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[Matt Liebenau]

Thank you. 70's-80's Japanese bikes are my favorite, especially two strokes. My first bike was a 1974 TS 100 That my parents peurcahsed for me as a birthday present. I've owned a few GT 750's over the years, along with a couple Kawasaki H2 750s, which are my favorite. I'd love to own another one but they are priced out of my reach nowadays.

I currently have a 1974 GT 750 that I am restoring. I also have a 1980 Kawasaki KZ 1000st (shaft drive) which is my favorite bike that I've ever owned, It has been modded and I am currently going through it again.

But there is nothing like the smell/sounds of a two stroke!

(Brief, hopefully, thread derail) I like your avatar bike as well. Very cool. Is it still possible to register a big two stroke for the street? I know they were legislated out in the 70s(?) somewhere in there anyway. Does it have to be vintage to register?

 

[Water buffalo]

(Brief, hopefully, thread derail) I like your avatar bike as well. Very cool. Is it still possible to register a big two stroke for the street? I know they were legislated out in the 70s(?) somewhere in there anyway. Does it have to be vintage to register?

I promise to make it brief...

Yes, I would imagine in most states it is legal to register a two stroke motorcyle including the various 500cc and a few 750cc bikes that exist. There is a fairly large following for these, a 70's Kawasaki H2 three cylinder 750 runs around $20,000 and up. Suzuki's GT750 isn't that bad yet but the prices are climbing. Yamaha's RD/RZ 350 and 400cc twin cylinder bikes are very popular.

I'm a mod guy as opposed to the wiser path of completely original resoration. The suzuki I own now came with a vintage 3 into 1 expansion chamber... The sound it makes is incredible.

 

[Max Bogosity]

Just to continue the hijack, I’m sure it varies by jurisdiction, but here I understand that you can generally register anything that was street-legal when it was new. I have a ‘76 Yamaha TY175 trials bike which could theoretically be plated, even though it’s a two-stroke with no signal lights, because that was legal in ‘76.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Just to continue the hijack, I’m sure it varies by jurisdiction, but here I understand that you can generally register anything that was street-legal when it was new. I have a ‘76 Yamaha TY175 trials bike which could theoretically be plated, even though it’s a two-stroke with no signal lights, because that was legal in ‘76.

I managed to get away with a few things on my custom because if that. Turn signals were required “if originally equipped” and they weren’t standard on HD until ‘75 1/2 and mine is titled as a ‘72.