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

Chris said...

man that thing is delicate, I bet my BMX has thicker tubes...

Tom said...

Mmm green paint and blue smoke - sweet!

Anonymous said...

wot a gorgeous bike, truly kwacktastic!

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

dai said...

Thats a looker i've the time piece jacket that goes with it.

t_s said...

Stunning! What engine did it use? I wonder what a Mach IV engined one would be like...

Anonymous said...

i think the heaviest thing on the whole bike must be the rear disc!.
looks like an early brembo ducati jobbie.

Unknown said...

I bet GI could win the Thunderbike main with it!