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Happy Ending for a neglected WS650 - CB4ME_imp - 09-04-2013 My wife and I ran into a rider (Tim) on a 2001 WS650 after we took a fortuitous wrong turn. The Tim is in his mid-50s and has several bikes including a CBR1000. We had a nice chat and he told the story of his Kawasaki twin. It seems the guy he bought it from in NJ rider had removed (and lost) the beautiful chrome tank badges, had crudely removed the Kawasaki lettering from the back of the seat, and even took the WS650 decals off the beautiful steel side panels. To top it off he replaced everything with Triumph logos in an attempt to pass it off as a Bonneville. The rear brake had never been used, the front was metal to metal, and the rear tire was incredibly flat spotted. What a mess. Fortunately Tim appreciates a classic when he sees one and gave the bike a lot of TLC and returned it to nearly stock. It's a sharp bike with gorgeous 2 tone tank, big spoke wheels, big chrome fenders, and other nice touches. Tim couldn't say enough good things about the CB1100 and knew a lot about the bike. Here is a poor quality pic taken with a cell phone of the 2 poised together. RE: Happy Ending for a neglected WS650 - the Ferret - 09-04-2013 gosh, the CB is a gorgeous motorcycle. The Kawi is neat, but the CB is stunning. RE: Happy Ending for a neglected WS650 - Randy B - 09-04-2013 I like the red rotors. RE: Happy Ending for a neglected WS650 - The Spaceman_imp - 09-05-2013 The W650 is a really cool bike. I was pretty close to buying one back when they were for sale. Maybe the interest in the CB/retro bikes will prompt Kawi to bring in the current version, which is really slick: http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/W800SpecialEdition Fortunately the W800 isn't available here; I might have bought one and missed the CB!