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Old 01-18-22 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by VtwinVince
All the factory Kwaker turbos I've seen were in the black and orange paint scheme, so not sure if this isn't a standard unit that's been retro-fitted. A very cool bike I'd love to park next to my GPZ900 though.
This one is one of the early ones, an actual 78, the black, orange and yellow ones are 79's built on 78's from the original batch.

This one was upgraded with the spyder header kit that they used on the 79's.

It is all original other than that.

I have the original "log" style header too.

https://ridermagazine.com/2014/09/04...ged-1978-1979/
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