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savagethumper

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Wild Custom
03/22/05 at 16:21:35

This is my neighbors "project bike". He's big into 2 stroke street bikes, of which he has several quality examples. This not being one of them. This.....thing....is the product of a Ford Courier truck bed and motor, and some 70's 2 stroke street bike. American Chopper's ain't got nothin' on this baby. Oh, and it actually runs and drives. This was taken through a binocular.

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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Wild Custom Reply #1 - 03/22/05 at 16:30:58 That would definitely allow me to haul 4x8 sheets of plywood on the bike.....
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: Wild Custom Reply #2 - 03/22/05 at 16:40:37 If the bike breaks down it can haul itself home...
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bobo383 Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Neck=Red Posts: 516 Arlington, TX Gender:	Re: Wild Custom Reply #3 - 03/22/05 at 17:09:00 I like it!
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Red_Wine Senior Member Offline Chain-drive, 400cc Black Savage in Chile Posts: 478 Santiago, Chile Gender:	Re: Wild Custom Reply #4 - 03/23/05 at 05:39:33 Plain owesome!!!! I'm just wondering that his Police Dept. thinks about it Not to mention handling when fully loaded !!! That should be scary when going over bumps...
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Wild Custom Reply #5 - 03/23/05 at 06:40:51 Wow, I wonder what it's licensed as...
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savagethumper

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Re: Wild Custom
Reply #6 - 03/25/05 at 19:09:09

He drives it around his property. I've never actually seen it on the rode. I'm assuming it can't be registered. I mean, imagine how dangerous it would be to drive. It's supporting the weight of a truck front end, on a little bike tire. He cruises around his yard in it. It's hard to imagine that he actually has some real fine specimens in his workshop. I had never actually seen a 2 stroke Kawasaki street bike till he showed me. He has 2-3 completely clean bikes. They sound like dirt bikes, but run like a scalded ape. All I know is that they are 350cc, and have little bitty exhaust pipes. They are some of the neatest looking bikes in the area. A lot like the Savage-----unique.

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Re: Wild Custom
Reply #7 - 03/25/05 at 19:30:58

So that's for real? I thought you took a picture of a bike and homemade trailer that kind of just lined up just right for a picture.

Two stroke bikes were the streetfighters of the 70's. I had a 73 Yamaha RD350 with expansion chambers and it screamed at almost dead stock. I replaced the front drive gear and lost about 10 mph top end and got it back in spades at the bottom. There was a reason they called them the pocket-rockets.

RD were RingDings. They sounded like this as they passed you: RingDingdingdingdingdingdingding...

My brother had a 74 Honda CB350. He borrowed my RingDing for a loop and I heard him open it up on a straightaway around the corner. He came right back all whitefaced and mad. I remember it now, "That's thing's insane! It's got too much power! The front wheel left the ground! You're crazy! Why do you ride a bike like that? That's not safe!!"

In our family scheme of things, he was always the athelete, first string football player at a Div1 school, conference HW wrestling champ, 2 years. I was always more artistic and kind of a pre-slacker bohemian/head. I think he saw me in a different light after he found out what his big brother rode... Grin

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Wild Custom Reply #8 - 03/25/05 at 19:52:34 Git, worst street race stomping in my life was my 73 CB350F vs a Kawi Mean Green 2 stroke. I was barely in third, he was two blocks ahead and disappearing fast... That old Honda couldn't have caught that RD if I had been shot out of a howitzer. -WD And that truck/bike hybrid is neat. I want one...
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savagethumper

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Re: Wild Custom
Reply #9 - 03/26/05 at 11:28:39

One of his 2 stroke is a bright Kawa Green, with a racing slick on it. The other one I've seen him cruise the streets with is a fire engine red. I'd love to get a chance to ride on of them. I keep hinting, but I don't blame him for saying no. He was telling me that he pulled up next to a Ninja 500, and the dude just laughed. He wasn't laughing when the light turned green. I know they smoke a lot. It looks like he's spraying for mosquitos when he gets on it.

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Wild Custom Reply #10 - 03/26/05 at 11:57:48 the 350, 500,750's were some wild machines, kids today have no clue. i do admit though that the 750 an 500's were straight line machines and major chain stretcher, whereas todays sport bikes corner really well. 80 mph, second gear, on one wheel (rear hopefully). i loved it.
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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: Wild Custom Reply #11 - 03/27/05 at 00:55:09 Kawasaki also made an S1/250 and an S3/400. Were these imported to the states ? Clive W
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