First bike...1972 Yamaha 80 Mini Enduro



Second bike...1976 Kawasaki KZ440



Third bike...1989 Kawasaki 454LTD



None of the pics above are the actual bikes, just internet fodder. I've had 3 others, two of them being Harleys, and one was a Big Dog Custom basket case.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Mine was a 1958 Triumph TR6 650cc. Bought it after my last tour of duty in RVN and toured Canada when I ETS'd out. Spent about a month on the road but it took two months for the feeling to come back to my buttocks. Think it had about the same amount of horsepower as my 300SD.

Here is a link to a vid of my Yamaha R5 Rat bike. I bought a lot of 4 bikes. 2 identical 75 Yamaha RD350s, the rat bike in the vid and a DS7.

I put DG pipes on the Rat plus MotoCarerra rearsets. It has Dyna Coils, electronic ignition, fully adjustable drop down Z-bars and a K & N filter with Y pipe intake. About $1000 in parts but you would never know looking at it. I love riding it. People hear it coming and look at it like "WTF is that?!" It runs great as you can probably tell from the vid. I spent a ton of hours pulling the carbs to get the jetting right.

1970 Yamaha R5 Rat - YouTube

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

whats up wit that.i used to start my 75 rd350 by hand.

To paint a Harley yellow is just...Un-American.

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The secret to a long life. Is knowing when it is time to leave.

Agreed.....

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I do like the Fat Boy Lo but after the work I am doing to the Superlow, I am not sure I will part with it. Somehow the Fat Boy Low feels "righter". Not sure why.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Is that your "Bestest" bike?

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Felt like it when I sat on one. Still, I will concede that sitting on one and owning one for a period of time is different but I would think that it might be a worthwhile investment if I didn't have so much time and money tied up in the Superlow.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

KZ440 YEAH!

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

Yep, the H2 was the fastest production bike in history at the time. Then came the Z1 and it claimed that perch. Kawasaki was going to replace the H2triple with an inline 7504 4-stroker. Then Honda cranked out the CB750. So KHI went back to the drawing board and out came the 903. When they tested it in the US, they camo'ed it up to look like a Honda 750 to the public.

[I]So Far So Fast.
Kawasaki Z1 1973 World Speed Record Part 2 of 2 - YouTube
Bike 1 1974 Kawasaki KZ400 New
Bike 2 1976 KZ 750 twin New
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Bike 3 1991 HD XL1200 Used '94
Bike 4 1997 HD FXDS New
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Bike 5 1975 Z1B (2001) Candy Blue. 9600 miles.

Best bike to have? A lanky blue eyed blonde told me a long time ago: " You don't get laid on a Honda" (she was right about that)
I'll take my HD thank you.

I'll get laid twice as much on my Ducati.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

Moto Guzzi MGS 01

Moto Guzzi MGS 01, sotto il vestito ... - YouTube

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

What are you doing to the Superlow?

Yep - 50cc, 3 horsepower engine with oil injection and a three-speed semi-auto transmission. The transmission was key to wasting the 5 hp Briggs and Stratton-engined minibikes in my neighborhood, as they were one-speed vehicles with centrifugal clutches.