Not another Chopper

[Paul Pless]

Good stuff eh?
http://www.cycleworld.com/assets/image/2007/Q1/020520071917471439.jpg
http://www.cycleworld.com/assets/image/2007/Q1/020520071917466024.jpg

[Ross M]

Good stuff eh?



Indeed. What have we here?

Ross

[stevebaby]

...but a hot looking bike all the same.

[Paul Pless]

Its based on an RC51. More here: http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=278

[glenallen]

ooooooh, scary!
But I don't blame you young guns for drooling.

If I'd seen that thang 50 years ago my life might have been much altered.

[Mrleft8]

"Chopper"? That int no "Chopper".

[moTthediesel]

That SS swingarm is sick!
Somebody must have gotten a new tubing bender for Xmas --
moT

[seanz]

That SS swingarm is sick!
Somebody must have gotten a new tubing bender for Xmas --
moT

Agreed.It's a work of art but a tube steel SS swingarm on a bike with that much grunt?:eek: Aren't they usually great big bits of box ally?
Gawd I'm getting out of touch .Bless me Father for I have sinned its been over ten years since I owned a bike.I had to google RC51 (guessed it was a honda) sad really.:D

[Mrleft8]

Think Kawasaki 500 tripple.
Light flexy frame with balls to the wall. If you have teflon knee caps yer golden.

[seanz]

Think Kawasaki 500 tripple.
There is so much fundamentally wrong with that sentence.:D
Kawasaki triples and for that matter any of the early 2stroke performance bikes were not about thinking,some kamakazi engineer in Japan had already done the thinking for you now all that was left was the emotions.
I've been reliably informed these emotions were a small portion of elation,more than a smidgen of frustration and a ****eload of fear.
As a mate said after he sold his RZ500 "If I was gunna die on a bike that would be the one"

[boylesboats]

Speaking about old kawasaki of the 70's.. Back in 1972, there was a bike that named as "man killer" The 750 tri-cylinders.. My uncle was a service man for kawasaki dealer, he get to road test them... He have ridden a bunch of hot bike, but like the 750's... Make the long story short, I watched in fear as he jump on one and took of like a lighnting bolt, and come back shaking, and pale in his face like he seen a ghost...
Here's info http://home.sprynet.com/~inniss/h2.htm
even better yet http://www.buynewcars.info/bikes/750triple/

[Ron Williamson]

When my buddy Chris went into the Yamaha dealer,he said,"I want to buy buy an RZ500."
The salesman looked him over and said,"Nope."
End of story.
R

[Paul Pless]

There's a guy about a mile down the road with one of those Kawasaki Triples leaning against the outside of his garage. Its been there for 5-6 years now, slowly becoming less and less of a bike. I stop about twice a year and offer to buy it from him but he always refuses. The least he could've done was cover it up or move it indoors...

[Paul Pless]

When my buddy Chris went into the Yamaha dealer,he said,"I want to buy buy an RZ500."
The salesman looked him over and said,"Nope."
End of story.
R

ROFL!!!:D

that's funny!!!

[merlinron]

i' ve ridden a few different bikes in my younger, more fearless years. my BIL had one of those kaw. 500 tripples, scariest freakin' bike to turn at speed i ever was on!! a rocket in a straight line, but don't turn!!

[Bob Adams]

Ahhhhh memories. I borrowed a buddy's tripple once. As close to worp speed as I'll ever get!

[Matt J.]

I just got an offer on the bike... now that it may be sold I'm really bummed. :( Now Paul has to go rubbing it in... ;)

That looks like it could be based on a Ducati Monster/S4r... the odd paint job and heavy wheels give it away as not-Italian.