2-Strokes??

OutsiderZX12R · 09-16-2008, 06:43 PM

Where's the 2-Stroke section at?

JadeGreenZX12R · 09-16-2008, 06:50 PM

word

Barbarian-CBX · 09-17-2008, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutsiderZX12R

Where's the 2-Stroke section at?

Dunno.

OutsiderZX12R · 09-17-2008, 02:26 PM

Bull shit... :mad:

nedragr · 09-17-2008, 06:07 PM

Unrestored 73 500....found in a garage. Last licenced in 99. Started on the 3rd kick.

zx12streetryder · 09-18-2008, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nedragr

Unrestored 73 500....found in a garage. Last licenced in 99. Started on the 3rd kick.

is that an H1? I just helped my buddy fix and H2 triple (750)...had a bad center cylinder...looked like it starved for oil.

check out these links
anyone know much about this kawasaki?

and check this out also

Vintage Kawasaki Motorcycle Photos & History

OutsiderZX12R · 09-18-2008, 02:51 PM

Thumbs up from this end. :D

**GO 200** · 09-19-2008, 03:17 PM

Me too!! :D:D

Two strokes are an important part of Kawasaki's history... I would be disappointed to learn that we failed provide a place for people to discuss vintage machines like the 350 Bighorn, the Centurian, the A-7, the Trail Boss, ALL THOSE LOVELY TRIPLES...

OutsiderZX12R · 09-21-2008, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by go 200

me too!! :d:d

two strokes are an important part of kawasaki's history... I would be disappointed to learn that we failed provide a place for people to discuss vintage machines like the 350 bighorn, the centurian, the a-7, the trail boss, all those lovely triples...

qfmft

**GO 200** · 09-21-2008, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutsiderZX12R

qfmft

Ahhh, the memories... :cool::cool:

Note: Not a pic of my actual S2, but exactly like it...

The 1972 Triple Line-Up

JadeGreenZX12R · 09-21-2008, 08:11 PM

someday, i may learn how to correctly size and post pictures on a forum!

JadeGreenZX12R · 09-21-2008, 08:13 PM

JadeGreenZX12R · 09-21-2008, 08:32 PM

these are for sale currently in Singapore and Indonesia I think.

**GO 200** · 09-21-2008, 08:47 PM

Sweet stuff, Jade... :cool::cool:

Do you still have the S3??

What size is the little Asian market bike??

JadeGreenZX12R · 09-21-2008, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GO 200

Sweet stuff, Jade... :cool::cool:

Do you still have the S3??

What size is the little Asian market bike??

yeppers, I still have it. One of the exhaust pipes rotted all the way thru, so it is louder than bombs now, and hasnt been ridden in a long, LONG time as result. It's for sale, heh heh heh!

The asian Kawi is 150cc liquid cooled single with KIPS (exhaust powervalves)

**GO 200** · 09-21-2008, 09:23 PM

I'm kinda looking for a S2... Not convinced I wanna start a project, but I'm talking myself into it... :D:D

JadeGreenZX12R · 09-21-2008, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GO 200

I'm kinda looking for a S2... Not convinced I wanna start a project, but I'm talking myself into it... :D:D

I can certainly relate to that feeling! It does get expensive though. Check out this pic!

**Lash** · 09-21-2008, 11:40 PM

The threads are not lost we combined it. Do they need their own seperate sections?

**GO 200** · 09-22-2008, 04:00 PM

In my opinion, yes. If not 2-stroke specific, at least a "Vintage (or Heritage)" section, or somesuch...

Many here have (or want) older bikes (many 2-strokes) that don't exactly fit in the current model line-up, but deserve attention...

Years ago, many of us were introduced to streetbikes via dirtbikes, & dirtbikes were 2-strokes. PERIOD.

:cool::cool:

OutsiderZX12R · 09-26-2008, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lash

Do they need their own seperate sections?

In one word, YES.

Barbarian-CBX · 09-27-2008, 03:40 AM

1972 750 and at a mere $15K.

1972 KAWASAKI H2-750 Triple

JadeGreenZX12R · 12-27-2008, 02:39 PM

soooooo .....yeah....about that two stroke section?

Barbarian-CBX · 01-08-2009, 02:23 AM

Status?

OutsiderZX12R · 06-17-2009, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barbarian-CBX

Status?

Still waiting...

