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now how about this, turn a nice big naked bike like this  into retro like this  Now it will annoy any purists but I love it and might even look for a donor bike to give it a go. here is the german website for the bits http://www.rf-biketech.de/shop/product_i...98q1onsbe1j87nk
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Yeah! I think that's very cool, Neil.  Considering many owners of Hinckley Triumphs have "retro-ized" their bikes to look more like Meriden-built machines, and most of those I've seen I think have turned out very nicely, I think taking a modern ZXR and making it look like a mid-'70s Z1(the meanest Superbike of it's era) is a very cool idea too! (so...it seems that trip you recently took with the owner of that nice lookin' old Z1 might have had a little effect on you, eh?!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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One of my newer riding buddies has the original bike, or something very similar, up top. I need to send this to him.
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Wow... quite the transformation and a huge improvement!
Live to love, love to live.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Looks a lot like a Triumph Legend or Adventurer or even Thunderbird (previous version).
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me like'it 
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I think it's actually ZRX, but I like the concept
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Yeah, it's a ZRX. My brother had one, it was a hoot to ride and pretty quick, it made a great sport-tourer. That company looks like it makes some pretty cool items.
Al
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Kinda makes me wish I had my 73 Z1 KZ900 back... 
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Kinda makes me wish I had my 73 Z1 KZ900 back...
 moral to the story ... don't ever sell'em ... just collect'em.........................
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Quote:
now how about this, turn a nice big naked bike like this
into retro like this
Now it will annoy any purists but I love it and might even look for a donor bike to give it a go. here is the german website for the bits
http://www.rf-biketech.de/shop/product_i...98q1onsbe1j87nk
Definetely an improvement but the 1970s kawasaki engines have alot more character. It makes me long for one of the many old kwakas I used to own. I reckon if they brought out a retro kawasaki 70s series and did it well like Triumph have they would have enormous success. 
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