February 27, 2011 at 4:53 pm
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There is also the 500cc Royal Enfield, or the older 750cc Honda Nighthawk for quite a bit more weight and power, along with several older Universal Japanese Motorcycles (UJMs), or the Triumph copy 1978 XS650 Yamaha I used to own. Here is a Kawasaki 650 parallel twin from not too long ago below, also a Triumph copy. Marlon Brando rode a Triumph in the 1950s Wild One movie, and they won a lot of races and sold a lot of streetbikes in the 50s and 60s. The Honda CB750 four changed everything in 1969 for racing and fast streetbikes:
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/roadtests/retro_bike_comparison/index.html
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