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#12
05-19-2009, 04:36 PM
I saw a guy here tear up belts with his engin on the dyno. Spect he could. Maybe lots could but boy I woiuld hate to tear up a belt. Trouble with old age. Rather ride um than work on um.
In my younger days, 1972 or so, I had a Kawasaki 750. A three cyl. 2 stroke. About 400 lbs and at least way over 100 HP. Nobody really knew cause all were lying about HP cause the more you had listed, the higher the insurance, a political thing. I remember insurance was $18 a hundred for colision. Few had insurance. But bikes were less pricie then.
You could lift the front end into the air in the first 4 gears by just, rolling it on. As long as you were above 3500 RPM. And that was with leaning forward. That at 100 MPH.
Unreal thinking about it today.
Only personally knew one real person who could drag one of those. Bad knews if you caught good traction before 3 gear.
I never ,though I tried to, rev to 9000RPM with my eyes 2 inches from the tach, leaning forward and "drop the clutch". Could not make my hand, just let go. Found the Elephant I guess.
In my younger days, 1972 or so, I had a Kawasaki 750. A three cyl. 2 stroke. About 400 lbs and at least way over 100 HP. Nobody really knew cause all were lying about HP cause the more you had listed, the higher the insurance, a political thing. I remember insurance was $18 a hundred for colision. Few had insurance. But bikes were less pricie then.
You could lift the front end into the air in the first 4 gears by just, rolling it on. As long as you were above 3500 RPM. And that was with leaning forward. That at 100 MPH.
Unreal thinking about it today.
Only personally knew one real person who could drag one of those. Bad knews if you caught good traction before 3 gear.
I never ,though I tried to, rev to 9000RPM with my eyes 2 inches from the tach, leaning forward and "drop the clutch". Could not make my hand, just let go. Found the Elephant I guess.
Last edited by Old Gunny; 05-19-2009 at 04:50 PM.
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In my younger days, 1972 or so, I had a Kawasaki 750. A three cyl. 2 stroke. About 400 lbs and at least way over 100 HP. Nobody really knew cause all were lying about HP cause the more you had listed, the higher the insurance, a political thing. I remember insurance was $18 a hundred for colision. Few had insurance. But bikes were less pricie then.
You could lift the front end into the air in the first 4 gears by just, rolling it on. As long as you were above 3500 RPM. And that was with leaning forward. That at 100 MPH.
Unreal thinking about it today.
nothing like the sound of a 3 cylinder 2 stroke engine with a nice set of chambers. Those were some fun straight line bikes.