DRIFTERS

[tassle]

I like them, i want one,i want to custom it like an old indian with bags and tassles,anyone had one ,ridden one,kicked one ,shot one run over one,all comments,enjoyed as usual,cheers

[scumdog]

I like them, i want one,i want to custom it like an old indian with bags and tassles,anyone had one ,ridden one,kicked one ,shot one run over one,all comments,enjoyed as usual,cheers

Eh? who is this old Indian with bags and tassles? Geronimo? Tonto? Gokliya? and why do you want to kick them and shoot them? what harm have they ever done to you? no wonder the native people on this earth feel oppressed, it's raiding imperialists like you that do it to them..

[Omega1]

Is it the Kawasaki Drifter you're referring to?

[Cajun]

I like them, i want one,i want to custom it like an old indian with bags and tassles,anyone had one ,ridden one,kicked one ,shot one run over one,all comments,enjoyed as usual,cheers

I love indians as well, its the only old style bike i would buy

The kawasaki vulcan drifter, indian stylebut with modern braking and FI, friend has one,
you can make them look old style

[Mongoose]

I love indians as well, its the only old style bike i would buy

The kawasaki vulcan drifter, indian stylebut with modern braking and FI, friend has one,
you can make them look old style

Is that the mega fugly Kwaka with the very full guards etc?

[gav]

I thought he was talking about a Nissan Skyline

[Cajun]

Is that the mega fugly Kwaka with the very full guards etc?

yup that is a bugger, i would get a 800 version of it if they brought it to nz, but nope only bring the 1500

[Mongoose]

yup that is a bugger, i would get a 800 version of it if they brought it to nz, but nope only bring the 1500

Sorry, that falls under different strokes for different folks, local Kwaka dealer tried to sell me one but I thought it even uglier than the Cali!!

[Paul in NZ]

Fuggin' ugly great monster is living proof that if you make an ugly bike big enough it will gain acceptance.. ;-)

Cool name though....

I think you would need to be a slim hipped cow poke (no beastiality jokes please) with a Clint Eastwood mustache and a steely gaze. Ridin' gear would be leather chaps over fade jeans and spurs janglin on yer boots with a dusty poncho up top and a thin dark cigar clenched firmly between yer teeth!

You would need to rig up a sound system so when you flipped the side stand down the theme from "The Magnificent 7" would fade in from no place (in particular)....

Trouble with those bikes is you can never go anywhere on them because you have to be always, "Just Passin' Through".....

I couldn't own one, pudgy old white guys would look daft on it...

Cheers

[Cajun]

Fuggin' ugly great monster is living proof that if you make an ugly bike big enough it will gain acceptance.. ;-)

Cool name though....

I think you would need to be a slim hipped cow poke (no beastiality jokes please) with a Clint Eastwood mustache and a steely gaze. Ridin' gear would be leather chaps over fade jeans and spurs janglin on yer boots with a dusty poncho up top and a thin dark cigar clenched firmly between yer teeth!

You would need to rig up a sound system so when you flipped the side stand down the theme from "The Magnificent 7" would fade in from no place (in particular)....

Trouble with those bikes is you can never go anywhere on them because you have to be always, "Just Passin' Through".....

I couldn't own one, pudgy old white guys would look daft on it...

Cheers

and a younh skinny white guy would look just as daft

[moko]

Serious answer for you mate.I know a guy that`s got one and apart from the fact that parts of it were rusty from brand new(!) it`s not a bad bike.The Kwak 800 V-Twin is known to be a bit gutsier than the competition and in a recent comparison test in RIDE the "Classic"(more conventional cruiser that the Drifter but basically the same)whupped the opposition.Basically there`s not a lot to worry about,you know what you want and there`s a Drifter Club on-line with a few examples of exactly what you want to do to one.The 800 is generally reckoned to be better than the 1500,all you get is a motor of a size to impress schoolkids and shit-loads of vibration.The 1500`s were actually going for cheaper than the 800s if you shopped around here for the same reason the 900 Hornet is available for less than the 600,bigger isn`t nescessarily better.Not my taste I must admit but you can have youself a unique motorcycle without busting the bank.Put aside your personal feeling for a bit,they`re not that popular with the notoriously conservative bike-buying public so you should get a really good deal,if not walk away and there`s a good chance it`ll still be there in a few weeks time when the seller may well drop a bit.

[A Toad 2]

I like them, i want one,i want to custom it like an old indian with bags and tassles,anyone had one ,ridden one,kicked one ,shot one run over one,all comments,enjoyed as usual,cheers

ARE U TALKING ABOUT THE OLD STYLE INDIAN MOTORCYCLE WITH A SIDE GEAR STICK AND SPRUNG SEAT LIKE AN OLD SADDLE OR AM I JUST TOO OLD FOR U.USED TO BE ONE AROUND THIS WAY: BELONGED TO A LOCAL BIKEY THINK HES PROGRESSED ONTO HARLEYS NOW.

[jrandom]

BELONGED TO A LOCAL BIKEY THINK HES PROGRESSED ONTO HARLEYS NOW.

Another fifty years and he might buy a Suzuki, eh?

[tassle]

yup that is a bugger, i would get a 800 version of it if they brought it to nz, but nope only bring the 1500

but if you want a big tank ,why buy half a tank,that would only be a jeep, not a tank, but why not get one imported from the land of the copies(somewhat improved) japan.
brother in law rides a road king said if i got one he woulnt talk to me again,love bikes that cause ya crap.

[tassle]

yep thats the one with the filled in guards,a real one was on trade me,in three hundred and forty two thousand pieces, still looks like it sold for 16billylids,they are around 25-30k us$. drifter is a hell of lot cheaper.