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ken65

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Re: Bikes with character.
« Reply #25 on: March 17, 2016, 07:50:25 PM »
That red bike looks great, original pipes as well.
When there sorted you can rev em hard all day.

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Re: Bikes with character.
« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2016, 07:54:07 PM »
That red bike looks great, original pipes as well.
When there sorted you can rev em hard all day.


Being all there and original was the attraction for me.  The mufflers are in good shape but the headers have surface rust.  I may have them ceramic coated a gloss black?
The bike ran great right out of the box, just needed to adjust the idle down.
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Re: Bikes with character.
« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2016, 08:39:06 PM »
That red bike looks great, original pipes as well.
When there sorted you can rev em hard all day.


Being all there and original was the attraction for me.  The mufflers are in good shape but the headers have surface rust.  I may have them ceramic coated a gloss black?
The bike ran great right out of the box, just needed to adjust the idle down.

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Re: Bikes with character.
« Reply #28 on: March 18, 2016, 10:09:05 AM »
It's unfortunate that Kawi triples are so lacking in character.
Bland, soulless things. ;D
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Re: Bikes with character.
« Reply #29 on: March 19, 2016, 11:44:10 PM »
Something about these makes you want to throw a leg over and ride. My late Uncle rode a Bonneville like this one.

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Re: Bikes with character.
« Reply #30 on: March 24, 2016, 03:16:03 AM »
Hey! My S2 and H1's have character, in like they sound like characters from a movie about bees. ;)
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Re: Bikes with character.
« Reply #31 on: March 29, 2016, 08:09:10 AM »
 I sold a cb900c and an xs850, I don't miss either one but my old cb750F1 was an awesome bike, I sold it to be able to keep my 750 sandcast. I probably went faster on that F1 than any bike I've owned.
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