Motorcycle Picture - 2005 Kawasaki Mean Streak
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This is my 2005 Kawasaki Mean Streak. I am the second owner. The original
selling dealer, Ron Ayers Motorsports located at Greenville, North Carolina,
did the paint and chrome wheels. I am told that they usually do a couple of
bikes a year as special customs and then keep them in the showroom until the
end of year before selling them. I purchased the bike from the original
owner in Goose Creek, SC. I have added the windshield, moved the tach and
speedo from on top of the triple tree above the headlight to the top of the
handlebar risers. I also added the saddle bags and made the luggage rack.
The first owner did the exhaust, added most of the chrome, changed the grips
and foot pegs. I have added a power socket to the handlebar area so as to
power a GPS unit which suction cups to the inside of the windshield. Last
year, 2010, I left Winchester, Va. on June 28 and headed west. I was headed
for a class reunion in Hot Springs, SD over the July 4th weekend and then I
went on touring from there. I visited family along the way, stopping in
Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, then back to
Wyoming and SD to do some work on my house there. From there I headed south
through Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, to Dallas to see my brother. From there
into Louisana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina and then back to Virginia. I got home on day 39 and rode a total
of 9400 miles. The seat on the Kawasaki if quite comfortable for a couple
of hours at a time. I had the bike really loaded down with traveling gear
but got an average of 40 mpg for the trip. I have owned a lot of bikes but
this is my favorite 2 wheeler. You can see an earlier bike of mine under
the 2002 Honda Shadow and then my trike under the 97 Boss Hoss. I sometimes
tow the Kawasaki behind the Boss when I want to take both bikes on a trip. -- Ted Hagen
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