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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 4302331" data-attributes="member: 24583">Back then I had about 20k miles on a Kaw500 and got a call to take a demo ride on the 2nd Kaw750 H2 sold in Tulsa. (Shop owner bought the first) They knew they had a sure sale before I got there.&nbsp; I rode it around a 4 mile square and wrote a check.&nbsp; Then 3.5 miles home, pulled the jugs and spent a couple hours with a grinder using a &quot;special performance&quot; sheet the Kaw service guy who was a friend of mine slipped me with the bike and bolted on a set of Worges street expansion chambers.&nbsp; To say it was just a step up from the Kaw500 would be a gross understatement.&nbsp; Good thing I had been riding a Husqvarna 400 dirt bike a lot and could float the front tire 3-6 inches through first 3 gears.&nbsp; Full throttle did not happen till the top of 3rd gear when things started setteling down.&nbsp; Yep, those were good old fun days.&nbsp; The Kaw750 also had the nickname &quot;Widomaker&quot;.&nbsp; Lots of people spit themselves off of them.&nbsp; I had an opportunity to ride one a few years back that had a 3&quot; extended swing arm.&nbsp; Wow what a difference, even this old man could handle that.&nbsp; Well, only after you remember all the way down on the shifter is neutral, not between first and second.&nbsp; Haha&nbsp; &nbsp; Yep sorry got a little sidetracked here to the OP, but thanks for the memories.&nbsp; Would I think about running from a LEO in anything today?&nbsp; No, not planning on having a death wish anytime in the future.&nbsp; Ha</blockquote>

[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 4302331, member: 24583"] Back then I had about 20k miles on a Kaw500 and got a call to take a demo ride on the 2nd Kaw750 H2 sold in Tulsa. (Shop owner bought the first) They knew they had a sure sale before I got there. I rode it around a 4 mile square and wrote a check. Then 3.5 miles home, pulled the jugs and spent a couple hours with a grinder using a "special performance" sheet the Kaw service guy who was a friend of mine slipped me with the bike and bolted on a set of Worges street expansion chambers. To say it was just a step up from the Kaw500 would be a gross understatement. Good thing I had been riding a Husqvarna 400 dirt bike a lot and could float the front tire 3-6 inches through first 3 gears. Full throttle did not happen till the top of 3rd gear when things started setteling down. Yep, those were good old fun days. The Kaw750 also had the nickname "Widomaker". Lots of people spit themselves off of them. I had an opportunity to ride one a few years back that had a 3" extended swing arm. Wow what a difference, even this old man could handle that. Well, only after you remember all the way down on the shifter is neutral, not between first and second. Haha Yep sorry got a little sidetracked here to the OP, but thanks for the memories. Would I think about running from a LEO in anything today? No, not planning on having a death wish anytime in the future. Ha [/QUOTE]

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