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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ST.George on May 12, 2013, 12:37:35 PM
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Classic bike on sale. This is the bike that finally took the Honda 4 down a peg after the Honda 4 changed the industry.
As a teenager I was in awe of this bike and yet I now have a bike that is so much more powerful and versatile. Now that I am mature :rofl I know that power in the right hands is a safety bonus.
Check this bike out. Could easily be in a showroom. Plastic on the pipes tho - better get that off b4 a test ride!
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wollongong-2500/motorcycles/early-1973-kawasaki-z1-900-motorbike-matching-numbers-new-parts/1019422142 (http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wollongong-2500/motorcycles/early-1973-kawasaki-z1-900-motorbike-matching-numbers-new-parts/1019422142)
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Nice. Better than any hardly drivable any day.
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Just shows how a pristine item can command a premium price.
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My older Brother had a Green 900 he brought brand new.
I wonder what ever happened to the bikes from the movie Stone? I did hear that a lot were given away to the actors.
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Noice jaffa!!
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Classic bike on sale. This is the bike that finally took the Honda 4 down a peg after the Honda 4 changed the industry.
...sorry :'(, but cannot wholly agree :-[...however...the 900 does have one very, very important feather in it's cap...anyone care to have a stab at what that might be? :think1
Cheers the can :-)
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It's a movie star..... Stone....Mad Max....?????
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It's a movie star..... Stone....Mad Max....?????
Nooo... :-(((
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It had a chain oiler.
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It had a chain oiler.
No... :-(((...one more guess an if still off the mark I best drop a clue or two :wink1
Cheers, the can :-)
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very nice
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electric plus kick start?
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Was it the first DOHC 4-valve per cylinder production bike?
The Honda didn't get there until 1979 after it's '69 debut, (according to Google).
The only other bike I reckon ranks in this ethereal league of immortal godbikes is the Suzi 750 Waterbottle.
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I'm not saying I'm right just, as a youngster at the time, I was an avid reader of mags and this was my conclusion.
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Something to do with it's top speed
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DOHC was one of them though not the first.
Kwaka's first four stroker
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I owned a Suzuki GT750K waterbottle back in 1977-78, before getting the Suzuki GS1000EC. I still regret not keeping the waterbottle as I loved the engine (had a 3-1 Hanco pipe on it) but not the handling compared to the GS. I still have the GS but would prefer to have the waterbottle and the ST instead. Oh well...
Was it the first DOHC 4-valve per cylinder production bike?
The Honda didn't get there until 1979 after it's '69 debut, (according to Google).
The only other bike I reckon ranks in this ethereal league of immortal godbikes is the Suzi 750 Waterbottle.
I'm not saying I'm right just, as a youngster at the time, I was an avid reader of mags and this was my conclusion.
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crazy
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Something to do with it's top speed
Well done this Man :clap...yep speed was it, the Z900 became the worlds fastest production motorcycle...
...a record which had taken... :think1 ...years to be beaten, which had been held be a... :think1?
Ciao, the can:-)
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...a record which had taken... :think1 ...years to be beaten, which had been held be a... :think1?
Ciao, the can:-)
by a Honda Blackbird in 1996.
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One of my mates had a 750 Waterbottle when we lived in S.E.Asia in '72. It used to go like a cut snake, but the sound didn't match the Honda 4 or the 650 Yamaha.
It seemed to be one of those 'I'm a Suzuki man' bikes. It seemed to be a bit cumbersome in the heavy traffic, but so cool out on a highway.
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I thought it was speed
Does anybody have the original Kawasaki poster, I think it was written on the poster
Brad
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I thought it was speed
Does anybody have the original Kawasaki poster, I think it was written on the poster
Well done you :thumb ...yep the Zed did what K's couldn't and that was knock the Vincent Black Shadow off its perch as the worlds fastest production bike of a 125mph certainty if in tune. A position it had held for 22 years. :-++ . (Sorry Bill I could have worded my question better.) You right I think about the Suzi, but I thought it was earlier with one of the 1100's?.
I dont think there is a bike that U could hang ya hat on any more as the worlds fastest production bike...I think all the quick ones are speed limited to 200kph :-[
Ciao, the can:-)
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the worlds fastest production bike of a 125mph certainty if in tune. A position it had held for 22 years. :-++ .
I dont think there is a bike that U could hang ya hat on any more as the worlds fastest production bike...I think all the quick ones are speed limited to 200kph :-[
Ciao, the can:-)
Not sure where you got your info from but the Kawaka only had that title for only 2 years at a 132mph if this list is anything to go by.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest_production_motorcycles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest_production_motorcycles)
Max speed for production bikes is speed limited to 300 kph.
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The May edition of 'cycle torque' newspaper has a story about the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R running at Lake Gairdner in SA at 208.15 mph (334.99kmh). It had the speed limiter removed and different tyres and sprockets. not a bad effort for a production bike running the full street equipment including std mufflers and even the NSW number plate! :thumbs
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Not sure where you got your info from but the Kawaka only had that title for only 2 years at a 132mph if this list is anything to go by.
...Your point being ...:o?