classic quacks

[Anonymous]

i was over at a mates house on friday. he is a 2stroke tech and had just made this xpansion chamber for this 74 kx 450.
word is, all it had done in it’s whole life is 2 desert races in california or mexico.
it was so light and had a plastic tank. suspension felt dead though.

[Mick DMember]

Two words come to mind………WIDOW MAKER!!! LOL

[Anonymous]

big old school 2stroke, shitty brakes and suspension, racy through the desert not knowing what is next.:ohmy:

it would be fun in gary’s padock though (see OBT A4DE report)

i think it is owned by the editor of VMX magazine. may see next month it in action at the crawford river classic. i think i should be able to beat it for that 1m in the middle of each corner on my 125 elsinore. before it gets back on the gas

[Bruce CurtisMember]

champo35 wrote:

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i was over at a mates house on friday. he is a 2stroke tech and had just made this xpansion chamber for this 74 kx 450.
word is, all it had done in it’s whole life is 2 desert races in california or mexico.
it was so light and had a plastic tank. suspension felt dead though.

that is one heck of a piece of history there Champo, the old Kwakas often get overlooked in the scheme of things and of course the suspension feels dead, dual PDS!

BC

[Anonymous]

Very oldschool, but cool none the less. It would be good around Gary’s paddock!

[DeanMember]

Here is a better photy of the same model beast, apparently bugger all bottom end,but hang on for the mid-top:woohoo:

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://jedi.allthingsmoto.com/kx450.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.allthingsmoto.com/forums/f-117/jimmy-weinerts-7-kx450-1974-a-33229/&usg=__6t8teqqkR1ZFOUuifeVcjarL7-4=&h=600&w=800&sz=161&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=CTm40UWUtSpAVM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3D74%2Bkx%2B450%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

[Anonymous]

the one in the linked photo has a metal tank. for some reason i’m told that the next model dropped the plastic tank. not sure why, but i assume that some counties do not like plastic fuel tanks

[Bruce CurtisMember]

From dim dark distant memory the FIM (or it’s predecessor) banned plastic tanks from competition due to a few early examples splitting.

BC

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