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This time last year, Amsterdam. Didn't smell too good.

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Miaco Kawasaki love child...

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A pal put this link on FB today.

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derek badger wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:15 am Miaco Kawasaki love child...

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I'm trying to work out if its more reliable or even less reliable with that engine in it.
Could go either way.
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demographic wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:38 pm
derek badger wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:15 am Miaco Kawasaki love child...

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I'm trying to work out if its more reliable or even less reliable with that engine in it.
Could go either way.
I had one of each, I dont think that will be affected. Im sure the mellow and torquey engine will make it a lot less hectic. Briefly.
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A V4 Triumph 1000, derived from the coupling of two Triumph Speed Twin 500 engines in a Norton Manx Featherbed frame. Built in New Zealand around 1964/1965.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ducati-748-c ... Swr15fw~8k

Interesting, maybe, horrific maybe.

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1971 Honda CL350 with a 100bhp 472cc Banshee twin in it...

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Man, that's ugly..
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They peaked with the M900 imho.
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I prefer the naked 748 :D

What is going on with that creased exhaust on the monster?
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From a side view the monster looks like Ducati spent a long time looking at the 790
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How tiny does King Kenny look on that YZR500?

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Were GP bikes bigger back then, or is KR a midget?
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Kenny is small, the YZR is about the same size as an FZR400, look at how big the wheels look, they're 18" not 17" but they still look huge because the bike is small
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KR is 5' 1" (1.55m) according to some random web site.
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:47 pm How tiny does King Kenny look on that YZR500?

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Were GP bikes bigger back then, or is KR a midget?
I think the 2nd pic is a 750 :)
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Yorick wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:40 pm I think the 2nd pic is a 750 :)
Probably, I was only going to post the first pic, but decided to do an image search to see if he looked small in any other pictures and spotted that one.
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KungFooBob wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:00 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:40 pm I think the 2nd pic is a 750 :)
Probably, I was only going to post the first pic, but decided to do an image search to see if he looked small in any other pictures and spotted that one.
In the olden days, bike CC was identifiable by the number plate background.
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I think the first bike is an inline 4 YZR500 with the centre cylinders backwards, but it could be a square four 500
2nd bike is interesting, definitely bigger than 500cc because it has white plates, but it's a square four with an ally frame, probably something Yamaha made for Daytona.

Edit 2nd bike is a 1984 YZR700 https://global.yamaha-motor.com/showroo ... r700_0w69/