Who Got the Shaft?

Lets see some custom shaft drive bikes...

1983 KZ750 F1 LTD



Day I picked it up




Halfway

boondockers shafty.
before


after



another members shafty,




leon

thats what im talkin about, the after is probably the most bad ass ive seen. literally just applauded...

If you like the bobbed look, this is probably going in the wrong direction, but it's a shafty and pretty customized:


I just got it a week or two ago. 1980 Yamaha xs1100. The weird thing is that the Yamaha branded fairing didn't come out until 1981 with the "Venturer" model and then that dressing set had different bags. The luggage set is all Vetter. Also sort of odd is that "Macho Maroon" was one of the colors available for the 1978 XS1100 and I think that was the only year it was available. Somebody put together a nice tourer which I scooped up for a song. Compared to my kz650 50mph comes along a lot quicker and there's still another gear!

"there is no replacement for displacment"

I always think of Prince when I see one of those (no bash, just sayin)

Ha! The Purple Rain motorcycle was a '81 Honda 400A (hondamatic). There's *no way* Prince could ride this bike, I'm 6'2" and I can barely put both feet flat on the ground. Prince is 5'2". Comparing this bike to a 400cc Hondamatic feels like a bash, but I will agree that the shape of the upper fairing is similar though mine has a square headlight and built in recessed turn signals.

2ndgenKZ wrote: "there is no replacement for displacment"

WRONG!!!
69.46.28.106/forum/11-projects/413221-80-kz-1000-st-recycled

yes yes, turbo does the job. A 1300 with a turbo would have a faster top speed though would it not?

hoping to make my current rider into a monoshock rear... gonna go to a chain, keep my other LTD shaft.

M-eaux: just the look makes me think of that bike.

Not particularly custom, just reversed the previous owner's 'customization' for the most part:
Before


After

Mullineaux wrote: ...

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Good Fortune!

2ndgenKZ wrote: yes yes, turbo does the job. A 1300 with a turbo would have a faster top speed though would it not?

Not to mention the XS1100 has an (undressed) 11sec quarter mile, a top speed of 136mph (well beyond my aspirations), a reputation for being extremely reliable, and it only ran me $1200. Displacement has its advantages.