![]() 04/28/2015 at 16:20 • Filed to: Lane Splitter. Kawasaki. Z1300. Tinker Toy | ![]() | ![]() |
Remember the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ?
No? Well let me take a minute, you sit right there, and I’ll tell you how this bike became the prince of.. erm... being too big. Or something.
It was an 80’s era naked touring bike with an across the frame straight six. Almost needless to type, it was thirsty, heavy, didn’t handle and sold poorly. End of story, right?
Well no, not quite. Someone, somewhere on this merry island of Britain thought,
“NAY, I WILL NOT SUFFER THE INDIGNITY OF A MERE SIX CYLINDERS. NO, I SHALL HAVE 48 FOR MY MOTORCYCLE.’
And lo, six banks of eight cylinders and nowhere to sling any kind of limb, let alone a pair of legs and the ‘ Tinker Toy ’ was born.
Skip to the 6:40ish mark to hear it running.
![]() 07/02/2015 at 06:45 |
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how fast can it go?
![]() 07/02/2015 at 06:52 |
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About 90 squillion mph, I’d say.
![]() 07/02/2015 at 08:05 |
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not as fast as you can scream in terror
![]() 07/02/2015 at 08:12 |
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yep , i reckon you’re spot on with that!
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![]() 07/02/2015 at 08:13 |
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I bet you could haul a trailer with that if you had enough weight in the back.