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acotrel
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Victoria
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 Posted - 29 Sep 2004 : 03:11:29 AM
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Just a question to satisfy my curiosity :
Is the 'Eddie Lawson Replica' Kawasaki actually a replica of a race bike ridden by Eddie?
I've seen a few at reasonable prices, however I've always wondered how close they were to what was actually raced, and what year/model the bike was supposed to be?
Out of all the early 80s bikes, I always believed the only factory production racer you could buy (apart from GP bikes) was the Honda CB1100R
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Posted - 29 Sep 2004 : 09:09:50 AM
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Al,
Give Leon DeVries at Cosways Motorcycles a call on 9663 4631,he's a bit of a Kawa guru.
Tell him I told you to ring him.
As far as Im aware I thought with the "ELR" the only diff was some lights and indicators slapped on to keep the reg auth happy.
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Neill |
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popeye
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Western Australia
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Posted - 30 Sep 2004 : 08:49:46 AM
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as far as I was able to find out when the ELR was released it was a cosmetic job on the Z1000J to try and shift them.
below is a quote from Ken Wooton in an article on bikepoint
"in 1981 American Eddie Lawson won the US Superbike Championship on a KZ1000J (known in Australia as the Z1000J), and that inspired Kawasaki to come out with a roadbike version for 1982, based on Eddie's winning steed. Well, cosmetically at least.
The Eddie Lawson Replica roadbike was in essence an optioned-up KZ1000J, with lime-green paintwork. Only 750 ridgey-didge '82 Lawson replica roadbikes were ever produced, and these days they fetch big bucks."
The trick is to identify the real ones from the copies, there are quite a few out there.
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Posted - 30 Sep 2004 : 1:49:18 PM
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| Oops I forgot to mention the Z1000J..... |
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acotrel
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Victoria
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Posted - 30 Sep 2004 : 6:48:43 PM
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| I was told the EL replica that's still sold these days is apparently a 1200 with a paint job to make it look authentic - pity! |
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popeye
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Western Australia
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Posted - 30 Sep 2004 : 8:38:11 PM
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| the new ones (ZRX1200) are not marketed as an EL replica, the colour scheme was picked because it came out alright in both the Green/blue/white and the black/red/white and sits with KHI's corporate ID for big naked bikes. The new one is a mild mannered softy compared to the original. |
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