mike in idaho
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Gotta wonder if that wasn't staged, the front brake cable should have held the works at least partially together.
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Interesting motorcycles, not XS650
- Thread starter Kevin Werner
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Was it filmed for CBS 60 Minutes?
Judging by the look on his face, he was not expecting it...
Gotta respect a guy that knows when to switch things up instead of flexing the ego and getting hurt.
C-mon man what is it? I'll guess right around 1970 based on the front brake?
Don't know what that bike is but I recall back in 1976, or it mighta been 1977, was in a motorbike shop in Galashiels and they had Mick Grant's Kawasaki KR750 triple racer, the Green Meanie, on which he had a month or two earlier been clocked at 191mph on the Isle of Man. A record high speed at that time. Helped the shopkeeper push it out to join the row of bikes in the road. As an impressionable yoof I was gobsmacked that here was that self-same bike and I had actually touched it.
I love the old Kawi triples. They were beasts!
Two of my brothers owned several triples each and crashed them often.
How do I put the pin back in this hand grenade?
Road America circa 1982; me on a CB900F "other guy" H2 with goldwing forks n brakes grafted on
He'd blow by me every straight, I'd repass every corner. Til he decided F-it I can corner too.
last time I saw him he was highsiding a bad wobble out into the toolies.
I bet that CB900 was a sweetheart. I rode own of brother's H1s. Stock and with pipes, jetting and new clutch springs. Either way you need to be pointed in the direction you want to go BEFORE you get on the pipe.How do I put the pin back in this hand grenade?
Road America circa 1982; me on a CB900F "other guy" H2 with goldwing forks n brakes grafted on
He'd blow by me every straight, I'd repass every corner. Til he decided F-it I can corner too.
last time I saw him he was highsiding a bad wobble out into the toolies.
Can I get an Amen?
But Kawasaki made up for the ill handling with even worse brakes.
Ditches and cornstalks slow you down fast enough.
To clarify, the KR750 was a full on race bike.
My pants are getting tight.
Been there and mine was just the S2 350! Probably the best handling of the bunch in 1973..lol.
Those Kwak Triples were know as 'The Widow Maker!'
Had 2!!! H2's and a 72 commando at the same time about 1975
Eeny meeny, Kwaks gone, kept the Norton!
Eeny meeny, Kwaks gone, kept the Norton!
