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Kawasaki 160: Ever heard of it??

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Posted by: KNOWSALOT

Hey Wes.

I will tell you how rare they are......VERY.

I had a friend "back then" who owned one for a short while and I had one in the shop about 4 years ago for an oil change. Those are the only two that I have ever seen in person.

They only made it one year[1985] and then bumped the displacement up to a 185 and changed a few cosmetics the following year. They had the KLT185 from 1986-1987.

I rode my buddies once and it was no slouch considering how small the engine was.

Posted by: KNOWSALOT

Wes, that trike was offered in two colors. Black and Red.

The one that my buddy had and the one that I had in the shop were both black.

Your 160 being able to stay up and pass an S powered 200X really doesn't surprise me much.
My friend's KLT160 would hang with the 185s and 200s around here pretty well and I remember him passing alot of the stock ones each time we went down the road a couple miles to the sandpit.

Posted by: Wes350x

I was listing my old bikes in another message and I remembered I had a Kawasaki 160. Shaft drive w.reverse. That thing had some power. If ya ever heard or seen any of there bikes tell the story.

Posted by: Wes350x

If anyone knew of them I knew it would be you. What was the color on the ones you saw. Mine was black but I think it was all painted. My friend had a 200x(200s motor) and we raced and we were neck and neck but I smoked him on top end. I ragged on him cause all I had was a 160!!