Australian Motorcycle News — January 30, 2018

Giz a squiz

RiderPhil Hall

RideShadowfaxKawasaki

He saysMybikeisnotridden

asit’sarestoredracebike.

Iwatcheditbeingbuiltin

1980, saw it race in 1981 and

eventuallyinheriteditasa

rollingframe and several boxes

of bitsin 1 995.

While recoveringfrom a road

accidentin2011,alotofgood

mates andIgotstuckinto it

andwerestoredthe biketoits

original form, usingas many

originalpartsaspossible.

It nowlives at my place and

IhopethatonedayI’ll be able

totakeit toatracksomewhere

andrideit,justsothat I can say

that Ihave.

TheShadowfaxKawasaki is

unique–thiswastheonlyone

built, andit’s irreplaceable.

The before and afterphotos

show therolling chassis as

given to me in 1995 and then

as it appeared in a magazine

articlewhenwefinishedthe

restoration.

We sayWecanpickthe

Marzocchipiggybackrear

shocks, the braced swingarm

(Metmachex?),billetyokes,

clip-on bars, Kerker pipe,fork-

brace, smallerfront wheel,

wider rims,Lockhart oil cooler,

customtankandbraced

steeringhead-what are we

missing?Thatlookslike being

alabouroflovetoo.

CongratulationsPhil,you’ve scored
a Mini Road Chain Lube($12.90)and
a Mini Chain Clean($11.90)kindly
supplied by Link International.

Send animage and details about
your two-wheeled pride and joy
to [email protected]

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