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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Correction -- 147mph (really Kawasaki A-1 Samurai)
Message-ID: <573@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 23:40:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 23:40:18 1985
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> Also, someone recently noted in passing that he used to ride
> a Kawasaki A-1 Samurai.  I've never heard of that -- was there
> really such a bike, or did you confuse that with the K-1 500-triple
> two-stroke, also known as the "suicide bike"? ...

> Dave Kehoe

No confusion (how could *anyone* confuse anything with that widow-
maker?).  The A-1 was a 250cc twin (two-stroke, of course) made in
the late 60's.  Had the old 5-up shift pattern (neutral was on the
bottom).  The seat was barely 2 in. thick, and *hard*.  I only
owned the thing for a short while--a trip from San Francisco to
Spokane in '81--so I can't remember much more about it.  Except the
goddam racket it made.  Without those earplugs, I'd be deaf today.
But hey, bought it for $150, sold it in Spokane for $250.  Only
expenses were gas and that silly green oil, one tire patch kit, and
one new tube after the patch failed and dumped me down an exceptionally
scenic stretch of 101 in Oregon.  Never patch a flat.
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