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    Are Kawasakis any good?

    I'm particularly lookin at 4-bangers. What are your thoughts. Are they comparable to hondas?

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    they dont call them kwik as fukis for nothing.
    Actually. They do. They also do searches before posting shit on the internets.
    God i hope theres internet karma.

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    Had a couple of kawasaki's they are reliable as any other jap brand, they have had the odd shiter as well

    Are you looking at anything in particular ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by agman View Post
    I'm particularly lookin at 4-bangers. What are your thoughts. Are they comparable to hondas?
    Like a lot of machines it depends on model,year,and service history.
    winding up stucky since ages ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhys View Post
    Had a couple of kawasaki's they are reliable as any other jap brand, they have had the odd shiter as well

    Are you looking at anything in particular ?
    Nah not really aye. Looking at either getting a half decebt dirt bike or start bucket racing. And for some reason i feel dragged towards kawas

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    I found the bike OK, the parts back up from the importers is lacking

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    Wanna buy my bike? It's a Kawasaki.


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    Will sell you a kawasaki. 20k ONO. doesnt matter what model it is.. its a kwaka.

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    I like mine. But the other two were pretty shithouse.
    I really love the green ones though, they're the nicest to ride.

    And anything with a Ninja badge is like, totes fucking awesome
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    Ha...Thats true but life is full horrible choices sometimes Merv. Then sometimes just plain stuff happens... and then some more stuff happens.....




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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatilover View Post
    And anything with a Ninja badge is like, totes fucking awesome
    I think you should buy my bike then. You'll fly over the moon.


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    Quote Originally Posted by EJK View Post
    I think you should buy my bike then. You'll fly over the moon.
    Already got a Ninja, they're all the same level of epic. I also flew it once and it bloody hurt
    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Ha...Thats true but life is full horrible choices sometimes Merv. Then sometimes just plain stuff happens... and then some more stuff happens.....




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    Kawasakis? Never heard of them. They've probably never been raced competitively either.
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    Kawasakis? Never heard of them. They've probably never been raced competitively either.
    Yeah, true, well not since Croz changed brands and later retired.
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    theres nothing wrong with Kawasaki's....

    that replaceing it with a Yamaha wouldn't fix....
    OK Ok I'm leaveing now...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatilover View Post
    Already got a Ninja, they're all the same level of epic. I also flew it once and it bloody hurt
    Flying it woulda been epick but I bet the landing was where it hurt?.
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