1981 May Custom Rider - Vintage Motorcycle Magazine

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1981 May Custom Rider - Vintage Motorcycle Magazine - Speed: Kawasaki Z-1 KZ1000 CUSTOM REPORTSKAWASAKI KZ550C2 LTDA real middleweight dream 18HONDA CX500C CUSTOMUnique design for a unique ride 24THE CUSTOM FILESTRACKSTAR!A dirttrack racer takes to the streets 54AFTER MIDNIGHTYamaha’s XS Eleven Special goes high-perf 56MAN & MACHINECOMPENSATOR CRUISE CONTROLA unit worth getting your hands off 30PAINTING_______________SO YOU WANT TO BE A PAINTERCustom techniques for the neophyte 58Speed: Kawasaki KZ100Suzuki GX550HOW-TOLACING WHEELSAlmost as easy as tying your shoes 62DEPARTMENTSFEATURE INDEX 4CUSTOM Q& A 6MOTOMART 13CUSTOM PROFILES 65THE LAW 66TRICKS 68 IN THE CONFERENCE ROOMS of Ka-wasaki late in 1972 it was referredIo by select company insiders (originnally only the Japanese) as the ‘‘NewYork Steak.” No, that wasn’t hallwaychatter about the menu in the corpo-rate lunchroom, it was the term usedback in late 1972. to refer to the as-yet-unannounced 90.3cc Z-l, a machine soimportant to the company’s future thatit was given that code name so that noone would inadvertently let any infor-mation- not even small grizzle like dis-placement size-slip into the hands ofthe competition or the press.Once the Z-l was shown to the motor-cycling world, though, the word “fast”was redefined. The big new Kawasakiwas labeled The King, Zee-Fastest andother nicknames indicating that it wasat the top of the high-performanceheap. For years there was nothing onthe street, two-or four-wheeled, thatcould accelerate as viciously as a goodold Kaw Z-l.Since its inception the Zee has been... And much more! 12531

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