Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: mainline on June 18, 2008, 05:24:35 pm
ok, well maybe it's not a mini bike, but it is small.
Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: geraldo on June 18, 2008, 06:14:03 pm
i had one while still at school , chocolate brown tank with silver guards , had a blast on it , never let me down . nice smooth power . not sure if its the type of bike I want to collect & restore though
Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: Doc on June 18, 2008, 09:01:20 pm
yeah I had a slightly later KE175 I peiced together. All I had left to find was a chainguard. I couldn't fault it to ride and spewed when the guy I sold it to destroyed it with beach work >:(
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a205/Doctor_Suzuki/31933d69.jpg) first attempt, this was one steep muther flapping hill..mega clutch fanning and trials tyres didn't help the cause but that little tree sure did, I remember having to hook my arm around it just after this shot as both KE and I came to a halt due to gravity, it's all that stopped me going down backwards at a million miles an hour, thank you tree :-* no thanks to my bro with the camera wanting a good action shot!! >:(
and yes..I did eventually make it up unassisted..woohoo..The Widowmaker was finally conquered! :P ;D
I have the airfilter/battery box and side covers returned to me from this bike before the remains were dumped >:( :( if anyone can use them they're free to a good home ;)
Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: firko on June 18, 2008, 10:36:05 pm
Doc..Is that bike a Bushwacker? Back in my dark Lobito days in '70 or '71 a mate had a Bushwacker and it was a cool little bike. It held up well to the CT1, Honcho, Lobito opposition on our manic Menai trailrides.
Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: mx250 on June 18, 2008, 11:06:45 pm
Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: Nathan S on June 18, 2008, 11:14:16 pm
I just like the way that the advertised bike has apparently hit 3549MPH. "Speedo reading is in MPH and there is no history to confirm the reading of 3549 MPH."
;D
More seriously, I've been idly wondering about getting one of these to go with my DT175, TS185 and XL175... Meh, not that interested.
Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: firko on June 18, 2008, 11:19:37 pm
Nathan...Did you try and get the DT175 I gave you running? Just curious as to what was wrong with it.
Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: Nathan S on June 18, 2008, 11:29:22 pm
Toasted rings at the exhaust port, including a missing bit of ring land between the two rings.
Plus the big end was a quite rattly (but is vastly better than the one in Anna's bike [which was still running fine... although it did make your hands tingle...]).
Title: Re: Kawasaki F7 Vintage Trail Bike F7 Trail Bike
Post by: chrisa on June 25, 2008, 10:22:12 am
hi all,am new to the vmx scene but old to the vbmx scene,i have 2 kwaka F7s,1 is the orange 71 shown for sale in this thread (which i bought as a parts bike),the other is the pride & joy 74 which has had all the mods done to it as mentioned in the 70's article shown above...goes like a rocket...