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General Category => The Interceptor Gang => Topic started by: BillyG on September 15, 2016, 07:54:15 AM
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As most of you know I built a couple 800 triples out of 550's, and there are pics on here of the 800 triple in my 1987 Exciter. There was talk on here that Kawi made the same and someone had it in Minnesota, it came from Kevin Hansen's collection and he bought it from me with intentions of putting it in the 83 LTD. Back when we were talking about this someone questioned that I built that other 800 triple. So I was going through some old pics and I found the pics of the sled I built that motor for in 1993. Yes, It's a 800 Kawi triple in a 1992 yamaha Vmax 4. We thought that sled handled bad because of the weight in the front so I built another triple and installed it. It still handled poorly and I bought a wreck, repowered the sled and sold it, Kevin then bought the Triple and took it to Minnesota.
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another, we called it the Kawimax
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Wow cool stuff!! 8) Impressive skills!!
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Wow really nice triple...!! How did it run..? Any numbers..? HP, RPM, top speed of the Kawimax....
Take care !
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Hi Billy! I saw the 800 Vmax at Waconia a few years ago.
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Not this one, I put it back to stock in 94, Those motors made 145 to 150 hp, never got a good number on the Kawimax, the lights didn't work well with the Kawi ignition, and the handling wasn't what it was expected to be so it was short lived.
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you may have saw the Exciter though
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Could have been? The guy pulled up to our group of Kawi's and opened the hood of his Yamaha and inside was a triple Kawasaki.
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That would have been Bill Rogers with my Exciter
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I saw a kawi Triple for sale a few months ago on vintagesled,. the guy was asking $3000. Said it was a proto type that was going to be put in the 1983 Interceptor. If only they would of stayed in a little bit long. :-\
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A local guy just bought an 83 Interceptor, he said the guy he bought it from had a triple with the same story, that Kawasaki was going to make them in 83.
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Would love to see some pictures of that 83 Interceptor..!!
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It would be nice to have some good pictures of the Billy G motors to help put the triple prototype motor rumor to rest. When I spoke to the Kawasaki engineers at Waconia they knew nothing of a triple prototype intended for snowmobiles.
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83
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Nice pics...!!
Decals a bit different and looks like some gauges too....would love to see the engine compartment...
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I will see it in person here in a few days. The story I got was that it was bought awhile back from an old dealer. The dealer said that it was received from Kawasaki as a 1982, but when they opened the crate they immediately noticed the different decals. The current owner says that it has spent many years as a race sled and that someone has modified it for racing. Different gauges, bars, modified gas tank, Aaen pipes, etc. He said other than the decals, it was exactly the same as an 82.
The most interesting part for me is that it has a serial number of 10. And I recently spoke to another guy here in Michigan that owns #10, and it is a standard 82 Interceptor. Two #10's!!!
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I spoke to some of the guys from Kawasaki to at Waconia they to were surprised about any talk of a 550 being a triple nothing of any kind out of R & D from Shakopee Minnesota. Some knew of the triple Kawasaki from 1972 era but that was a 650cc made for Tom Marks of Arctic Cat.
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Two number #10's sure is interesting! Please take some more pictures and go into more detail if you find any other differences from the 82 to 83 besides decals.
THANKS!
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Going to look at the 83 tonight! ;D
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Cool...!! Take plenty of pictures... :)
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Here are a few
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The skis looked a little different...
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AMAZING! SO....when do you start the restoration??.. ::) 8)
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A few things that I noticed:
It has what appears to be a factory installed 121" track. The track looks like an OEM Kawasaki track, the rail extensions were a stamped steel and were riveted in place, and the tunnel extension also appeared to be factory installed with stamped and riveted parts.
The tunnel decals looked like standard 82 decals with large silver and red decals on top of them. These covered up the 82 decal red and silver pin stripes, except for one spot where the silver decal was pealed back where you could clearly see the red 82 pinstripe. All decals looked to be installed at the factory as the tunnel rivets were over top of all decals.
The back and middle bogie wheels are different, they looked like lightweight Kawasaki parts. There were only 3 back wheels instead of the standard 4 that was used in 82.
The ski's looked slightly different as well, there were reinforcement strips along the sides. This is the only difference in the skis that I could see. They were the round loop style, with the standard short leaf springs, and did not have the LTD style reinforcements.
Other than the obvious modifications that someone did to make it a drag sled, everything else appeared to be the same as the 82's.
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AMAZING! SO....when do you start the restoration??.. ::) 8)
He was not interested in selling it. :( But he has already gathered most of the parts required to put it back to stock. Well mostly...he owns a performance shop and has plans to port it and make it go FAST. At least it will look stock. :)