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Georgia, west of Atlanta | A fella in a great hurry pulled up beside me at a traffic light and ask's "man can I talk to you for a minute" I said "yeah pull over in that parking lot after we turn at this light", make a long story short, after drooling over the Vision and asking questions for 20 minutes He said after he gets his year end bonus he's going directly to the Victory shop and get one. He was riding a beautiful cherry 1980 Kawasaki KZ1000 LTD, it looked virtually brand new and only had 8000 miles on it................Hmmm, ain't that something ?? |
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New Bohemia, VA | hooorah! That is something.
I remember my first long trip on the Vision, just got it a month eariler and had rode to Mickey Town and I was on my way back. It was late at night and I had just crossed the Va border and was stopping at the truck stop. As I was wondering around the parking lot to park away from everyone, an SUV kept following me so finally I stopped. They had been following and admiring the bike. At first I thought they were going to bag me on the way I was riding or mug me. But they asked alot of questions, complimented the bike said it sounded sweet (I've got stock pipes) and headed back onto the interstate. |
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Tourer
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Moravia, IA | XRsteve - 2010-10-30 4:34 PM
A fella in a great hurry pulled up beside me at a traffic light and ask's "man can I talk to you for a minute" I said "yeah pull over in that parking lot after we turn at this light", make a long story short, after drooling over the Vision and asking questions for 20 minutes He said after he gets his year end bonus he's going directly to the Victory shop and get one. He was riding a beautiful cherry 1980 Kawasaki KZ1000 LTD, it looked virtually brand new and only had 8000 miles on it................Hmmm, ain't that something ??
That is something....my very first bike was a 1980 KZ1000 LTD......and I still have it. Damn fine bikes...... |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | The LTD was a rare blue one and the rider said it was the last year they had kick starters still on the engine............ |
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Moravia, IA | XRsteve - 2010-10-30 8:39 PM
The LTD was a rare blue one and the rider said it was the last year they had kick starters still on the engine............
He is correct. 1980 was the last year for kick. I dont think any colors are more rare then the other but the blue color for 1980 was Sundance Blue.....and they are pretty.
An unmolested KZ1000 is rare enough.....good examples can bring north of $3k. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Southern Maine | I had a black and silver 80 LTD, wish I still had it, best bike I ever had , pre-Victory of course, and yes the blue ones were very pretty. |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | He said Sundance blue, I forgot that till I just read it............. |
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San Antonio, TX | My first ride was a Kawasaki 1982 CSR 650....but after I saw and rode a LTD 700, I really wanted one! |
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Cruiser
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Bullhead City, AZ | Still have a 440 LTD parked in my grandmothers gararge. The kid that had it before me took a screwdriver and cut out the baffles, with the bugle style pipes you cant hear yourself think. |
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Moravia, IA | loren2 - 2010-10-31 11:57 PM
Still have a 440 LTD parked in my grandmothers gararge. The kid that had it before me took a screwdriver and cut out the baffles, with the bugle style pipes you cant hear yourself think.
Ive got one of those too....a 1981 belt drive model....kinda chopped up a bit but I promise it WAS a KZ440
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Puddle Jumper
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Central Nevada | I was at a local Burger King and had 4 tourists from a european country?? take pictures of each other standing next to my VV. And I too had 2 KZ650's, a 77 dark blue, and a 78 Custom light silver blue, both bought new. Loved them both. So many Bikes, So Little time.  |
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Cruiser
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West Knoxville TN | The first street bike I owned was a 1980 KZ1000A4. It was a great ride. |
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Pulled Over ( No not by the cops )