Zammy
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posted December 11, 2003 05:58 AM
 Edited By: Zammy on 11 Dec 2003 05:59
Hey Extremelean, How about the forgotten 750?
In the back of an old Motorcyclist magazine there was an article about a replacement for the H2 in the late seventies. A square four watercooled 750 that looked alot like the H2. It was shelved at the end of the two stroke reign of terror. Do you have any archives that you could post a pic from ???
  
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extremelean
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posted December 11, 2003 12:35 PM
There were never any photos available of this machine (that I am aware of).
Here is a little reading from KHI's museum website....
A brief cessation of rivalry was called in October of 1972, due to, a world-wide oil crises. This was caused by OPECs raising the price of crude oil, and a consequent emphasis on fuel efficient, environmentally-friendly engines. Early victims were two-strokes and large-displacement four-strokes, which were seen as politically incorrect long before the term came into usage. At the time, Kawasaki was secretly developing a liquid-cooled 750cc two-stroke four, and a rotary engine, both of which had to be abandoned due to fuel consumption considerations.
Here is the website adress if you would like to read more....
http://www.khi.co.jp/mcycle/museum/index_e.html
look here too......
http://www.kwaka.info/
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Zammy
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posted December 11, 2003 01:35 PM
Yeh, there was a single photo. It looked really sharp. I was hoping I wouldn't have to dig through my magazine colection to find it . I have thousands of them, I never tossed one since 1970. Thanx for the info.
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GreenMachine
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posted December 11, 2003 04:48 PM
extremelean
Speaking of forgotten 750, did Kawasaki ever come up with a replacement for the now retired ZX-7R? A few years ago there was some rumours of Kawasaki having a new bike ready for production, photoshoots where done and everything for this new bike, but that they decided not to produce it due to rule changes in racing allowing for 1000cc bikes like we have today.
Any thruth to this? I understand if you can comment on this.
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extremelean
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posted December 11, 2003 05:39 PM
The ZX600RR and the ZX636 are really nice machines.
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swft
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posted December 11, 2003 09:30 PM
*laughs* You must be one of them agent guys from the Matrix, the way you can dodge bullets! 
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extremelean
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posted December 13, 2003 06:57 PM
hhmmm.....upgrades!!
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swft
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posted December 15, 2003 07:38 PM
*laughs*
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