350 Miles yesterday......................

[Tele130]

  54yrs old    My god Doug did they even have motorized bikes when you were younger   

All right. That's about enough from the peanut gallery.


What up Chris?  Got your emails. We gota talk, been awhile. 

[datsaxman@hotmail.com]

snarf...

You might be outnumbered by the 54 year olds here...and no, we had to push 'em back then.  It was tough gettin' them stone wheels round enough to roll decent, lemme tell ye...

[snarf]

snarf...

You might be outnumbered by the 54 year olds here...and no, we had to push 'em back then.  It was tough gettin' them stone wheels round enough to roll decent, lemme tell ye...

LOL I respect my elders with the highest regard 
Thats just a joke between Doug and myself.  Besides I did some checking and found that Doug did actually ride when he was younger.

As it would turn out he has been riding damn near his entire life

[Tele130]

LOL I respect my elders with the highest regard 
Thats just a joke between Doug and myself.  Besides I did some checking and found that Doug did actually ride when he was younger.

As it would turn out he has been riding damn near his entire life

 
I was going to intervene on the subject but it makes for such a great story...........if you haven't had the pleasure to meet Chris then you'll never get it.

And yes, I've got a few miles under my belt At the age of 17 I bought a brand new 1976 KZ900 off the showroom floor.  That bike taught me a few lessons.

[gPink]

I was going to intervene on the subject but it makes for such a great story...........if you haven't had the pleasure to meet Chris then you'll never get it.

And yes, I've got a few miles under my belt At the age of 17 I bought a brand new 1976 KZ900 off the showroom floor.  That bike taught me a few lessons.

Like how to scream in fear!

[Cold Streak]

At the age of 17 I bought a brand new 1976 KZ900 off the showroom floor.

Are you sure that wasn't 75 or earlier?  I bought a brand new 76 KZ1000 off the showroom floor, which was the first year for that model.  It replaced the KZ900.  I also learned a few things about power when I twisted the grip on that beast.

[Tele130]

Are you sure that wasn't 75 or earlier?  I bought a brand new 76 KZ1000 off the showroom floor, which was the first year for that model.  It replaced the KZ900.  I also learned a few things about power when I twisted the grip on that beast.

Oh yea.  Never forget your first.

"The original generation of  Z bikes ended in 1975.
 
The next year, Kawasaki retagged the bike KZ900, and while it was much the same machine as its Z1 predacessors, the bicentennial edition featured some modest changes. Tuning alterations and smaller carbs shaved a few watts off the powerplant in an effort to refine the bike's raw grunt, but riding a KZ900 today precipitates a case of adult-onset deja vroom."

Here's the review in it's entirety:
http://www.motorcyclingmag.com/1976_kawasaki_kz900

[Cold Streak]

Well, I stand corrected.  I was thinking my KZ1000 was a 76, but now I realize it must have been a 77.  When I think about it now I realize it had to be a 77 since I bought it my second year out of college.  I went from a KZ400 to the 1000.  I quickly realized you can't grab a handful of throttle in a corner and just let the rear wheel drift a little bit like on the 400.