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- From: frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball)
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:00:12 GMT
- Subject: Re: Best bikes of '73
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- In rec.motorcycles, zebee@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone) writes:
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- * What were the hot bikes of '73?
-
- Cycle magazine did a Superbike comparision test back then. The bikes
- in the test were:
- Kawasaki Z-1 900 4 cylinder
- Kawasaki H2 750 2 stroke triple
- Honda 750 4 cylinder
- Triumph Trident 750 triple
- Norton Commando 850 twin
- Harley Sportser V twin
- Ducati 750 V twin
-
- * What were they like to ride?
-
- The Ducati, Norton, and Triumph were supposed to have pretty good handling,
- and they were not slow. The Kawasakis were the fastest in a straight line,
- but while the Z-1 was supposed to be easy to ride the H2 was "like riding
- a bucking bronco". The Harley was an antique, and the Honda was slow and
- poor handling.
-
- * How fast did they go? What were the brakes like? (the Guzzi has 8" 4LS
- * drums)
-
- They all had one or two disc brakes on front, drums in back. The faster ones
- were low 12 sec, about 110 mph in the 1/4 mile. The Honda was about 13 sec,
- 100 mph. The Harley was slower, but I don't remember the numbers.
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