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don't ever import anything from overseas cos its costing me arm and a leg to just get the bike from a greedy f####n Australian customs

Sounds like things aren't going well for you Ivan.

Have AC put their hand out for more spondoolar's ?

I worked for a Kawasaki dealer as a new bike assembler/PD & I bolted a couple of them together & test rode them before delivery. Nice bike from what I remember. One came back under warrenty with some sort of missfire problem, dont know what it was but the guys fixed it & didnt see it again..

ivan wrote:....don't ever import anything from overseas cos its costing me arm and a leg to just get the bike from a greedy f####n Australian customs ....

they are a total pack of cnuts. It cost me almost 1/3 of what I had paid for 2 small boxes from LA last year - the XJ6 / LS1 conversion kit from the US - to get them out of Customs and into my post box........a total fucking joke. Do whatever you can to avoid paying any customs duty - bring stuff in in *parts*, make it all *vintage* - whatever it takes. There are ways and means to avoid customs duty on small imports - how can you threaten a local *market* which doesn't even exist ??? I just wish I knew then, what I know now, about importing stuff.......

Its total bullshit.

Nice bike. Had me one of them and an XN85 turbo Suzuki both new in the past.

Strangely, the Kawasaki is the better bike (just) but the Suzook seems to be winning the classic bike financial appreciation stakes.

Wish I still had both.

Blow off valve.....that would be interesting to hear

it's an '84