**edge2edge** · 06-18-2009, 02:31 PM

I will ask Lash about this also...

Blitzkrieg · 06-18-2009, 02:53 PM

When I took motorcycle mechanics at Vo-Tech waaaaaaaay back in the day (bet some of you didn't know I am a certified motorcycle mechanic thats never been employed as such) two guys in my class had widow-makers. One '69 500 and one '72 750, both were cherry.

The 500 would smoke the 750 all day long. We drag raced them on three separate occasions.

Then there was the older guy in the class (he was like 30) Hutch who had a highly modified Yammie RD400. That red bitch would smoke every bike in the class EXCEPT for the two Kawi's.

Those triples were some mean mothers in a straight line, but man did they have backbone shake when pushed hard in the curves.

**GO 200** · 06-18-2009, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edge2edge

I will ask Lash about this also...

Get in line, my brotha...

OutsiderZX12R · 06-19-2009, 05:22 AM

I have had my H1/H2 hybrid street legal (loosely) now for a couple months I think and have yet to take it out on the street. The cops will love the wheelie bars on the back of it...

**GO 200** · 06-19-2009, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutsiderZX12R

I have had my H1/H2 hybrid street legal (loosely) now for a couple months I think and have yet to take it out on the street. The cops will love the wheelie bars on the back of it...

I love it!! He said "(loosely)"

OutsiderZX12R · 06-20-2009, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GO 200

I love it!! He said "(loosely)"

Well, it has a license plate and insurance, makes it street legal in my warped mind...

**GO 200** · 06-20-2009, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutsiderZX12R

Well, it has a license plate and insurance, makes it street legal in my warped mind...

Mine too, Brotha Man!!

Rockhead · 06-21-2009, 08:39 AM

I'm trying to build one of these creatures for myself.Get the thing plated and terrorize the streets. My KTM is fun but nothing says hooligan like a big ( LOUD! )two stroke sumotard. My neighbors are gonna hate me but my insurance girl loves me.

nedragr · 06-21-2009, 10:00 AM

That be a nice ride there!!

Still kick myself for not buying the last year production of the KX500.

By that time the 450 4t's had taken center stage and the KX's sat in crates for a good couple of years before they were finally bought up.

Pudsky · 06-21-2009, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutsiderZX12R

In one word, YES.

That was four words....

OutsiderZX12R · 06-21-2009, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pudsky

That was four words....

I plead the 5th. :D

OutsiderZX12R · 06-21-2009, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockhead

I'm trying to build one of these creatures for myself.Get the thing plated and terrorize the streets. My KTM is fun but nothing says hooligan like a big ( LOUD! )two stroke sumotard. My neighbors are gonna hate me but my insurance girl loves me.

Gotta say I LOVE that ride....

If your neighbors don't like, there are other places for them to live.

**Lash** · 06-29-2009, 03:41 PM

Two Stroke section has now been added!

**edge2edge** · 06-29-2009, 06:38 PM

AWESOME!!!

JadeGreenZX12R · 06-29-2009, 08:48 PM

cool

Barbarian-CBX · 06-30-2009, 01:49 AM

Super!!

Rockhead · 06-30-2009, 06:55 AM

Groovy.

OutsiderZX12R · 06-30-2009, 04:22 PM

Finally...

ro307805 · 07-09-2009, 09:58 AM

I wish there was a forum for all Kaw Vintage Superbikes. Try buying a new Kaw where you are not bent over, can still go fast, and not copy a harley....The obvious alternatives are Kz's , and two stroke triples.

OutsiderZX12R · 07-09-2009, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ro307805

I wish there was a forum for all Kaw Vintage Superbikes. Try buying a new Kaw where you are not bent over, can still go fast, and not copy a harley....

The closest one can come to that is the Z1000, which they dropped from the US lineup after 2008 I believe. Also, any of the new Kawis that are Hardley clones are not fast, at least not in my opinion.

Triples forever!!



09-16-2008, 06:43 PM	#1
OutsiderZX12R Senior Member From: Ahead of the FUGLY BUGLIES Joined: Dec 2001 I Ride: 2003 Z1K I Race: 2003 Z1K Posts: 17,199	2-Strokes?? Where's the 2-Stroke section at?



