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Re: ELR progect

14 Aug 2014 08:40
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One beautiful, bad-ass, beast!
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Re: Re:ELR progect

15 Aug 2014 18:22
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Yep, have ta say...bad to the bone.
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80 LTD B4 1075 kit JE Pistons .410 cam grind, Bassani, 31 keihin CR Specials...
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Re: Re:ELR progect

17 Aug 2014 18:44
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Congratulations !
Well deserved. Justification and validation of of all your hard work
Ride safe and enjoy
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Re: Re:ELR progect

23 Aug 2014 15:06
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Congratulations Peter, AWESOME job !!!!
Was wondering why the ribbon says' 1980-present American
Did you tell the Judges you built it with Harley Davidson Parts ? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
1980 LTD 1000..,1976 LTD 900, have the 1000&900 now. the rest are previous= 1978 KZ 650 B.., 1980 Yamaha XT 500..,1978 Yamaha DT 400.., 1977 Yamaha yz 80..,Honda trail ct 70.., Honda QA 50...5-1/2 hp brigs & straton CAT chopper mini bike...3-1/2 hp mini bike (WHEN GAS WAS ABOUT 45 CENTS A GALLON)!!!!

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Re: Re:ELR progect

23 Aug 2014 15:45
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Nice work Peter,very cool.

Can I ask :the seat, is it original or did you recover it.? either way it looks perfect to me. One of the hardest things to get right on a Lawson, 3 seats later and I still can't get it just right.

A nos went for over £600 on ebay uk last year -and it wasn't perfect,(sometimes there is a reason they get left n the shelf 30 years later).

There is a company in USA doing quite nice repro's, seriously considering buying one, given up on getting a a copy made. Also a company in Germany doing them ,but they aren't ' just' right.

AS well as looking cool, the basket weave cover and step holds you in under hard acceleration, the front bit protects your DNA under heavy braking. One of the most distinctive bits of a Lawson rep -and also one of the hardest to get.

Very impressive I have frame 5354, one of the last of the z1000's.
1980 Gpz550 D1, 1981 GPz550 D1. 1982 GPz750R1. 1983 z1000R R2. all four aces

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Re: Re:ELR progect

24 Aug 2014 04:01
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The judges had no clue . First they handed me 2nd for 1970 then took it back and I didn`t even look at this one. The seat is original. I have bought and sold a few of them over the years.

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Re: Re:ELR progect

24 Aug 2014 10:54
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I like it. I remember the new one that sat for 3 years at the local Kawasaki shop before it sold - if it were Firecracker Red I probably would have bought it - now that your project is done, what are you going to do with it? Make it a daily rider? A sunny Sunday afternoon rider? Or show it off at bike shows & rally's?
My wife asked me if I still loved her - I said "Honey, I love you more than new carburetor boots ! "
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Re: Re:ELR progect

24 Aug 2014 16:59
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lol since the engine rebuild I have 1000 miles on it or more. But it will soon be winter and on to getting the 1300 done then the 1000 then the 900 then the z1 then the 78 ltd then the 69 500 then the 72 750 then the who knows what I will find. It never endssssssssssssssss

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