only issue I had with it was breaking it down in the car park and moving the bits in boxes up to our spare room. After some months tarting it all up, it got reassembled. It was at this point I remembered I lived in a first floor flat. 
 

It took four of us to ride it down the stairs safely. Wife hasn’t let me bring a bike inside since!
 

Thing would outcorner all comers in the Dengie and had enough poke to rag it on the straights. 
 

 

[Mawsley]

On 19/12/2024 at 09:35, RideWithStyles said:

Never knew it existed…don’t know if I want to ask why called 305? Odd number…

Bored out 250

[Tinkicker]

Had a couple of 305s at our bike club.  They were " Wifes Bikes".  Nothing wrong with them though, they were were just thought of as low, slow and reliable for the vertically challenged....

 

I recall following one in a quite dreamy state for many the mile, watching the tightly packed,  leather clad female arse esconsed within. 

 

Then the missus came along and such pleasured meanders were rapidly curtailed due to two thick ears and a third " misguided" comment out for the judge and jury to consider.....

 

Sentence... Life without parole and a new mortgage.

Edited December 20, 2024 by Tinkicker

[Gerontious]

Never owned one but I did have the misfortune to be given one as a courtesy bike a very long time ago. One of those bikes I was really glad to hand back. Fortunately this was before dealers began charging for courtesy bikes so at least I didn’t have to pay anything. Except a quid (maybe) for the petrol I used. My usual thing with new bikes was to spend the day on them. But not this one. I rode home and then when my bike was ready to collect. Rode it back. It is by far (and based on a very long distance in time and memory) the worst bike I’ve ever ridden. It has kept that dubious distinction to this day.

 

must be 20 years since I last saw one on the road.