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GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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The USCG gave me a re-up bonus in 81 and I bought one of these built in 73 with Basani pipes & smooth bore carbs.
Talk about sketchy to ride - had a sponge for a frame and like 3 of the biggest chainsaw engines bolted into one unit.
Literally a Widow maker.

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But in an 1/8th of a mile there was nothing that could touch it.
The guy that I sold her to lost his left arm in a crash. :sad:
 
srh88

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Bareback said:
I bough a used Elsinore but I think it was smaller and red. Anyway I was warned that it was cursed and that damn thing was definitely cursed. The guy I got it from broke his arm on it, the guy he got it from broke his arm,leg, and wrist the guy I sold it to broke his leg about one minute after unloading it. Probably the only motorcycle I ever owned that I didn't wreck.
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It liked you lol.

The dude I bought my 500 from was pushing it on a truck and I asked him how much he wanted for it. 500 bucks because he needed to get rid of it. It paralyzed the guys dad. I've wrecked it but nothing major
 
srh88

srh88

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
The USCG gave me a re-up bonus in 81 and I bought one of these built in 73 with Basani pipes & smooth bore carbs.
Talk about sketchy to ride - had a sponge for a frame and like 3 of the biggest chainsaw engines bolted into one unit.
Literally a Widow maker.

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But in an 1/8th of a mile there was nothing that could touch it.
The guy that I sold her to lost his left arm in a crash. :sad:
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Is that the actual pic of it?
 
Bareback

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My brother bought one of those 3 cylinder Kawasaki's I think it was a 74' 400 but I'm not sure.

My best ran from the law story. I borrowed a friend's kz 900 and was speeding around when the popos jumped in behind me. I ripped into it and somewhere around 120 it spit a spark plug out with a big ball of fire. So I pull over and the cop speeds right by hahaha. I rode it home and it was making a crazy whistle sound .
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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Bareback said:
My brother bought one of those 3 cylinder Kawasaki's I think it was a 74' 400 but I'm not sure.
My best ran from the law story. I borrowed a friend's kz 900 and was speeding around when the popos jumped in behind me. I ripped into it and somewhere around 120 it spit a spark plug out with a big ball of fire. So I pull over and the cop speeds right by hahaha. I rode it home and it was making a crazy whistle sound .
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Are you sure it wasn't a Yamaha? They made a wicked little twin two stroke RD in 350 & 400 cc's (if memory serves).

I bought a Kaw Z-1 900 while in H/S - it was Kaw's answer to the Honda CB750 and a big answer it was (at the time) - it was much faster than the H2 750 but not nearly as quick off the line.
 
SSGrower

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Singlemalt said:
Yeah, I've hiked for day high mileage and found trash. WTF, I'd figure someone who worked that hard to get there would have appreciation. Once in awhile I'll leave stone fire ring and a small woood pile if the weather looks shitty cuz it's set at the best place. Other than that you'd never know I was there
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Places like this will always be in perril. Gives me hope there are others out there with a similar attitude. The conundrum is we must visit we must explore to be human. Then show and share with others. Take care my home planet.
 
Bareback

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
Are you sure it wasn't a Yamaha? They made a wicked little twin two stroke RD in 350 & 400 cc's (if memory serves).

I bought a Kaw Z-1 900 while in H/S - it was Kaw's answer to the Honda CB750 and a big answer it was (at the time) - it was much faster than the H2 750 but not nearly as quick off the line.
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I think it might have been a 450 but definitely a Kawasaki 2 stroke and bad fast.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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Bareback said:
I think it might have been a 450 but definitely a Kawasaki 2 stroke and bad fast.
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Most likely a 500cc H1 Mach III.
And quick was a better description as:
A) They were a two stroke with a VERY narrow power band.
B) They weighed next to nothing & would hit top speed (in negative numbers I'm pretty sure) but top speed was only around a buck 25 where as the Z could hit 150+ stock.

But like most all high H/P bikes of this era the frames were typically not up to the task & they were prone to high speed Death wobble leading to tank slappers quickly followed by the crash.

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Bob Zmuda

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Welp, I got skunked bad yesterday fishing (winter isn't the most active) but I took some pics.

What really sucks is I'm
Back on an old phone for a bit and the camera is not as majestic as the iPhone 7 I was using. I need a real camera.

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Across the meadowIMG_8663.JPGThrough the cattle bone yardIMG_8656.JPG
Through the canyon
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Past the gauging station
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Across the river
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Smoke session with eagle.
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I also found a 200 dollar fishing net. Gonna try to get it back to its owner though. :)
 
curious2garden

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Bob Zmuda said:
Welp, I got skunked bad yesterday fishing (winter isn't the most active) but I took some pics.

What really sucks is I'm
Back on an old phone for a bit and the camera is not as majestic as the iPhone 7 I was using. I need a real camera.

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Across the meadowView attachment 4067354Through the cattle bone yardView attachment 4067355
Through the canyon
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Past the gauging station
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Across the river
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Smoke session with eagle.
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I also found a 200 dollar fishing net. Gonna try to get it back to its owner though. :)
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Son of a bitch! So it's even catch and release for the shit you find?
 
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