first fully faired Jap bike ?

"Smiley" <smiley_b1 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

> What about the Honda gold wing 1978
> http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/honda_gl_1000_k_2_gold_wing_1978.php
>
Naah; stops a foot short of "full" for my money!
--
Clem
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On Feb 3, 7:50 pm, Iain Chalmers <bigi....RemoveThis@mightymedia.com.au> wrote:
> In article <7hepj.10548$421.6...@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>
>  "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > PS; I'd love one of the last-model RZ350s in my shed!
>
> I think JL's still trying-not-very-hard to sell the KR1S if you consider
> going green...

Mmmm well I'd rather sell the Gilera that I'm also not trying very
hard to sell !

I don't have the KR1S (KR250C1) though, I have the second of the KR1's
(KR250B2).

In other words it went KR250A1, then A2 (both badged KR250), then
KR250B1 and B2 (badged KR1) then KR250C1/C2(badged KR1-S)

The A series is quite different - square tube frame, no power valve,
20 less HP, single piston front brakes on dual disk.

The B series have a modern twin spar frame, twin piston brakes and
larger disks, and about 60Hp. The B2 went from single disk to dual
disk. The B1 had a larger diameter disk than the A2 (ermm 290 vs 250m
I think)

http://www.kr-1s.co.uk/articles/KR-1brochure.php

Mine is in the red colour scheme you can see at the bottom of the
above brochure.

The C series is mostly just a few small upgrades on the B
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/kawasaki/kawasaki_kr1%2089.htm

A better rear shock, an extra 5Hp squeezed out somehow, note though
different markets got different HP outputs (some of the euro bikes
were HP limited)

http://www.kr-1s.co.uk/
http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/kawasaki_kr1-s_1992.php

I suspect Clem wouldn't fit on the KR1 though (no offence Clem but if
you're over about 5'10 you're going to need to be thin and flexible to
ride it). The RZ350 would be a better choice (albeit slower..)

JL
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Smiley wrote:
> "poncie ponce" <poncie.ponce DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:13qapl2ejie0r98@corp.supernews.com...
>> G-S wrote:
>>> Boxer wrote:
>>>> "G-S" <geoff DeleteThis @castbus.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:13qafp3dav1bq63@corp.supernews.com...
>>>>> Knobdoodle wrote:
>>>>>> First one on the market here would've been a toss-up between the
>>>>>> CB1100RC and the VT250F about 1982.
>>>>> The VT250F was a bikini faired bike, the VT250FII was the fully faired
>>>>> version. The earliest derivative of which was the Red/Blue version.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm still not sure I'd call the CB1100RC a real production bike... it
>>>>> was pretty much a limited edition (yes I know there were arguments
>>>>> about that at the time too).
>>>>>
>>>>> The Yammy XJ650 Turbo is the earliest I could think of too...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> G-S
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1983 Yamaha RZV500R?
>>>>
>>>> Boxer
>>>>
>>> The XJ650 Turbo was 1982 I thought.
>>>
>>>
>>> G-S
>> so, until someone contradicts us the XJ650 gets the crown ?
>> PP.
>
> What about the Honda gold wing 1978
> http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/honda_gl_1000_k_2_gold_wing_1978.php
>
> Smiley
>
the First "wing" sure as hell didnt have a Vetter fairing.
PP.
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>"JL" <jlittler DeleteThis @my-deja.com> wrote:
>The A series is quite different - square tube frame, no power valve,
>20 less HP, single piston front brakes on dual disk.
>
>The B series have a modern twin spar frame, twin piston brakes and
>larger disks, and about 60Hp. The B2 went from single disk to dual
>disk. The B1 had a larger diameter disk than the A2 (ermm 290 vs 250m
>I think)...
>
Errm; doesn't the fact that the KR250 is a one-behind-the-other tandem-twin
and the KR1 is a side-by-side-parralel-twin sorta' rate a mention?
--
Clem
(I blame full fairings!)
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Knobdoodle wrote:
>> "JL" <jlittler.TakeThisOut@my-deja.com> wrote:
>> The A series is quite different - square tube frame, no power valve,
>> 20 less HP, single piston front brakes on dual disk.
>>
>> The B series have a modern twin spar frame, twin piston brakes and
>> larger disks, and about 60Hp. The B2 went from single disk to dual
>> disk. The B1 had a larger diameter disk than the A2 (ermm 290 vs 250m
>> I think)...
>>
> Errm; doesn't the fact that the KR250 is a one-behind-the-other tandem-twin
> and the KR1 is a side-by-side-parralel-twin sorta' rate a mention?

Bloody hell - I didn't even know that ! Thanks ! <insert startled look here>

JL
(goes to show how much notice I took of the A series !!)
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