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82 Kat looks tired but price dropping, now $3,3300 SoCal (not mine)

Not a huge fan of Katana's but that is a great deal....especially with stock exhaust included.
 
Price has been dropping steadily. I just don't have room now. But if it goes even lower I may be tempted. I had an '82, it was a super nice bike when I finished it. What a torture rack, even with nice rebuilt Fox shocks replacing the stock ones, which I remember were panned by the press. The seat was rock hard, and even in my 40s, the stretch to the clip-ons was severe, and the bike was uncomfortable

Hard to believe it was 22 years ago.

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I hated them back then and still do...Distinctive bikes? Yes. Weren't they the very first actual "Crotch Rockets"? Thinking the fastest 1000cc production bike for its time (real world, not sure about magazine tests) plus the most uncomfortable bike to ride for anything more than 25 mi... Of course just my opinions.
 
I would like one in my garage. Not to ride, but just to look at. When they came out I didn't like them at all, but now they're interesting classics.
 
She is rough for sure, good candidate for custom work, aka inverted forks, 17" wheels ect... the hard part will be finding replacement parts to get it back to new, best you can hope for is fresh paint and good looking aftermarket stuff/modern stuff.
 
rphillips said:
I hated them back then and still do...Distinctive bikes? Yes. Weren't they the very first actual "Crotch Rockets"? Thinking the fastest 1000cc production bike for its time (real world, not sure about magazine tests) plus the most uncomfortable bike to ride for anything more than 25 mi... Of course just my opinions.
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They may have been the first of the Jap big four to come with clip ons. Their 'radical' styling would eventually become standard for all sport bikes. Remember, this was 5 years before the GSX-R.
 
Just thinking these were a little before Honda's Interceptors, Kawa's. Ninjas, and Yammys FJ's. Wasn't the GSX-R after all of them
 
Rob S. said:
They may have been the first of the Jap big four to come with clip ons. Their 'radical' styling would eventually become standard for all sport bikes. Remember, this was 5 years before the GSX-R.
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The Katana came out in 82 here and the gsxr in 85 here....3 years apart. I do believe you are correct about the Kat being the first Japanese bike fitted with clip ons
 
I had an 86 GSXR 750. The first year it was available here in the US. I think it was released in Europe in 85.
 
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