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Offline Stan S

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Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« on: December 21, 2010, 06:19:59 pm »
Stumbled on this site while looking for some SR photo's
http://www.classic50mx.com/kawaworks.html

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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2010, 07:03:30 pm »
Hey Stan

Very Cool,

Merry Xmas to you see @ CD8

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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2010, 07:29:35 pm »
Even though I've been into Kwaka's for years and even working in Bike shops for years, I still don't understand why K called them SR's ?

Like Honda with the road race specials were RCB's not CBR's od RVF's not VFR's.

Doe it mean "Special Racing" or "Super Rare" or "Salubrious Rooly"

Anybody wanna explain?.

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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2010, 07:38:06 pm »
Thats awesome Stan.....they sure are pretty little things 8)
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2010, 07:44:42 pm »
Thanks Stan  ;D some very cool iron in there  :)

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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2010, 07:52:37 pm »
Hey Stan

Very Cool,

Merry Xmas to you see @ CD8

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Merry Christmas to you to #8.  Looks like we will be at CD8. Better stock up on the red ;D

p.s Beefa, I'm pretty sure SR does stand for "Special Racing"

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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2010, 08:21:04 pm »
Hey Stan

Very Cool,

Merry Xmas to you see @ CD8

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Merry Christmas to you to #8.  Looks like we will be at CD8. Better stock up on the red ;D

Will do

p.s Beefa, I'm pretty sure SR does stand for "Special Racing"

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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2010, 08:27:10 pm »
As the blind guy said in Running on empty, green is nice
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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2010, 08:56:59 pm »
So many cool Kawi's, a couple in that collection are ex Aussie bikes ridden by Graeme Smythe in the late 70's.
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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2010, 08:59:22 pm »
Or perhaps this one.




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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2010, 09:17:52 pm »
Nice find Stan. Looks like 84 was the first KIPS valve
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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2010, 09:19:42 pm »
What's the history on that one Bahnzy? I'd hate to slide too far forward on that thing!!

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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2010, 09:44:32 pm »
After riding my 84 RM125, which has had the magic wand waved over it, i thought that it was pretty quick, untill i rode this one. Bottom end does not exist, but mid range and top end are beyond explanation. Sounds like a 250 and explodes like one.
Engine wise there are more factory bits than you can poke a stick at. It runs a heavily modified 39mm carburettor with a factory works pipe and muffler. From the factory the bike would have been fitted with a single left side radiator whereas this bike is fitted with twin radiators. Suspension is nothing like i've ever seen or ridden on before, specifically for something built in the early eighties,
I'm not 100% sure of the exact origins of the bike although a certain Queensland Kawasaki collector may know more but i was of the understanding that it came out of Europe/UK some time back.
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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2010, 09:56:44 pm »
What's the history on that one Bahnzy? I'd hate to slide too far forward on that thing!!

The tank is pretty much par for the course on the 80/81 works machines. The story goes that the bikes cooked in the deep sand of the euro tracks so they fitted twin radiators to keep them cool. The problem then was that they had no room for a decent fuel tank required to get the bike through the power sapping sand and the 40 minute motos, hence the "awkward" tank design. Check out Lackeys bike from the above listed site.

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Re: Some SR Kawasaki Pic's
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2010, 10:04:33 pm »
Do you own that pretty thing Bahnzy? I'm taking note that your a lucky bugger to get to ride it as described, but to own it....
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