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The widowmaker
Pierre Simard said 2002-02-04 05:47
Put yourself back in the seventies, before the arrival of the Kawasaki 500 and 750. At this time, the best street burner you could buy was the Yamaha 350 2 cylinders, and this motorcycle could really go on accelleration. Then came the Kawasaki 500, it was like if the Yamaha 350 was a donkey. So, when the 750 appeared, with performances even more astonishing than the 500, it has been a major comotion in the motorcycle comunity. The first time I drove it, I opened the throttle midway just to see if it was up to its reputation. Surprise ! The accelleration was so fast that I could not shut the throttle, and I almost lost grip of the bike. After this first encounter where I learned to be respectfull, I got to know this monster. Accelleration and top speed was great, you could go on a wheelie at almost any speed or decide to burn your tire in a few seconds, suspension was poor and so was the handling in a curve. Driving this bike earned you a ...reputation... to say the least. All in all, it was a very exciting and very dangerous bike. Its nickname ended up to be the widowmaker, probably whith reasons. When I sold the bike, the guy drove it for half a mile, and got killed... Yes, probably with reasons. But sometime, even at 50 years old, I´m still dreaming of the seventies.