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- From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
- Subject: Re: Best bikes of '73
- Message-ID: <Bxvp76.Br0@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <361.2B0850F8@kennel.FIDONET.ORG>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:04:16 GMT
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- In <361.2B0850F8@kennel.FIDONET.ORG> john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton) writes:
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- >Monday November 16 1992 16:32, Alan Fleming wrote to All:
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- > AF> Well, the Kaw H2 (that 2-stroke 750 triple we've seen mentioned lately)
- > AF> was one of them. I've had the pleasure of riding my friend's a few
- > AF> times.
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- > >> What were they like to ride?
- > AF> Really fast acceleration. Get used to seeing the front wheel in the
- > AF> air.
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- >Below the sweet spot at around 8k rpm, dogs. Hit the sweet spot with the
- >grip wound open, and you alway got a wheelie. Basically an on/off switch.
- >Both the H1 and H2 I had wanted to be run wound out all the time.
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- > >> How fast did they go?
- > AF> My friend's tops out around 120 or so, but from 60 to top speed happens
- > AF> really, really fast.
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- >Yes. It would chug like a locomotive getting underway and suddenly the sound
- >would change to a bumble bee hum and your arms would stretch instantly.
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- My H2 used to surge violently if I tried to maintain a steady speed and
- as a result I had to always slightly speed up or slow down. Was this
- normal? I had Bassani's and K&N's and the bike used to moan when opened
- up at low rpm, then as it came on the pipes the sound would change and
- the hair on my neck would stand up.
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- >John
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- >--- GoldED 2.40.P0720+
- >--
- >John Hamilton uucp: uts.amdahl.com!kennel!john
- >DoD #0327 ToT #11 internet: john@f8.n143.z1.fidonet.org
- >ZX-11 From Hell. arpa: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG
- >She said, "Its either me or that ZX-11!" Too bad, I'll miss her.
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