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What kawasaki; Which it the most iconic?
Topic Started: Aug 20 2008, 07:35 PM (5,779 Views)
Kx888
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what is the dream kawasaki ? For me being a motocrosser it would be a year 2000 full factory kx125 that mickel machio (sorry if i spelt his name wrong) won the world championship on. If a rode bike i would love a bog standerd ninja zxr 9 dont ask why i just love them. :kawas
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Kx888
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What i ment to say was that the ninja is the most iconic kawasaki for me . Those dam blonde moments lol.
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For me it's a:
Z1000 - Eddie Lawson special edition,
GPZ750 (air-cooled) and
GPZ600R.
All from the 1980's...........blimey, I'm getting old !
Kawasakifreak.
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Dougw650
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If its iconic then it'll either be:
the KH triples or the Z1.
The rank outsider would be the original W1
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Kawasakifreak
Aug 20 2008, 09:23 PM
For me it's a:
Z1000 - Eddie Lawson special edition,
GPZ750 (air-cooled) and
GPZ600R.
All from the 1980's...........blimey, I'm getting old !
Kawasakifreak.

Have a look at the pic of my bike in the classic section mate...........
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Lone Wolf
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For me it's a blast back to around 1980 when I was still on Honda and running a CB750-4K, the iconic bike at that time was the Z900.
It was a stunning machine and out performing anything that my group of mates had at the time.
I was very close to getting one, when my first born put a spanner in the works.

Came back to bikes on a ZX9R which was awesome and a far superior machine, but it never could compete with those dreams of owning a Z900.

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johninu
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I think I would say the 1984 900 ninja aka 900gpzr.This bike defined what a sport bike is.People who don't know bikes when seeing a sport bike go by will say there goes a ninja regardless of what brand it is.I think it is a shame Kawasaki did not make a special edition 1400 this year to commemorate the twentyfifth anniversary of the first ninja.I know I would buy one.Bye now.
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owdbiker
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For me it's got to be a Superdream!What's that? Ohh ICONIC.Sorry thought you meant chronic! :zrx
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i ride to work on a 1982 z650 . nuff said . REAL not retro
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GPz900R!

Faaaast and it handled (relatively speaking :D)

Gary.
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Having owned a KH400, Z1OOOH, GPz750 Turbo, GPz550 and a ZX-9R I would have to say a Z1. Even modern riders go quiet in the presence of a genuine Z1. :332
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iTS THE ZX9 NINJA FOR ME TOO JUST GOT MY 2ND E1 MODEL IN THE RIGHT COLOUR SCHEME TOO MY ULTIMATE MACHINE :kawas
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burty
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KH 750, no doubt. :zrx
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Mikejj
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There are times in history when something comes along that changes the world forever. How much more iconic can you get than a ZZR1100, with this bike Kawasaki set new levels of speed and it remained the fastest production bike IN THE WORLD for 7 years.

Ever since then everyone else has tried to beat the benchmark set by the big Kwaks IMHO they fail every time.
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kawasakiz
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ZED 1 then the 900R
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Bobn1895
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I love the ZXR and ZX7's. The ZX7 front end was and still is the best in the buisiness. Last Carbed 750 to win a bsb. The ZRX is a future classic in my book too. :oop
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Z1 a must have and any kawa tripple only if the price of petrol whent back to 76p a gallon ped :711
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RogueRider
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Call me sad, but I really wish I still had my first big bike, which was an EN500 with belt drive.

I've never been a sports bike fan, but did enjoy riding my mates ZXR750, almost as much as he liked my EN! Which is saying something.

There's a 500 stroker triple hiding in a garage locally to me, that the owner only ever rode once and scared himself to death the first corner he came to....... - I keep dropping hints and eventually I think it may come my way B)

In the mean time I'm happy with the KLR, having just fitted an unknown stainless steel end can that came off the breaker, it now sounds like a 'proper' single! Fitted just in time for the neighbours kids to start revising for GCSE's :466
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ollieman
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For me it must be the Z1100R, a real mans bike, (no offence ladies) But a pure muscle machine...
In Eddie colours of course.
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I would say that the Z900 was the most iconic, although I have a real soft spot for GPZ's, and I have always wanted a ZXR750. Can I not just say all KAWASAKIS are iconic! wheelie
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owdbiker
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Wot about the GT550/750s? Unchanged for centuries.Ran for 250,000 miles(according to U.B.G.)Squilllions of dispatch riders can't be wrong. :332
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Jun 26 2009, 07:55 PM
Z1 a must have and any kawa tripple only if the price of petrol whent back to 76p a gallon ped :711

I remember 7.5p a gallon! :wow1
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RogueRider
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OwdBiker,

Hmm, sorry but somehow I think the old plastic maggot (CX500) has to carry the accolade of 'Desptachers Choosen Weapon' - a million couriers weren't wrong, and the CX engine is a lot easier to work on and sadly more reliable than the Kwak GT 4's.

