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Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:15 pm
by valkau
What are the classic Kawasaki's that we should be acquiring and keeping in the shed before they all disappear?
Are there any landmark models that have really stood the test of time and are now (or about to be) iconic collector's items?
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:28 pm
by kawadave
That's a good question...unfortunately my crystal ball is on the blink at the mo.
But I'd like to think I have 2 of them...
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:41 pm
by MAXUMIS
You would think the zxr750 from 93/4 would as it won the world super bikes one year!
Owe and off corse the 12r
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:46 pm
by born green
valkau wrote:What are the classic Kawasaki's that we should be acquiring and keeping in the shed before they all disappear?
Are there any landmark models that have really stood the test of time and are now (or about to be) iconic collector's items?
Eddie lawson replica, if u can find one.
Had one back in 97, sold it in 2004, for $14, 000!! Wish i still had it
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:01 pm
by vivek67
Zx7r, the 05 zx636 would definitely be in the mix IMO.
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:15 pm
by Strika
Z250B Twin Cylinder
GPZ500S
Z500
BR250
GPZ250R Belt Drive
GPX600R
GPX750R
GPZ1100B (Naked big injected fucker)
ZXR750H1
ZXR750M
ZX7R N
GPZ750R Water Cooled
GT750
GT550
ZR1100 Zephyr
ZRX11
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:30 pm
by loubre
ZR750F1 (ZR7)
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:39 pm
by Gosling1
valkau wrote:.....Are there any landmark models that have really stood the test of time and are now (or about to be) iconic collector's items?.....
W1 650 SS
H1
H2
Z1
Z1A
Z1B
Z1R
Z1000H
These are all the ones that Marty missed off his list !!
Valkau - many of the models I have listed have been collectors items for years mate - this is not news. Pick up any bike magazine that has a test on almost any Kawasaki sports bike, and it will start with the words "....kawasaki introduced sports motorcycles to the world in 1968 with the H1, followed a couple of years later by the H2, and then in 1972 with the magnificent Z1...." etc etc
The Z1R is a bit of a sleeper - the H has been a classic for years (due to extremely limited release globally) - you can generally tell how much of an icon a bike is, by the amount of aftermarket suppliers that still make parts for them - Z1, CB750, XS650, RD350 etc..
In terms of recent (ie within the last 30 years) releases - which will be a *classic* in the same context as my list ? Probably the first model GPz900R (already on the way as a classic) - the ZX7R - and not many others really.
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:16 pm
by MAXUMIS
The RE5 was a complete failer and now it's worth a fortune ??
Nobody no's witch bike is going to be worth money but the best bet is get one that has won something!!
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:28 pm
by JonW
What about Gpz900r?
Not really rare I know but iconic? Definitely.
Possible collectors item in the future, quite possibly.
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:31 pm
by born green
MAXUMIS wrote:The RE5 was a complete failer and now it's worth a fortune ??
Nobody no's witch bike is going to be worth money but the best bet is get one that has won something!!
The ELR won a few races... and still the only bike kawasaki named as a replica, not like honda and yamaha that churned out replica's every time someone won on them....
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:16 pm
by MAXUMIS
born green wrote:MAXUMIS wrote:The RE5 was a complete failer and now it's worth a fortune ??
Nobody no's witch bike is going to be worth money but the best bet is get one that has won something!!
The ELR won a few races... and still the only bike kawasaki named as a replica, not like honda and yamaha that churned out replica's every time someone won on them....
Yes how many times have honda/yamaha won? a shit load more so they have the ego attack but they have a clit between there leg's when it comes to a true street bike!
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:19 pm
by MAXUMIS
As for the ELR what has it won??
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:30 pm
by Gosling1
MAXUMIS wrote:.....As for the ELR what has it won??....
Nothing at all.
But Eddie Lawson won the 1981 & 1982 AMA Championships on a Z1000SR - the bike on which the original ELR was modelled.
That is what makes the original ELR such a great bike. Kawasaki actually made about 30-odd *real* racebikes which were based on the Z1000J model of the time - the ZRXOA has all this info on their forum.
No other manufacturer ever called any of their superbikes a replica "anything" actually - although over the last few years I have seen some retards on ebay trying to flog off their blue&white GS1000S as a "Wes Cooley Replica" which is a total crock of shit, Suzuki never used this when these bikes were released - they were simply the 'S' version of a GS1000, and Wes Cooley rode one....
the day will come soon enough when some other spanker tries to flog off an A-model CB900F as a "Freddie Spencer Replica" based on the same bullshit !!
I can't even think of one Yamaha that has been called a replica of any particular individual at all - they won so many races with so many individual pilots at the helm .....would be hard to pick anyone worthy of having a bike named after them !
The only true 'replica' racebike marketed and sold in numbers by any bike manufacturer (and even then it was in name only for the mass-produced article) - was the Eddie Lawson Replica Z1000R of 1982/83.
Re: Collector Classics
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:55 am
by jefflthomas
