That Kawa looks awesome - Triple Cylinder Two Strokes - must go like stink?

Thanks Alicatt, and Colonel, yeah the old girl goes like stink, I have had her for about 15 years, she was originally built as a track bike, but I have never got around to running her on a circuit, makes a bloody exciting road bike though, after an hour on her you are pretty buggered she's not really rider friendly, but that's ok because after an hour she is out of juice anyway, she slurps through avgas and Belray at a crazy rate
Just in he process of stripping her down for another freshenup.
The Daytona is much more relaxing to ride

Cheers
Craig

I wish they would still build some light but powerful two-strokes (street legal and for the racetrack).

Just this past weekend I was watching the Red Bull Rookies cup, all on the same 125ccm KTM Racer. Not half the power of my Daytona but they sure are light and corner awesome.

I personally don't believe that the soul of a bike is tied into who buys one. I love some of the Harley models no matter who rides one. I must add that I have absolutely no problem with doctors and lawyers riding Harleys. If any thing, Harleys lost some of their bullsh!t reputation of being associated with criminals and thereby gained some soul when good ol' tame white collar workers got on them. Also, mainstream success seemed to further encourage Harley to take more pages from the playbooks of modern manufacturing standards as well as research and development in order to make a better quality product while not throwing soul to the wayside.

I like Yamaha Vmax, if there any Japanese bikes with soul and character then that's got to be one of them. Unfortunately the new version is so expensive, you might as well get the Harley built clone known as the Vrod.

I will admit the Vmax will go like a scalded cat.