09-21-2008, 08:11 PM	#11
JadeGreenZX12R Senior Member From: Pompano Beach, FL & Tucson, Arizona Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,154	my 1975 S3 triple someday, i may learn how to correctly size and post pictures on a forum! Last edited by JadeGreenZX12R; 09-21-2008 at 08:21 PM. Reason: can't brain today, I got a bad case of the dumbz



09-21-2008, 08:13 PM	#12
JadeGreenZX12R Senior Member From: Pompano Beach, FL & Tucson, Arizona Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,154	my 1985 Kenny Roberts Last edited by JadeGreenZX12R; 09-21-2008 at 08:23 PM.



09-21-2008, 08:32 PM	#13
JadeGreenZX12R Senior Member From: Pompano Beach, FL & Tucson, Arizona Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,154	not mine, but I can dream....... these are for sale currently in Singapore and Indonesia I think.

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09-16-2008, 06:50 PM	#2
JadeGreenZX12R Senior Member From: Pompano Beach, FL & Tucson, Arizona Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,154	word



09-17-2008, 02:26 PM	#4
OutsiderZX12R Senior Member From: Ahead of the FUGLY BUGLIES Joined: Dec 2001 I Ride: 2003 Z1K I Race: 2003 Z1K Posts: 17,199	Bull shit... :mad:



09-17-2008, 06:07 PM	#5
nedragr Senior Member From: Minot, N. Dak. Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 4,409	Unrestored 73 500....found in a garage. Last licenced in 99. Started on the 3rd kick.



09-18-2008, 02:51 PM	#7
OutsiderZX12R Senior Member From: Ahead of the FUGLY BUGLIES Joined: Dec 2001 I Ride: 2003 Z1K I Race: 2003 Z1K Posts: 17,199	Thumbs up from this end. :D



09-19-2008, 03:17 PM	#8
GO 200 Moderator From: Cadiz, KY USA Joined: Sep 2002 I Ride: 2000 ZX-12R Posts: 22,811	Me too!! :D:D Two strokes are an important part of Kawasaki's history... I would be disappointed to learn that we failed provide a place for people to discuss vintage machines like the 350 Bighorn, the Centurian, the A-7, the Trail Boss, ALL THOSE LOVELY TRIPLES...



09-21-2008, 08:47 PM	#14
GO 200 Moderator From: Cadiz, KY USA Joined: Sep 2002 I Ride: 2000 ZX-12R Posts: 22,811	Sweet stuff, Jade... :cool::cool: Do you still have the S3?? What size is the little Asian market bike??



09-21-2008, 09:23 PM	#16
GO 200 Moderator From: Cadiz, KY USA Joined: Sep 2002 I Ride: 2000 ZX-12R Posts: 22,811	I'm kinda looking for a S2... Not convinced I wanna start a project, but I'm talking myself into it... :D:D



09-21-2008, 11:40 PM	#18
Lash Site Admin From: Portland Joined: Aug 2008 I Ride: 00 ZX12R I Race: 05 ZX6R Posts: 386 Blog Entries: 2	The threads are not lost we combined it. Do they need their own seperate sections?



09-22-2008, 04:00 PM	#19
GO 200 Moderator From: Cadiz, KY USA Joined: Sep 2002 I Ride: 2000 ZX-12R Posts: 22,811	In my opinion, yes. If not 2-stroke specific, at least a "Vintage (or Heritage)" section, or somesuch... Many here have (or want) older bikes (many 2-strokes) that don't exactly fit in the current model line-up, but deserve attention... Years ago, many of us were introduced to streetbikes via dirtbikes, & dirtbikes were 2-strokes. PERIOD. :cool::cool:



09-27-2008, 03:40 AM	#21
Barbarian-CBX Senior Member From: Matthews, NC (Charlotte) Joined: Jan 2002 I Ride: 01' ZX-12R, '02 GL1800, I tarp a '99 Buell X1 CFE I Race: '02 Goldwang and hard! Posts: 17,920 Blog Entries: 1	1972 750 and at a mere $15K. 1972 KAWASAKI H2-750 Triple



12-27-2008, 02:39 PM	#22
JadeGreenZX12R Senior Member From: Pompano Beach, FL & Tucson, Arizona Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,154	soooooo .....yeah....about that two stroke section?



