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Fell in love with the Z1 and motorcycles cuz of anime
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as a kid I was into cars because of racing games and hotwheels but it all changed a few years ago, when I was 16 I started watching anime and reading manga like every kid of my age at that time,
I found this anime called Great Teacher Onizuka, it is about an ex motorcycle gang leader trying to become the greatest school teacher in Japan, it's mostly comedy and action, in the anime/manga Onizuka rides a Z2 (750cc version of Z1 for Japan), the anime itself is a sequel of another manga called Shonan Junai Gumi and that's where I fell in love with motorcycles, in that Onizuka defeats a lot of rogue bikers on a variety of Classic UJM superbikes like gpz900r, the Zx1100r, the yamaha Vmax, the Honda CBX, all of them with the Z2.
Now It's my dream to own a motorcycle collection with the 1972 Z1, the Z2, the kz1000, the Z1-R, the gpZ900r and KZ1300 Eddie Lawson replica (and a Honda CBX 1050 and a Ducati 916 and a Yamaha RD500 v4 and a 1960s triumph Bonneville).
But being from India I can't have them cuz the taxes on imported vehicles are 110% and because of emmision norms I can't import old motorcycles, the best thing I can here is a Royal Enfield Interceptor 650.
So because of the Z1 I'm now trying to get into a prestigious college and move abroad just so I can afford to own a 1972-73 RedBrown Z1.
TLDR: Got into the Z1 and motorcycles cuz of an anime and now trying to do something big with my life to own one.
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My "got to have one" obsession started when I was 16, I had a ride on the back of my mates brothers KZ which scared me shitless and left me with wobbly knees (I was riding a DT50 at the time )I'll have to check out that anime. Like most folks on the forum, I'm old enough that I fell in love with KZ's watching the original Mad Max when I was a little younger than you. Welcome!
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I'll have to check out that anime. Like most folks on the forum, I'm old enough that I fell in love with KZ's watching the original Mad Max when I was a little younger than you. Welcome!
well I'd reccomend watching the anime if you're into comedy for entertainment, but it's actually a sequel to Shonan Junai Gumi that's the comic where my love for Kawsaki Zs started but it's 270 chapters long and the part where the Z2 is revealed doesn't come until chapter 92, before that it's just a cheesy comedy about 2 teenagers trying to get laid and lose their virginity, my obsession started with this part here in chapter 202
Btw am I the youngest person here, because my own parents were toddlers when the original Mad Max came out
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Quite possibly, I have grandsons that are almost your age
Btw am I the youngest person here, because my own parents were toddlers when the original Mad Max came outI'll have to check out that anime. Like most folks on the forum, I'm old enough that I fell in love with KZ's watching the original Mad Max when I was a little younger than you. Welcome!
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What year was it? And what kz was that? I'm asking because you mentioned about your grandkids being almost as old as meMy "got to have one" obsession started when I was 16, I had a ride on the back of my mates brothers KZ which scared me shitless and left me with wobbly knees (I was riding a DT50 at the time
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It was 1979 and the bike was a maroon KZ1000 - my three grandsons are 13 - 14 - 15 (I guess that makes me officially old !!!)
What year was it? And what kz was that? I'm asking because you mentioned about your grandkids being almost as old as meMy "got to have one" obsession started when I was 16, I had a ride on the back of my mates brothers KZ which scared me shitless and left me with wobbly knees (I was riding a DT50 at the time
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