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Kawasaki Zephyr Z550
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With the Zephyr my passion for motorcycles began. Right from the start I was fascinated by naked, naked machines, it was love at first sight. It simply had to be. And so it came
The technical data:
- Four cylinder in-line engine
- 549 cc
- 50 HP
- 200 kg ready to drive
In two years I have ridden 55,000 km with this bike. Only in my spare time and mainly on country roads. I visited all German mountains and was pretty much in all areas of Germany.
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Und natürlich war ich in England. Dort entstand im Herbst 1993 auch dieses Foto
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Completely surprisingly there was a reunion on 28 September 2003.
I went to Biker Miles in Berlin Ostseestraße to buy new winter gloves and a new visor for my helmet and there it was standing in front of the shop.
I went to Biker Miles in Berlin Ostseestraße to buy new winter gloves and a new visor for my helmet and there it was standing in front of the shop.
I recognized it immediately. It still had the same license plate, so it has not left Berlin in 8 years. A bit battered, slightly rusty but still quite neatly together it stood there.
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The Koni rear shock absorbers were still in, and also the silver paint of the rusty spot under the dropped chrome cover at the manifold was still visible.
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The speedo now shows 62856 and I strongly suspect that there needs to be a one in front of it.
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