I hope Mother Kaw takes notice

650ed wrote:

trianglelaguna wrote:

anybody ever get up close to one of these in real life...wow...too bad kawi is'nt playing hardball like these folks were......unbelievable

the picture does not even come close to standing nnext to one...in it's own class for sure....timeless

I'm sure it performs well, but compared to the flowing lines of a KZ it looks like an exoskeletal insect. :blink:

Agreed, Ed, and an ugly insect at that.

Sorry Craig, but it will never be "timeless". A decade hence it will look as dated and ridiculous as "grunge" does today. It is forever locked into this place and time and can never transcend it. Classic style is timeless, the motorcycle pictured above is not.

No one ever accused the British Isles of being the epicenter of art, but when you look at sports cars and motorcycles, the Brit styling cues of their late '50s and '60s offerings in both categories absolutely nailed it. It's no accident that our beloved KZs bear more than a passing resemblance to those classics.

Thank goodness today's designers can't tinker with the soft curves and smooth lines of a beautiful woman. :woohoo:

not many brit bikes doing much since ww11....

a 910 brutale is where it's at my friend......

no one likes the new z1000...it's this or it's that....too ugly...ladi da.....

you put one of these in some good tires and get it set up for year to get it suited to a riders style,and it;s gonna runcircles around any z ever built.......

fashion dictates rolled up jeans and ducktails and the latest lingo......same guys will have pony tails when they get in fashion again........

fashion creates the turd puncher retro bikes......

this aint your daddy's musclebike gramps....this is the new wave of ultra streetbike.......

I'm with you Craig,

That bike rocks! Albeit a bit too much for me. Frankly, I'm lusting, in my heart, for a 1400 Concours. Jimmy Carter, Dude you missed the boat!

Bill

As much as I luv my KZ...

Wouldn't mind one of these...

trianglelaguna wrote:

no one likes the new z1000...it's this or it's that....too ugly...ladi da.....

you put one of these in some good tires and get it set up for year to get it suited to a riders style,and it;s gonna runcircles around any z ever built.......

fashion dictates rolled up jeans and ducktails and the latest lingo......same guys will have pony tails when they get in fashion again........

fashion creates the turd puncher retro bikes......

this aint your daddy's musclebike gramps....this is the new wave of ultra streetbike.......

Which returns us to the original point...this may be the ultra streetbike, but they aren't selling...which means something is wrong...and if Kawasaki has the motor/suspension dialed in, then it must be the curb appeal.

no Mcdroid.....almost right ...but still wrong.....they dont' sell here..........everywhere else stuff sells .......

you know what does sells here like hotcackes......ninja 250...

honda 600

anything useless...ie.....OCC look

chaps sell good too....

so do ladies pink street gear.......

so do nylon imitation stick on mohawks........

or gold plated stretched out bikes like the hyabusa...which was way friggin ugly to begin with...

all im saying is.......before i'm gonna ride a warmed up retro triumph or fake cb1100.......therer are better options....would i buy one......no.....i still gotta get my list finished

73-z176
kz900
81-1000j
84gpz1100
mach 1
kx125.conversion-minitrack bike
yz490
85interceptor vf1000r
vf500r
zxr750rr
2003zx9
1986gsxr1100
trail90--x-2

so that leaves no room in my imaginary collection for parts collection deficit models such as......

don't get me wrong/......the nakeds are way ugly......people walk right by friends FZ-1 to try and get a look at mine when we've parked em....right by like it ain't there

Hey you copied my list of wanted bikes...

trianglelaguna wrote:

no Mcdroid.....almost right ...but still wrong.....they dont' sell here..........everywhere else stuff sells .......

you know what does sells here like hotcackes......ninja 250...

honda 600

anything useless...ie.....OCC look

chaps sell good too....

so do ladies pink street gear.......

so do nylon imitation stick on mohawks........

or gold plated stretched out bikes like the hyabusa...which was way friggin ugly to begin with...

all im saying is.......before i'm gonna ride a warmed up retro triumph or fake cb1100.......therer are better options....would i buy one......no.....i still gotta get my list finished

73-z176
kz900
81-1000j
84gpz1100
mach 1
kx125.conversion-minitrack bike
yz490
85interceptor vf1000r
vf500r
zxr750rr
2003zx9
1986gsxr1100
trail90--x-2

so that leaves no room in my imaginary collection for parts collection deficit models such as......

don't get me wrong/......the nakeds are way ugly......people walk right by friends FZ-1 to try and get a look at mine when we've parked em....right by like it ain't there

Just happens that I will be getting rid of my stock 76 KZ900 this year. This will be the first bike I have ever sold.

hey forgot to put these on the list


1973 ohc xs650

1986 FZ750

2006 ZX10R

2012 ZX10R

patton...may all all yours tires start cupping.....may all yours chains go dry........may all your corners be sandy....and may all your neighbors be farsighted........



Patton wrote: