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bystanders parking lot comments about your kawi
- trianglelaguna
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so here goes.....
my buddy is learning to ride on a 2008 fz1 and anywhere we go for a ride and park the bikes, someone will walk up to are bikes and start talking about my old beast....
being a proud owner i answer their questions and then allways comes the story....
the best is when i'm at the bank one day and a sherrif pulls into the spot next to me and walks up to the bike before i can get my helmet off....no worries though cause i can tell he's in memoryville ...does'nt even look at me..only the z..."76 right" yup i say " mine was a76,,man was that the best bike" just got er i tell him and have been working on it"nice bike i have'nt seen one same color in years,,have fun"
So now my buddy is used to the people walking by his brand new bike like it's not there and he kinda gets a kick out of riding around fast with a thirty three year old side kick to his 2008...anywhere we park em this happens...any good stories to add...peace craig
1976 KZ900
2003 ZX12R
2007 FZ1000
2004 ninja 250R for wife
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I use to have one like that.
Man I heard you coming down the street and I knew what it was before you got here.
I have not heard that sound in years.
Is that a kz? What year?
That sure is a cool looking bike.
yeah your right these bikes still turn heads but one time wife and I took the kz to a harley poker run and out of 200 bikes not one person asked about the bike and we were the only kz in the bunch talk about feeling lonely LOL
1976 Kz900
1978 Kz1000
1978 Z1r
1982 Kz1100 A2
1975 Z1b-900
1975 Z1b-900
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yeah your right these bikes still turn heads but one time wife and I took the kz to a harley poker run and out of 200 bikes not one person asked about the bike and we were the only kz in the bunch talk about feeling lonely LOL
Thats what you get for casting pearls before swine! :laugh:
1978 KZ650 D1 ~ Carb jetting: 107.5 & 20 & 4th groove with pods and 4-1 Exhaust
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74 Z1a 900 (Apart and making it better than ever)
77 Kz 650b (Threw a rod, going to sandwich in a 900 or 1000 motor)
76 Kz 400d
05 ninja zx-636
81 Kz 750 Ltd
Darien, Illinois
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73 Kawasaki Z1
07 HD CVO Ultra Classic
82 Suzuki GS 1100
74 Yamaha RD 350 (My two stroke toy)
77 Kawasaki KZ 650B-1 (My putt around bike)
80 Indian Moped (My American Iron)
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75 Suzuki GT550
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72 Honda CL 175
74 Honda QA 50
Tampa FL
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A group of Ducati's (full leathers, riding boots, dark visors) pass me @ about 80mph plus when all of a sudden the rear rider hits the brakes to end up parallel to the bike looking hard at her. Then pulls up to my window and while looking at me snaps his arm at me with a big upward thumb while nodding his head/helmet in approval.
Hits his throttle and was gone...
No doubt about it, 100% positive, he KNEW exactly what I had sitting in the back of the truck.
I just grinned for I as well knew what I had sitting in the back of the truck!
OMR
1976 KZ900-A4
MTC 1075cc.
Camshafts: Kawi GPZ-1100 .375 lift
Head: P&P via Larry Cavanaugh
ZX636 suspension
MIKUNI, RS-34'S...
Kerker 4-1, 1.5" comp baffle.
Dyna-S E.I.
Earls 10 row Oil Cooler
Acewell 2802 Series Speedo/Tach
Innovate LC1 Wideband 02 AFR meter
Phoenix, Az
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1976 KZ900
2003 ZX12R
2007 FZ1000
2004 ninja 250R for wife
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KZ900LTD, KZ750LTD, KZ650, 72'Triumph Trident
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Georgia, Vermont
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1982 KZ1000 LTD
1999 ZG1000 Concours
Greetings from the Peoples Republic of Vermont, home of Ethan Allen, 2 American Presidents, a socialist US Senator and.....Homer & Bart Simpson
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Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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You a native of the area?
I grew up in Watsonville, real close to you...
Yeah I know, real shit hole......:laugh:
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1976 KZ900-A4
MTC 1075cc.
Camshafts: Kawi GPZ-1100 .375 lift
Head: P&P via Larry Cavanaugh
ZX636 suspension
MIKUNI, RS-34'S...
Kerker 4-1, 1.5" comp baffle.
Dyna-S E.I.
Earls 10 row Oil Cooler
Acewell 2802 Series Speedo/Tach
Innovate LC1 Wideband 02 AFR meter
Phoenix, Az
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Had a guy offer to double my money for my 750 twin just after I bought it and pulled into the Tim Hortons parking lot with it in the trailer. He started talking about how those were the real scary bikes back in the day and that they could lift the front wheel in third, etc. Hmm...wonder if I should've sold it before he realized it wasnt an H2 :blink: :laugh: :evil:
Also had a biker looking guy pull up beside me at a stoplight in an old van and start talking to me about the 750. Unfortunately that was after I pushed it past its limit (open road, no wind, that's what it'll do to ya :laugh: ) and lost a cylinder so she was bucking and kicking like a harley :silly: :blush: :woohoo:
79 KZ1000ST
Past:
Many.
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