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Offline MX?

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Anyone identify this old beast?
« on: July 22, 2009, 09:03:25 pm »
Thought to be (maybe) and old Kwaka "dirt" bike?
Bit of other info:
"It is a rotary valve engine (with # T100928, but no other markings anywhere)"


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Re: Anyone identify this old beast?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2009, 09:44:46 pm »
Can I have it please?
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Re: Anyone identify this old beast?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2009, 09:47:23 pm »
that doesnt identify it though Firko
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« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2009, 06:15:38 pm »
my guess is it's a mid 60's Kawasaki J1T 80cc and it's not very common at all ;)
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Re: Anyone identify this old beast?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2009, 06:27:26 pm »
A mate has something very similar if not the same in a shed at the back of his place, said i could have it.... better get round to grabbing it I suppose....didnt think it was anything special......probably isnt....
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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2009, 06:29:33 pm »
Don't you love the expansion chamber design ::).
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« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2009, 06:38:58 pm »
Bridgestone?
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Re: Anyone identify this old beast?
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2009, 06:26:43 pm »
Yamaha YA5?

If I'm right, then I want it a lot more than anyone else here does...
Seriously.
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Re: Anyone identify this old beast?
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2009, 07:19:03 pm »
Beats me what it is.
Thought someone here may have the clues. It was posted on the Aust. Kwaka Riders forum.
Been a post since........
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That my friend is a Kawasaki 1969 J1T

So I reckon the Doc may have won the cigar!
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« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2009, 07:43:40 pm »
if it is a J1 be it a J1 or J1T, J1TR or J1M (which I'm now thunking it's not, looks like 1 but the engine is slightly different and the frame has me stumped) it's probably quite collectable as the production run for the early models was tiny..something like 2000 units all up including the export markets ;)


the motor actually looks identical to this 120cc Roadrunner from the 60's pictured below so my guess is Kawasaki but what exactly I dunno ??? come on Firko, spill the beans :P ;)

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Re: Anyone identify this old beast?
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2009, 08:13:26 pm »
Yep, the expansion chamber is a good'un, but take a gander at the footpegs!  (Ooops, I don't want to start another footpeg thread)
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Re: Anyone identify this old beast?
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2009, 09:33:47 pm »
Hmmmm, the plot thickens. ::)
Close.....though apparently engine No.'s don't match?
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« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2009, 10:07:44 pm »
ok here's my theory, I reckon it's a G1M chassis with a roadrunner engine. The crankcases are not the same as the G1M but they appear the same as the C2SS and while the chassis obviously isn't a C2SS it does appear to be a G1M ;) one thing I noticed on the bike in the original picture at top, it doesn't appear to have Kawasaki on the clutch cover like most if them do..hmmmm :-\ clear as mud!


A G1M
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« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2009, 10:34:12 pm »
bit like trying to guess what this is ;)



trick is I know the answer cause I built it ;D
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« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2009, 10:44:47 pm »
Tc 120?
Great resto either way. The Moto III looks in good nick as well.
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