My first bike as well. KZ550, black with the coffin tank. I was 17 at the time and everyone wanted my bike! I had guys on the Honda SS trying to trade me and buy it outright but I wouldn't budge. We would ride from Ventura to Mulholland and then carve up the canyon. The only mod it had was the 4 into one exhaust and it screamed. I hit 125mph with a passenger on the back and it still had power to spare. Just an amazing bike all around. From there I've had a "69 Triumph Bonneville, various Japanese bikes, various Harleys and a lifetime of good riding. This was one of the best, most exciting and fun bikes I've ever owned.
This was my first motorcycle. Bought it with 5349 miles on the clock in 1990. It was a bulletproof ride for two years and just over 100k miles. I replaced plenty of chains, sprockets, tires, the headlight, even the front brake master cylibder due to corrosion. But I never once had any issues with the engine. It may not have been as powerful as my next bike, an 86 Radian, but it was more comfortable and better in every other conceivable way. Happy riding!
It's not a matter of if you or Shae are going to wreck on your motorcycles but when and how bad. I would hate for anything to happen to either of y'all. This comes from the pain of losing a best friend to a patch of gravel on a curve. Sorry to be so somber.
Truth. Been there a few times in the past. Very fortunately wasn’t as bad as it could have been. That’s one of the main reasons I was glad to move away from my R6 and to a bike with a much bigger presence. You can’t prevent everything but it helps. All you can do is be as defensive as you can
My first bike as well. KZ550, black with the coffin tank. I was 17 at the time and everyone wanted my bike! I had guys on the Honda SS trying to trade me and buy it outright but I wouldn't budge. We would ride from Ventura to Mulholland and then carve up the canyon. The only mod it had was the 4 into one exhaust and it screamed. I hit 125mph with a passenger on the back and it still had power to spare. Just an amazing bike all around. From there I've had a "69 Triumph Bonneville, various Japanese bikes, various Harleys and a lifetime of good riding. This was one of the best, most exciting and fun bikes I've ever owned.
This was my first motorcycle. Bought it with 5349 miles on the clock in 1990. It was a bulletproof ride for two years and just over 100k miles. I replaced plenty of chains, sprockets, tires, the headlight, even the front brake master cylibder due to corrosion. But I never once had any issues with the engine.
It may not have been as powerful as my next bike, an 86 Radian, but it was more comfortable and better in every other conceivable way.
Happy riding!
Just got me an 1982 kz550 11k miles. working on the carbs now then hoping to take it out. Test riding it was a blast i love how these bikes sound!
Chopping an ‘83 Kz with 2,000 miles is sacrilege. You obviously had no idea what you had, or the value of it. Very sad. 😢
I live in Wisconsin and it's a great place to buy a bike from because the riding season is only a few months and I'm sure it was garage kept.
That’s a really good point. I completely forgot about that
What motorcycle carrier is that?? Thanks
please leave it stock
What happen bro!!??? Where more vids?
It's not a matter of if you or Shae are going to wreck on your motorcycles but when and how bad. I would hate for anything to happen to either of y'all. This comes from the pain of losing a best friend to a patch of gravel on a curve. Sorry to be so somber.
Truth. Been there a few times in the past. Very fortunately wasn’t as bad as it could have been. That’s one of the main reasons I was glad to move away from my R6 and to a bike with a much bigger presence. You can’t prevent everything but it helps. All you can do is be as defensive as you can
DynamicallyFree sell the bikes. :)
That’s not happening lol