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Cool an old kwak gt 550 methinks ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Bhud wrote: | pepperami wrote: | Cool an old kwak gt 550 methinks |
Yes, that's right.
The fairing confuses me too.
It's the same (original) colour as the rest of the bike, and has the same gold pin stripe. It's that colour on the inside too. There's a fairing subframe that seems to be original as well. |
That's basically a copy of an XJ900F fairing, I think made by Powerbronze.
The colour of the bike might be original (that was one of the early colour schemes, with the gold wheels, 84/85 I guess) but the stripes aren't, so somebody has been doing some personalising.
If that is an early one, make sure never to overload the rear rack, they were known to break. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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Shaft wrote: |
That's basically a copy of an XJ900F fairing, I think made by Powerbronze. |
I thought GPz550, Unitrack model. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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.Chris. wrote: | Very nice. Also nice to see one not fall victim to the café craze for once.
The fairing does look very much like a GPZ550 A-model nose cone fitted with a taller screen. Looks like it should give a useful amount of wind protection.
I'm very fond of Kwak 550s, though I prefer the non-GT flavours. About 10 years ago I had a GT550 which was a great bike - I spent over 12 hours in the saddle one day without discomfort, and the tank range was excellent. On the down side it was a bit of a lump, and under-geared for a touring bike. This last feature I found particularly annoying and is shared with the other models - to my mind there are too many gears too close together, with top being far too low. At least on the chain drive models you can raise the overall gearing a bit. |
Yes, when trying out the bike (and it's new to me, so I did it gingerly) I found it was a bit weird that it didn't seem to matter which gear I was in - it would pull away regardless. It's a remarkably stable and planted machine though. Tips into the bends so easily, and the comfy seat and riding position makes it a serene pleasure. Slow-speed maneuvres and turns are so easy as well, which is a surprise given its weight. But the thing I appreciate the most is the air suspension. I'm used to slightly pushing down on the pegs when going over a bump/pothole, but this thing just glides over speed humps and other road imperfections like they aren't even there. I think a lot of riders of modern bikes would be in for a surprise if they tried one of these.
Oh, and that village bloke talking about gelling with a bike... Hahaha it took me 40 minutes on this. I really like it, although it might come up short if I were to push things a bit and ride my favourite roads a bit quick. Overtaking everything in sight and keeping up with group riders is probably not possible with this bike. |
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I do like the older kwakers!. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 43 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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