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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Online Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10667 Oklahoma Gender:	Walk-in fun work 09/29/10 at 11:36:31 A neighbor in our apt complex brought his bike in today for a little basic maintenance. Its an 83 Kaw Spectre 1100 w/ 18k on it. For being 27 years old this is a beautiful bike.
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kel30734 Senior Member Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 486 Calhoun, GA Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #1 - 09/29/10 at 11:44:14 BEAUTIFUL..... I love the 80's era Bike styles. Had a 81 CB900c that was just a dream to ride
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Online Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10667 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #2 - 09/29/10 at 11:51:41 The rear shocks on this thing has "air ride suspension"
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #3 - 09/29/10 at 11:59:19 Very nice looking bike, except the seat is not my cup of tea...
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BarneyBWilde Junior Member Offline Adrenaline does it every time! Posts: 80 Down by the Gulf in Texas! Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #4 - 09/29/10 at 12:20:13 Must of been preserved in ice lol...nice bike!
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #5 - 09/29/10 at 13:08:13 Lancer, did you get to ride it? How's that muffler sound?
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #6 - 09/29/10 at 18:34:50 Wow that is a sweet looking bike..I especially like the wheels and the seat.. Nice to see he has taken such great care of it. Thanks Lancer for sharing it with us.. kim
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jef.savage Serious Thumper Offline ridin' n slidin' Posts: 638 Boston, MA Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #7 - 09/29/10 at 20:40:05 just beautiful!
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Lupo Senior Member Offline Posts: 356	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #8 - 09/29/10 at 21:16:09 I still remember the day I rode home from the W Covina, CA Kawasaki dealership on my brand new 1974 Z-1. I owned the world that day.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #9 - 09/29/10 at 23:21:56 Lupo wrote on 09/29/10 at 21:16:09: I still remember the day I rode home from the W Covina, CA Kawasaki dealership on my brand new 1974 Z-1. I owned the world that day. Good thing you didn't keep it, 'cause it's a mess now... I mean the world, not the bike... ...
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Educatedredneck Senior Member Alliance Member Offline Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Posts: 458 Hampstead, Maryland Gender:	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #10 - 09/29/10 at 23:58:40 Nice bike!!
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Re: Walk-in fun work
Reply #11 - 09/30/10 at 01:24:53

babyhog wrote on 09/29/10 at 13:08:13:

Lancer, did you get to ride it? How's that muffler sound?

Have not ridden it yet. The battery needs to be replaced and the tank has some rust that is concerning. I hate to think about taking the tank off but may have to. Ive got the stuff for it and would be doing dome of my tanks at the same time. The chemicals to remove the rust and then seal the tank has a short working time (the sealer is the issue)
We are replacing the shocks and doing an oil change.
After all is done and back together I WILL BE TAKING A CHECK RIDE FOR SURE. I was amazed at the condition of the bike. Most of the paint still has the shine of a new bike.
James, the current owner, bought it 5 yrs ago from the original owner, and he kept the bike in a climate controlled garage and was a clean freak about caring for it. Enen the photos I took were with all the dust that has accumulated over the last 2 yrs that it as sit in storage.

I would not mind owning this bike at all; beautiful black/gold paint scheme, gold engine cases, nice straight up sitting position and 1100 cc of pavement ripping power.
It would be a very nice 2 up ride; the seat is pretty darn comfortable.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #12 - 09/30/10 at 01:25:52 Dust it off & park it in a car/bike show.
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Re: Walk-in fun work
Reply #13 - 09/30/10 at 02:08:53

My bike before my 02 Savage was a 1981 Honda 400 CM. I bought it around the year 2,000. It had 900 original miles on it and I bought it for $400. I don't understand how someone can buy a bike and after 27 years it only has 18,000 miles on it. A lot more fun to ride them than to just let them sit in the garage and go out and look at it once in a while. why even buy one?

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Walk-in fun work Reply #14 - 09/30/10 at 04:30:24 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/30/10 at 01:25:52: Dust it off & park it in a car/bike show. I didnt mean "& Leave it there" I just got an 87 Ford F150 Id consider showing. Its got a couple dents & stuff, but by & large, for an older truck, its lookin pretty danged good. But it has a job & that is, haul me & whatever I need hauled.
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