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Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:28 am**

Well I'm stumped....I can't think of any Kawasaki from 1986 that would have a set of triple clamps like that. They do look a bit dirty, especially with the rubber mounts, so you might have had a bit of inspiration from Pete's flat tracker. They also look like the sort of thing that would be hidden by a fairing and there's nowhere to mount an key barrel hmmmmm

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:50 am**

Yamaha RD 350

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:04 pm**

Hyosung GT 250 Chopper...

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:10 pm**

Hyosung GT 250 Chopper

Or the big block 650

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:18 pm**

burkys_ninja wrote:Or the big block 650

Ease up there tiger...

I'm not sure 40 odd KW's of unbridled korean power is something you wanna mess around with...

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:07 pm**

red_dave wrote:
burkys_ninja wrote:Or the big block 650
Ease up there tiger...

I'm not sure 40 odd KW's of unbridled korean power is something you wanna mess around with...

It would be interesting in that Chassis though, it would feel like a GP bike

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:52 pm**

Mick C wrote:Well I'm stumped....I can't think of any Kawasaki from 1986 that would have a set of triple clamps like that. They do look a bit dirty, especially with the rubber mounts, so you might have had a bit of inspiration from Pete's flat tracker. They also look like the sort of thing that would be hidden by a fairing and there's nowhere to mount an key barrel hmmmmm

well, someone has the thinking cap on....

good work, these clamps may not be from a Kwaka .......but your guess about the 'inspiration' is 100% on the money.

Hyosung chopper ??? thats next year

Here are some more clues

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:13 pm**

It's a Singer sewing machine circa 1920's...

Posted: **Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:42 am**

goddamn thats an elaborate engraving.

Posted: **Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:38 am**

Whaddabout one of those GPZ900or GPZ1000RX engined cruisers from 1986. Can't remember what they were called. Or a Vulcan?

Posted: **Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:50 am**

WW2 special ??

Posted: **Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:23 pm**

bonester wrote:Whaddabout one of those GPZ900or GPZ1000RX engined cruisers from 1986. Can't remember what they were called. Or a Vulcan?

Those GPZ900-engined jobbies were called ZL900 Eliminators......they were a particularly hideous semi-chopped custom shitbox - they were released around 1986, and in 1987 the ZL1000 replaced them ( based on the GTR1000 motor) - they died a sad death in 1988, never having sold well at all.....

A Vulcan

brrrrrrr ugly scenes stage left ..

Neither of these bikes is remotely close to the bike under construction......its being regoe'd next week, so the final photos will be up by Wednesday ( all going well........)

Posted: **Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:38 pm**

How about a H350 Triple engined Jay Springsteen replica?????

Fingers crossed anyhoo!!!!

Posted: **Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:23 pm**

O.K. Gos...

You got me interested with the engraved Z Owners rear drum....

Could it be a Z650?

Cheers,
Pete

Posted: **Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:00 pm**

plane wrote:.....You got me interested with the engraved Z Owners rear drum....

Could it be a Z650?

Cheers,
Pete

10 points to the man with the ZRX - It is in fact a Z650 rear wheel...

but that's the only Z650 part on the bike.....

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