I've gotta say there are more CX's still on the road than GT's, which is a shame as I really wanted to buy a new GT750 a couple of years ago to use as a touring bike, but then again I'm so out of date that I didn't realise they had stopped making them years ago :blink:. Thats what you get for having a reliable bike and no need to go window shopping :fdq
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burty
Jun 11 2009, 06:38 PM
KH 750, no doubt. :zrx

This made me smile on a wet miserable summer? morning :laf no offence but the iconic KH750 is the bike model that doesn't exist :D

For me it has to be the 1969 H1 'the widowmaker'
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Ah yes, the H1 - the bike with the hinged frame :lol: :lol: and 23mpg if you where lucky enough to stay on that long!
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Jul 18 2009, 11:44 AM
Ah yes, the H1 - the bike with the hinged frame  :lol:  :lol:  and 23mpg if you where lucky enough to stay on that long!

:D :D :D

a friend of ours in Paris has one he uses on a daily basis, rides it to work and rides it to various rallies in Europe.

He came to a rally in the uk on it the other year, and yes the fuel consumption is a big problem for us triple owners, long journeys entail many petrol stops and a fat wallet :rolleyes:

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He's found a cure tho for future rallies, get a bigger tank :pwq

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owdbiker
Jul 12 2009, 12:59 AM
crazyoldcat
Jun 26 2009, 07:55 PM
Z1 a must have and any kawa tripple only if the price of petrol whent back to 76p a gallon ped :711

I remember 7.5p a gallon! :wow1

I am still a sprog i can only remember back to 2/6 a gallon only because while out in wales on that day some guy on a m/c came round the bend and nearly hit the old man's car head on really p+++ed him off that day :lkv
then i thought i will have some of that :466 :466
never looked back since
well not as good :kawa
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I wish!!! I still think I was getting a good deal in Germany back in the 80's when 10 ltrs of fuel cost us all of 3DM - subsidised and tax free! Mind you back then I didn't have bike and the major outgoing was the kids . :D

I can't wait for the MoD to start releasing the 'multi fuel bike' that was developed in conjunction with the US Marine Corps - 80 mph and 200mpg!! :111 All wrapped up in a tasty KLR based frame :022 I road a an MT500 during my tour and found it fun but a bit breathless, never had a pop on a Harley MT350, but don't fancy one anyway... Bring on the next generation!

I seem to remember finding a magazine in the woodwork shop at school back in 80/81 when a pack of 20 No. 6 cigs advertised on the back cost 7p!! That must have been from the early 70's :tthu
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Jul 18 2009, 04:29 PM
I wish!!! I still think I was getting a good deal in Germany back in the 80's when 10 ltrs of fuel cost us all of 3DM - subsidised and tax free!  Mind you back then I didn't have bike and the major outgoing was the kids .  :D

I can't wait for the MoD to start releasing the 'multi fuel bike' that was developed in conjunction with the US Marine Corps - 80 mph and 200mpg!! :111   All wrapped up in a tasty KLR based frame :022 I road a an MT500 during my tour and found it fun but a bit breathless, never had a pop on a Harley MT350, but don't fancy one anyway... Bring on the next generation!

I seem to remember finding a magazine in the woodwork shop at school back in 80/81 when a pack of 20 No. 6 cigs advertised on the back cost 7p!!  That must have been from the early 70's :tthu

A pkt of 20 7.62's cost me a shilling in the late 70's :kawa

Oh yea !!
The start of history in the making THE Z1 What The wheel was invented 4 :nut
Kawa Tripple what the NHS was ment 4 ( me included ) :nut

:zrx
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Hi Kx888, I,ve been riding a zx9r B3 for around 6 months now and for me its the best handling bike I have ever had, even better than the 2002 R1 I owned, for me the zx9r is superb :423 , ride safe B)
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So many to choose from but I think there would have to be two! Z1300 what a looker :441 and then ZX12r in black and gold same again just looks so good. Not owed any of these yet but best owed bike of mine would have to have been ZX6 J1. Currently I have ZZR600 and GPZ100s. :kawas
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It's gotta be the Z1100R1 Eddie Lawson Replica!
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For me the bike that screams iconic kawasaki is the zxr 750. :res
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It`s got to be the Z1. I had one in late 70`s, Second choice would be the GPZ 1100 B2. Had one of those too, kept it for 15 yrs.
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For me... it's what I currently ride ZX6R A1 rides like a dream and for me looks the biz
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I have a ZZR1100 and love it wouldn't change for anything at the moment
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Anything that has KZ900/1000 on the side covers.That says it all.Anything else is a wannabe.bj
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For me it is my ZX9R, with its race can sounds real nice. Shown without race can.
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I got my dream bike back in August a 1973 Z1......

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this one

http://cfinney3.netexpress.net/gallery2/v/vjmc/album04/MeihatuWindow.jpg.html
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