Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

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Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 11:40

It seems without fail that every time I stop somewhere I get one of two comments...

1. Oh man! My relative/friend/neighbor/co-worker had one of those. Nothing on the street could touch it!
2. Oh man! Those things were fast. My relative/friend/neighbor/co-worker was killed riding one.

Anyone else have repeat comment you always hear?

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 11:51 - 11 May 2017 05:59

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"Used to have one just like it. Wish I'd never sold it. Wanna sell it?"

"Uh hunnert n sixty miles n' aahrr?!? Daayyumm!!!"

"Waddaya' think it's worth?" ...(we tell them it's insured value)... "Really???"

"Haven't seen one of those in a long time."

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 12:24 - 10 May 2017 20:16

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I myself have often wondered,,, did they ever make that many? Or did their buddy Have that many friends? Sell it?? You pay for the parts shipping and handling and the bike is free.

76 kz 900 1075 76 kz 900 a4 78 kz 1000 ltd

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 13:27

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I always get people incorrectly identifying my 550's as either 750's or 1000's. To be fair, I don't have emblems on the side covers. At least they know it's a Kaw.

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 15:58

#761650

I had a Honda 305 and I never got beat by a Kawasaki :blink: :blink: :blink:

Hey, When you leave here will you get on it ?? I always loved the way these bike sounded

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 16:15 - 10 May 2017 16:22

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Last time when i was on the " NÜRBURGRING " (GREEN HELL) in 2006, my bike was spotted by the folks like
" Do you remember in 1972 IFMA Cologne the Z1 rocks the world "

Michael

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 18:25 - 10 May 2017 18:31

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Last Sunday at the blessing of the bikes out in Langley IL
In a sea of American bikes this guy comes up and tells me " that is the one bike I wish I never sold"

78 KZ1000 A2A

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 18:33 - 10 May 2017 18:36

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For some reason my wife's pic's aren't flipping even after editing them like rotating 180

78 KZ1000 A2A

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 19:08

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Most comments are along the line of "I had one of them, but upgraded to a Harley" which is a scenerio which I would never do in this lifetime. Other comments of "how fast they were" are always kind of amusing. A guy had a KZ400 and said it was so incredibly fast it was too scary to ride.

321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

10 May 2017 20:13

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See if this works.

All the above. The ones I don't like are those with hungry eyes asking if I want to sell it? NO
Steve

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kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/598262-kz-...-will-it-live#672882
kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/597654-poser?start=240#704229

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

11 May 2017 05:58

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RonKZ650 wrote: ... Other comments of "how fast they were" are always kind of amusing...

Yeah, we hear that a lot too. "It only goes as fast as you turn the Loud Handle." Is usually our response.

Many people are surprised when we tell them that a modern 600cc. sportbike will outsprint, have a higher top end, out handle and out brake a Z-1.

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Re: Passer-by comments you get riding a vintage Kaw

11 May 2017 06:30

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loudhvx wrote: I always get people incorrectly identifying my 550's as either 750's or 1000's. To be fair, I don't have emblems on the side covers. At least they know it's a Kaw.

I have a 1000 without side badges and always get asked if it's a 750 or 900!

More than once I have gotten "I thought that sounded like an old KZ"

1978 KZ1000B2

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