01-08-2009, 02:23 AM	#23
Barbarian-CBX Senior Member From: Matthews, NC (Charlotte) Joined: Jan 2002 I Ride: 01' ZX-12R, '02 GL1800, I tarp a '99 Buell X1 CFE I Race: '02 Goldwang and hard! Posts: 17,920 Blog Entries: 1	Status?



06-18-2009, 02:31 PM	#25
edge2edge Moderator From: Alberta Joined: Oct 2002 I Ride: 2002 ZX-12R Highly modified I Race: I ride the 12R on track days, raced ZX-7 years ago Posts: 1,424	I will ask Lash about this also...



06-18-2009, 02:53 PM	#26
Blitzkrieg Senior Member From: West Of The Mississippi Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 7,910	When I took motorcycle mechanics at Vo-Tech waaaaaaaay back in the day (bet some of you didn't know I am a certified motorcycle mechanic thats never been employed as such) two guys in my class had widow-makers. One '69 500 and one '72 750, both were cherry. The 500 would smoke the 750 all day long. We drag raced them on three separate occasions. Then there was the older guy in the class (he was like 30) Hutch who had a highly modified Yammie RD400. That red bitch would smoke every bike in the class EXCEPT for the two Kawi's. Those triples were some mean mothers in a straight line, but man did they have backbone shake when pushed hard in the curves.



06-19-2009, 05:22 AM	#28
OutsiderZX12R Senior Member From: Ahead of the FUGLY BUGLIES Joined: Dec 2001 I Ride: 2003 Z1K I Race: 2003 Z1K Posts: 17,199	I have had my H1/H2 hybrid street legal (loosely) now for a couple months I think and have yet to take it out on the street. The cops will love the wheelie bars on the back of it...



06-21-2009, 08:39 AM	#32
Rockhead Senior Member From: OILBERTA. Joined: Dec 2006 I Ride: my bike with no handle bars ,no handle bars. Posts: 443	I'm trying to build one of these creatures for myself.Get the thing plated and terrorize the streets. My KTM is fun but nothing says hooligan like a big ( LOUD! )two stroke sumotard. My neighbors are gonna hate me but my insurance girl loves me.



06-21-2009, 10:00 AM	#33
nedragr Senior Member From: Minot, N. Dak. Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 4,409	That be a nice ride there!! Still kick myself for not buying the last year production of the KX500. By that time the 450 4t's had taken center stage and the KX's sat in crates for a good couple of years before they were finally bought up.



06-29-2009, 03:41 PM	#37
Lash Site Admin From: Portland Joined: Aug 2008 I Ride: 00 ZX12R I Race: 05 ZX6R Posts: 386 Blog Entries: 2	Two Stroke section has now been added!



06-29-2009, 06:38 PM	#38
edge2edge Moderator From: Alberta Joined: Oct 2002 I Ride: 2002 ZX-12R Highly modified I Race: I ride the 12R on track days, raced ZX-7 years ago Posts: 1,424	AWESOME!!!



06-29-2009, 08:48 PM	#39
JadeGreenZX12R Senior Member From: Pompano Beach, FL & Tucson, Arizona Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,154	cool



06-30-2009, 01:49 AM	#40
Barbarian-CBX Senior Member From: Matthews, NC (Charlotte) Joined: Jan 2002 I Ride: 01' ZX-12R, '02 GL1800, I tarp a '99 Buell X1 CFE I Race: '02 Goldwang and hard! Posts: 17,920 Blog Entries: 1	Super!!



06-30-2009, 06:55 AM	#41
Rockhead Senior Member From: OILBERTA. Joined: Dec 2006 I Ride: my bike with no handle bars ,no handle bars. Posts: 443	Groovy.



06-30-2009, 04:22 PM	#42
OutsiderZX12R Senior Member From: Ahead of the FUGLY BUGLIES Joined: Dec 2001 I Ride: 2003 Z1K I Race: 2003 Z1K Posts: 17,199	Finally...



07-09-2009, 09:58 AM	#43
ro307805 Junior Member From: indianapolis Joined: Jun 2009 I Ride: kz1300a2, '79 cbx, '77 cb750f2, '80 cb750f supersport, '81 gpz1100 I Race: rc480r, norton "isle of man" Posts: 4 Blog Entries: 1	I wish there was a forum for all Kaw Vintage Superbikes. Try buying a new Kaw where you are not bent over, can still go fast, and not copy a harley....The obvious alternatives are Kz's , and two stroke triples.