If you know of someplace selling new H2's for $18.5 fill me in, they really start at $30.5k and bare bones ZX10r's start at $17.2k.
They sure do. I have had a bunch of new bikes since the early 70’s and the Z900RS is one of my favorites. I had a 2006 ZX10, and while it was faster, it sucked for rider comfort, fuel economy, and the transmission was the worst of any bike I have ever owned. I had a 2016 Harley Wide Glide before this RS, and it was a good bike, but had one issue Harley should have fixed long ago. That was the front motor mount that was crap before 1000 miles. At least you can get a good aftermarket one to replace it with. One of the other ones that I liked was a 2007 KTM exc 450. It was a competition enduro bike that was/is street legal. The only complaint I had with it was the gearing that it came with which was easily fixed with a sprocket change. 6th gear was lugging at anything below 65 mph in stock form. I don’t have a clue as to what they were thinking, but it had the best transmission of any that I ever owned. Another one that I really liked at the time was a RD350B. A ‘75 model twin cylinder 2 stroke street bike that Yamaha made. It had a 6 speed transmission, and at the time would hurt a LOT of the bigger bikes feelings in a quarter mile. Compared to what is out there today, it’s nothing special, but in it’s day it would put the hurt in most bikes twice it’s size. 750 four Honda riders got their butts handed to them more than once in a quarter.
Yeah the riding comfort of some bikes leave alot to be desired. I have a Honda VFR, and its more cramped than Id like, or the worst I can take , but paid for. At one time Id considered an RR sport bike, glad I never threw money that way. My favorite bike, is a modified KTM 500 plated dirt bike .
$10,700 otd bought me a Hayabusa back in the day lol. Times have most definitely changed
Where in the heck did you find a still new Z-1B, or do you mean you bought one in '75? Especially at that price. I won't tell you what I saw one of those sell for in a bike auction, I'll just say you got the deal of the century! Your short story reminds me of a duel I had with a guy back in the day. I had a '70 Mach III Kawasaki 500 with expansion chambers I thought was pretty bad *** and I ran up against a guy with a CB750....what I didn't know was his bike wasn't stock...long story short, he beat me. Not long after that, same summer, I bought a '73 Z-1...only mod was a 4 into 1 pipe ans rejetted carbs...anyway, I looked him up, I knew where to find him, and this time I beat him bad...that Z-1 was the king back in the mid to late 70s...My brand new 75 Kawi 900 Z1 was just over $1,900 OTD! A friend bought a new 76 Honda 750 F and came looking for me! He found me…and I proceeded to embarrass him!
Think he meant that was the price back in 1975 when he bought it new.
That's why I asked...
I started my motorcycling career riding those bikes.. and even though I've owned much faster bikes since then, those were still the best times I ever had on a bike
