Author Topic: Help! Desperately Seeking Ikuzawa  (Read 19 times)

lordmoonpie

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Help! Desperately Seeking Ikuzawa
« on: March 07, 2026, 08:40:43 PM »
I posted on the FB group and was recommended to repost here, so here goes...

My first race bike was a Harris Honda, or Ikuzawa Honda that I bought off a racing buddy that I previously had pit crewed for. He used the money to add to funds that led to him buying a Matchless G50, which he then went and killed himself on racing in the Isle of Man.
After racing the XBR based single for a bit I decided to get married and needed to raise funds for the wedding. The Ikuzawa was the only thing of value I owned at the time so it was put up for sale and duly purchased by Thumper Club luminary, Graham Carrick.
Graham sold it on eventually and at some point Michael (?) bought it, user Moto63 on here. Michael also then sold it, I don't know if this was when it was last sold off the stand at the Stafford show, but it ended up going to a chap called Aled, who was involved in the Wales TT circuit proposal on the old MOD roads, which I think was near Epynt?
I did manage to speak to Aled on the phone, probably just after he bought the bike and he didn't want to sell but a disk crash on my PC wiped the only number I had for him and so I have no idea how to contact him.
I believe he may also be involved in organising the Aberdare Park road races but am unsure of that connection.

The little Ikuzawa Harris Honda has great sentimental value to me as you might expect and I've chased it hoping to buy it back for a long time now but always seem to be one step behind it. If anyone knows where the bike is, who owns it now or has contact details for Aled so I can see if he still has it I would appreciate any leads whatsoever. I am not giving up - she's out there somewhere!

Can you help....?

Moto63

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Re: Help! Desperately Seeking Ikuzawa
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2026, 03:27:30 PM »
Good afternoon lord moonpie. It’s Michael who bought the Ikuzawa off Graham a few years ago now. Yes it was Aled I sold the bike to but sadly, having checked. I no longer have any contact details for him. Yes he was definitely involved with the Aberdare race, that’s pretty much all I can remember.
Sorry I can’t be of any help. Best of luck with tracking it down. I too definitely regret selling it, but at the time I was recovering from a pretty serious accident and my head quite clearly wasn’t in the right place 🙄
Hope it all works out for you.
Oh and please keep me posted if you manage to track it down 🤞🤞
Cheers, Michael

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Re: Help! Desperately Seeking Ikuzawa
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2026, 11:24:48 PM »
Aye lordmoonpie,

Found your wbsite that has the full spec of said Ikuzawa, last updated in 2018!

As for leads to finding/conversing with Aled, I have visited the website of Aberdare Park and their race regulations are available for the 2026 season. So, I'll paste the contact details for the race regulations for this coming season, 2026 and let you take it from there.  ;)

Contact details for the Aberdare Park race meeting 2026:
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If you require further information about the race regulations and entry forms, please email ian_mcleod2@sky.com or message at 07860694548.

Website: Aberdare_Park_racing_2026

Best of luck and good health, BillR