Meguro on fle

Hi all,
what do you think of this,I'd rather have a Z.But interesting.Pre unit? what tha


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/KAWASAKI-MEG ... 3350502646

Hope a new thread is appropriate,thought ya mite like a look

Nice find mate...I would think that would make the start of a great resto...

Okay Gos...educate us mere mortals about this gem (?)...

W1 650 Kawasaki - based (sort-of) on a BSA A10. Parallel twin pushrod motor.

Not sure how that ebay ad can be selling a 1965 W1...........they only started production of these in 1967 !!

Meguro was a bike producer in Japan, that was going down the gurgler until KHI (then known as the Kawasaki Aircraft Company) bought them out. Meguro had been producing a replica BSA A7 - a 500cc pushrod twin.

What they did produce in 1965 was a K2 model 500cc model. Not a 650 (actually 625cc) W1.

I am watching this auction with more than a little interest......I reckon the bidding will be lucky to top $6k, and the reserve is probably set at $10k or perhaps even higher ! It simply won't sell for this price imho, as these bikes - although rare - are just not regarded as a *classic* Kawasaki......not yet anyway ( and probably not ever).

It would be nice to have one of these in the 4th though......a nice bike for a Sunday cruise.....

Thanks Laidback,
Good on ya Gos,so i wonder what it really is 67 or a K2,I think i remember seeing something like this at that Kawasaki good times world museum site,wouldn't mind going there one day for a look,kinda like disney land for KHI fans i reckon.

Did you buy it Gos?

Not at all mate - I have no coin for something like that. When I buy another kawasaki, it will probably be a Z1R. This is one model I have always wanted in the 4th.

Cant agree more,or a replica of Hansfords bike

Interesting that the W1 went for $5100 - not so bad a price for an old an unusual piece of kwakka history.....

I thought so too,seemed in good nick to restore.But it seems like its hard to sell bikes at the moment maybe.

coming out of winter - it will improve.

Selling a bike is just not a good idea between May and August basically......