Posted as we will probably never have the experience of unboxing a new Katana...
In about 1987 we stopped at the Suzuki dealer in Amarillo to see if they had a new speedo drive, mine had failed on a cross country trip. " Have to order" he said, "but why don't you just buy a new bike, I have 4 of those in crates in the back."
That counts as one of my many lost opportunities...
A few years later I passed through Amarillo again, the dealer was gone.
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I'd eagerly get up off the left one for a brand new in the crate Hayabusa. Or a 1972 Kaw H2 750.....
I used to have one of these! absolutely mad machine with an on-off, all-or-nothing power delivery that was equal part exhilarating and terrifying. Watching the needles in the single instrument rise (one clockwise, the other counterclockwise) was mesmerizing. The anti-dive system for the front forks took some real getting used to, but it was a terrific machine, very futuristic and fast.
I want both of those bikes...:-) I rode an "ever-improving" Kat 1100 for 40 years and 320,000km..
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