sideblog: Thing of Beauty

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

Thing of Beauty

Dennis Mahan the R&D manager for K&N built this Viper framed Kawasaki KX250, which Wayne Rainey rode in 1979. Then still an outsider, he went on to win the AMA Superbike title for Kawasaki in 1983. BP

9 comments:

Skylar said...: Compact and hot, like my on-off girlfriend; 13 April 2010 at 02:03
Chris said...: man that thing is delicate, I bet my BMX has thicker tubes...; 13 April 2010 at 07:53
Tom said...: Mmm green paint and blue smoke - sweet!; 13 April 2010 at 08:03
Anonymous said...: wot a gorgeous bike, truly kwacktastic!; 13 April 2010 at 08:08
KrookStreetRacing said...: Yup. Gorgeous.

There are too few Kwak trackers.

I'll add one to the ever growing list of bikes I want to build.

/D; 13 April 2010 at 08:40
dai said...: Thats a looker i've the time piece jacket that goes with it.; 13 April 2010 at 09:13
t_s said...: Stunning! What engine did it use? I wonder what a Mach IV engined one would be like...; 13 April 2010 at 12:47
Anonymous said...: i think the heaviest thing on the whole bike must be the rear disc!.
looks like an early brembo ducati jobbie.; 13 April 2010 at 16:42
Unknown said...: I bet GI could win the Thunderbike main with it!; 13 April 2010 at 19:29