Superbike pics

Here a a few cool pics from way back when.

www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/2112/1/

thank you those were great...and some real cool reference photos for any replica -racer items....thanks alot...peace craig

One of my favourite MKll superbikes- Reuben bought this one from my old friend Bill Davidson, later sold it to finance his ELR S1R purchase.Got to ride it once ( on the street )The bike went to Calgary and never heard from again...

This cought my eye. Notice the 4 coils mounted under the triple trees. I assume they are out there so the air can cool them off. Were they running dual plugs or did they have 4 coils to eliminate any misfire?

most the builders in the know did there race heads up with dual plugs because of the compression they were running

Sorry for sounding dumb but was this a 2 stroke? Was this based on a street model H1 or an H2??:blush:

www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/2112/1/kr500eldaytona.htm

it was kawasakis grand prix bike or todays motogp equal....500cc if you look under the photo in the link(might have to scroll down)you will see the bikes explanations.....cnyl wrote:

Sorry for sounding dumb but was this a 2 stroke? Was this based on a street model H1 or an H2??:blush:

www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/2112/1/kr500eldaytona.htm

great video from days gone by.


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trianglelaguna wrote:

it was kawasakis grand prix bike or todays motogp equal....500cc if you look under the photo in the link(might have to scroll down)you will see the bikes explanations.....cnyl wrote:

Sorry for sounding dumb but was this a 2 stroke? Was this based on a street model H1 or an H2??:blush:

www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/2112/1/kr500eldaytona.htm

Thanks,
It says Eddie Lawson's KR500 square-four GP bike. Daytona, 1982.
What is a square-four?

A square 4 has the 4 cylinders positioned like a square, one in each corner.
All 4 pistons move straight up and down to two separate crackshafts I think, unlike a V4 engine where the cylinders are in the V shape sharing one crank.

Cool thanks!

Good stuff there, thanks for sharing!