How many of you guys recall this beauty or have ridden it?
The 1983 Suzuki Katana 1100. I never had the chance to ride this true classic superbike but man, this was the bike to have back then. Loved it then and now unk
Really, I had a 1981 CB Super Sport 750. About two years ago, I bought the stock CB from an older gentleman up in Westchester County who had it sitting in his garage. It was in working condition so purchased it, spruced it up with a few mods i.e. jetting carbs, K & N filters, exhaust etc
Sounded incredible awesome then yes, I sold it to a collector. Crap I should have kept it but then again I made a nice profit :cheers
A friend of mine has one,picked it up from an older lady whose husband passed away about 17yrs ago. I wanted to buy it but he beat me to it..she also had a mint '82 GS-1100E which I bought and still have.:biggrin
I rode the Katana quite a bit but prefer the seat/riding position of my GS much better
She had a bunch of '80s superbikes one of which was an original low mileage 82 Kawasaki KZ 1100 Eddie Lawson Replica
A friend of mine has one,picked it up from an older lady whose husband passed away about 17yrs ago. I wanted to buy it but he beat me to it..she also had a mint '82 GS-1100E which I bought and still have.:biggrin
I rode the Katana quite a bit but prefer the seat/riding position of my GS much better
She had a bunch of '80s superbikes one of which was an original low mileage 82 Kawasaki KZ 1100 Eddie Lawson Replica
Speaking of all these cbs, i know where a 82 cb900 that runs with some sort of high low transmission is for 500 bucks.... needs restored but at least it runs and is straight. good deal?
I remember when the electric starters came out. There was always a big worry about what would happen if you had a dead battery & there was no kickstarter. OH NOOOES!!! :frantic People were pissed & worried when the kickers started to dissapear. :lol Seems so stupid now.
To this day, I have a bonafide phobia of kickstarting a (big-bore 4 stroke) bike
In the 80s, my buddy lent me his dirtbike, a TT500 thumper. He warned me the compression bypasser thingy was disabled so you had to be careful. I was like yeah yeah whatever.
Everything was fine until at one point, it spit me over the bike and near broke my ankle. I limped home pushing the bike and would never start it again.
Hi guys, from the other side of the pond..........most of these discussed can still be found over here in Oz,
I'm just a lil' disappointed that you guys never got to taste the goodness of the 14:lol.... and it was bought new in 07
1402cc's that loves playing in the twisties.....ha,ha
Kind of wished I kept it. 1978 KZ1000 :biggrin Lowered, stretched on custom arm 4 over, 29mm smoothbore carbs, K&N pods, paint. It was fun while I had it.
I thought that bike was ugly when it came out. I loved the Kawi Z1R and Honda CB750f at the time. The Suzuki just looked strange.
The pics you posted of said bikes are sweet!!!
Back around 1982 or so my step dad had a Kawi Z1R TC2. It was the black one with the yellow/red/orange stripes. F-ing thing had the huge turbo charger hanging off it!!! Looked and sounded badass!!! He was a terrible drunk.....he got liquored up and ran into the back of a car one night.:banghead What a waste of a beautiful bike.
I thought that bike was ugly when it came out. I loved the Kawi Z1R and Honda CB750f at the time. The Suzuki just looked strange.
The pics you posted of said bikes are sweet!!!
Back around 1982 or so my step dad had a Kawi Z1R TC2. It was the black one with the yellow/red/orange stripes. F-ing thing had the huge turbo charger hanging off it!!! Looked and sounded badass!!! He was a terrible drunk.....he got liquored up and ran into the back of a car one night.:banghead What a waste of a beautiful bike.
Some gorgeous bikes on this thread, I can add to it now...I bought a 1982 RD350LC last month, currently being restored and having a full strip down.
Handily, lots of new old stock bits are still available for them, having said that, some bits just are not available for love nor money...new exhausts fetch £1000+..