KR-1S

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:27 am

Dunno too much about this bike , but had a quick chat with the owner while we filled up .
Had quite a few kays on it and was less tidy that the pics show but for $2500 it seemed like he had got himself a bargain .
Sounded great

Track fun a plenty I would think for that sort of money .

What du rekon ?

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:29 am

Friend of mine had one when I was younger....

2 stroke 250.... Was quick at the time, but kawasaki stopped making them.... Apparently the handling wasnt as good as the suzukis of the time.. but it was quicker in a straight line (or so he told me)

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:31 am

yes 2 stroke 250.

it would have been good in its time

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:31 am

Have heard that too , gotta love a "ringding ding ding ding"

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:34 am

I decided my bike at the time was superior...... it had electric start....

Ofcourse I didnt really understand the difference between 2 and 4 stroke....

This was my bike at the time...
http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/suzu ... al_450.jpg

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:35 am

Hey billy, when you say quite a few k's on it..... how many are we talking here?

Considering they probably stopped making KR1's back in the eighties...

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:43 am

Had 30 thou plus , but the owner knew it had done some racing . For a stroker 250 I would think that was a lot .

But hey whats a couple of rings between friends

Now who is gonna modify this first ?

Post by **icebreaker** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:18 pm

yeah but what parts of it have done 30K..

the engines prob been rebuilt several times.. Apparently one of the biggest advantages to a 2 stroke engine.

And if it was a trackie then most likely quite a few parts have been replaced.

Plenty of ZX2R's out there with over 50K on them.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:22 pm

My bike is now 2 and a bit years old and has 35,000 on it....

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:55 pm

Billy, have you bought a 250 stroker??

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:26 pm

Nah Mate but would love one of these KRs . Would be a bit of fun

Last 2 stroke road bike I owned was an aircooled RD 350 with a disc brake . Laughed my head off every time I rode it ....
Or shit myself when IT decided to lift its front wheel .

Back off the gas and snap the power back on and it was anyones guess what would happen next .

Pabs · Post by **Pabs** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:45 pm

Kr-1 They were a great 2-stroke Billy
http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/kawasa ... s_1992.php

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:59 pm

that looks like a nice tidy example of a great little bike mate ! 30,000km *sounds* like a fair few km's for a smoker, but these babies are water-cooled, which means much tighter tolerances than the old air-cooled dungers we rode when we had pimply butts

- so you can expect a lot longer between re-builds with the w/c strokers.....I gotta mate with an RD350LC (1980), that is ridden *semi-regularly*........he has owned it since new........and it has *never* been apart for a re-build. Still starts and runs quite well, it has lost a *bit* of poke, but heh, its 25 years old now......

Using a good-quality oil is the key to long engine life with these babies.....that, and don't flog them until they are warmed up.......

half_empty1 · Post by **half_empty1** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:16 am

i remember the 2 stroke days, some of the most fun years of biking in my life

why is it you get pulled to one brand most of your life, for some reason it was always kawasaki, ive never gelled with any other make.

although i do have fond memorys of my tzr250 and i found out a few months ago its still on the road after 15 years

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:56 am

cool, our supermono race bike has a tzr chassis and swing arm.......

and yeh, my mates had rg's, rgv's, tzr's & rd's when we were younger.....