Beauty and the Beast

[pdedse]

put ZRX motor in seado

Nah, it may cause too high tide in Lake Apopka

Nah, it may cause too high tide in Lake Apopka
... and blow a head gasket.

Nah, it may cause too high tide in Lake Apopka
... and blow a head gasket.
That's the spirit!

Here is my favorite picture she took today:

Sell that???!!! Oh my...This is the beginning of a "the bike I wish I never sold" story.

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[DaSwami_imp]

Maybe a dumb question, but why would a barely 22 year old bike need a "ground up" restoration??

[gman_imp]

Maybe a dumb question, but why would a barely 22 year old bike need a "ground up" restoration??

Maybe I used the wrong terms but the previous owner did a lot of modifications to the bike before I got it. Non oem rear fender, non oem turn signals front and back, substantial paint damage to the front fairing, rear fairing, side covers, fuel tank, damaged Kerker muffler, etc, etc. So basically I took it apart and repaired and replaced what was needed, even the original seat was toast. In other words, it looked like sh.. but has only 13,000 miles and starts right up every time and pulls like a freight train. Lot of love, elbow grease and money involved.

[redbirds_imp]

You've done a great job with her, gman. Sell the SeaDo and keep the Kwaka.

Oh yes!

[WhatYes_imp]

Beautiful bikes, both of them.

I was an owner of an old (1988... I THINK?....) Yamaha Wave Raider. (I also owned a mid '80s Bayliner 19' ski boat). Loved that wave raider. Insanely fast and slick as snot. Instead of "grabbing" the water as the new ones do, it tended to slide across the water when turning, like oil on glass. I loved telling friends to take it out, max it out to as fast as it could go, then yank the steering in a hard turn. The centrifugal forces would slingshot them off the craft, through the air and into the water. Great fun!

As an aside, when we bought it from a friend, he had named it "stiffie", so we always said we were going to head down to the lake to ride Stiffie. Yeah.....