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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

09 Apr 2012 19:03
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This is my favorite KZ ( Head anyway ) GO BO !!!

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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

09 Apr 2012 19:59
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My mother and father both rode Indians and Harleys but I'm not a big fan...but...I love to watch those Harley fuelers. The sound and thunder they produce is incredible. You feel these bikes make a run along with watching them. Just listening to those motors makes you think you can hear every time the plug fires...awesome. Hell of a show.
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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

09 Apr 2012 23:02
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racer54 wrote: My mother and father both rode Indians and Harleys but I'm not a big fan...but...I love to watch those Harley fuelers. The sound and thunder they produce is incredible. You feel these bikes make a run along with watching them. Just listening to those motors makes you think you can hear every time the plug fires...awesome. Hell of a show.
Just don't stand to close, they will pitch cylinder heads. I've seen two, one I was a lot closer to than I wanted to be!
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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

09 Apr 2012 23:10
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racer54 wrote: My mother and father both rode Indians and Harleys but I'm not a big fan...but...I love to watch those Harley fuelers. The sound and thunder they produce is incredible. You feel these bikes make a run along with watching them. Just listening to those motors makes you think you can hear every time the plug fires...awesome. Hell of a show.

I believe it. The first thing I learned about motors from my father (and probably one of the last) was that the fewer the cylinders, the louder an engine *can* be. I get the appeal of the sound...just don't want to make the compromise myself.

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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

09 Apr 2012 23:11
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z1kzonly wrote: No they are not KZ's but they are the coolest machines at the drag strip
NHRA at Vegas last weekend Harley Exhibition
half track front wheels in the air. 6.20's 220 MPH.
I had to share this.

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Not sure I'd want my belly right above where that piston is pushing...

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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

10 Apr 2012 01:03
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Yes, the late great Jim McClure had a bad cylinder explosion in the late 90's.
Lifted him straight up in the air.
That started the using of the kevlar blankets around the cylinders.
Jim's injury never healed, which eventually took his life. What a nice man Jim was! God Speed!
Her are a couple more shots. Got to share em.





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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

10 Apr 2012 01:11
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Last one!
The money shot!
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More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

10 Apr 2012 16:28
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Take a wild ride...


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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

10 Apr 2012 19:30
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That is crazy! Great video.....
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Re: Kz dragbike/streetbike photos...

19 Apr 2012 15:25
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Some riders report that turning the bars right or left acts like an aerodynamic rudder and can help steer the bike, even though the front wheel is in the air.
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