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A bike for St.Paddy and not mine
A nice non butchered classic.
Enjoy,
Spyug
A nice non butchered classic.
Enjoy,
Spyug
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Have you ever riden a KZ650? Kinda curious about the power compared to a GS650(E)?
I've seen a few of em in my area for reasonable money.sigpic
82 GS850
78 GS1000
04 HD Fatboy
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Not sure about the zuke 650, they were a little later, but the GS 750 was slightly faster than the 650 Kaw. but the 650 Kaw was a lot faster than the GS 550..... Just what I remember.1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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I had two
They go okay and are probably just a little slower than teh GS750. Faster than teh GS550 for sure. One even had a 710 bore kit and ported head and KZ1000 carbs.
Gsigpic1983 1100 Katana - soon to be turbo Busa powered.
2007 GSXR1K-Sold-But not forgotten.
Have 2X ZG14 engine's for '81 GS750E project.
'82 GS750E frame is TITLED awaiting GSXR1127/12B engine and '81 1100E slowly being built.
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another one
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FWIW - They were a lot slower than the 750E, as my passenger & I smoked one easily back in the days of wild youth. Not even close.Comment
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64 HP apparently.
Not bad for a 1976 engine design.
You bike of the day had
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So all told it was damn close in performance and maybe that guy you passed just did not know how to wring out the power that was there.Last edited by Guest; 03-19-2013, 09:30 PM.Comment
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I had a 78 kz 650 & 77 gs 750 & 79 gs750e(& a 73 z1) back in that period. The 650 was a fine bike w/ grat pwr. Super wheelie bike. My 77 750 was far superior handler. Faster too, go figure. I ran a 12.71 with the gs. No et w/ the 650. I would guess 13.10 ishComment
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I had one back in 79-80. It could NOT out run a crown vic police interceptor
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82 1100 EZ (red)
"You co-opting words of KV only thickens the scent of your BS. A thief and a putter-on of airs most foul. " JEEPRUSTYComment
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How do you know it wouldn't outrun a crown vic police interseptor????? Thanks Notz, I needed my memory josseled. The 750 wasn't a "little faster" than the KZ 650, it was just "slightly slower" than the KZ 9001983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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That's a nice 650, they really are a nice looking bike
Wish it was a little closer to me, all the ones over here are cafe/bobber attacked
Would not be to hard to turn it into something like thisComment
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