Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader - August 2008 - (Page 144)

SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES NOW ! HE TELLS ME.. Now . . . ! he tells me. . . by Buzz Walneck bought a 1969 Kawasaki A7 Avenger 350-SS, at one of the swap meets, in the Winter time. The owner said that it ran, kicked it a couple of times, and it popped off on one cylinder. As it was in a building with a lot of people, I said O.K. Don’t gas us. . .trying to get it to warm up. I Finally it tried. . . to get warmer around the month of May, in the Chicagoland area. . . the urge to take it out for a ride seem like a good idea. . . I pulled it out of the garage, facing a part of a tree, but mostly toward a trellis with years and years of Clematis a flowering, climbing vine. Right behind that is our small screened in porch area. Pretty close to the house too. After turning on the petcock, I reached UNDER the left side of the gas tank to find where the key switch was at. I turned on the key and a couple of prods on the kicker, and it started running. . . . on the one cylinder. I let it warm up a little and blipped the throttle to see if the other side would light up. . . IT DID ALRIGHT. . . . “Whomp “. . and the tach is pegging 10,000 rpm. . . IT IS SCREAMING ! Between my legs. .Not being familiar with the location of the key switch ( I’ve only used it ONCE ), I had to think of where to reach to shut it off. . . . Found it ! And shut it off. In the meantime. . . Pixie has her head out the bedroom window and HOLLERING at me. . ! “ SHUT IT OFF. . . YOU’RE SCARING THE CATS ! “ I manage to HOLLER BACK. . . “I’m SCARING THE HELL OUT OF MYSELF TOO !” ( I certainly don’t want to get into the house that way ! ) On taking the bike to J.D.’s ( John Dohnal ) and briefing him on my success of starting the Kaw, and rather bad luck, once that happened, he said. . , in a fatherly kind of way. . . “When starting an “Unknown bike “ . . . push the bike against a wall, and grab a handful of front brake. . . then start it “. 144 AUGUST 2008 I WALNECK’S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER® I WALNECKS.COM http://WALNECKS.COM

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