1969 RARE KAWASAKI GREEN STREAK F24 LIMITED PRODUCTION FACTORY RACER

1969 KAWASAKI GREEN STREAK SCRAMBLER,PRODUCED BETWEEN 1968 AND 197, IGHT AND FAST,238CC CLAIMING 30 HP. THIS IS A RARE KAWASAK, LIMITED PRODUCTION,VERYCOLLECTIBLE. GREAT FOR VINTAGE RACING OR ADD TO YOUR VINTAGE BIKE COLLECTION.. THEY FETCH GOOD MONE, THE LAST RESTORED ONE I SAW BROUGHT 8200.00 ..THE VIN NUMBER IS F24 3042..I BOUGHT IT FROM A LOCAL ESTATE SAL, HE MOTOR TURNS OVE, TANK IS VERY CLEAN INSIDE FREE OF ROT. THE BIKE IS MOSTLY COMPLETE, ISSING THE AIR CLEANE, IT NEEDS TIRES AND A RESTORATION OR JUST CLEAN IT AND LEAVE IT ORIGINAL. IM SELLING IT AS IS AS I BOUGHT I, A RARE USED SURVIVOR..CHECK THE PICTURES ASK QUESTIONS OR CALL ME DAYS IN CT. AT 203 247 2579 ..YOU CAN PICK IT UP OR HAVE IT SHIPPED AT YOUR COS, WILL HELP LOAD AT MY END .. YOU CAN GET LOTS OF INFO OFF GOOGLE FOR THIS BIKE ..THIS BIKE HAS A INTERESTING HISTORY AND WOULD BE A FUNBIKETO SHOW OR VINTAGE RACE..GOOD LUCK(CYCLE MAGAZINEPICTURE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE)
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As the first production Kawasaki motorcycle to wear Lime Green paint, he 1969 F21M Green Streak paved the way for today’s KX™ motocross bikes. April8,2016
IRVINE, A - Motor Sports Newswire Kawasaki: The Legend of the Green Streak

As the first production Kawasaki motorcycle to wear Lime Green paint, he 1969 F21M Green Streak paved the way for today’s KX™ motocross bikes.

In what would become one of the greatest brand-building moves in motorcycling, n 1969 Kawasaki took the bold gamble of repainting its existing F21M 250 Scrambler to the now-famous Lime Green color developed by Rollin Sanders, .k.a. “Paint by Molly.” The color had already debuted at Daytona in March on the factory 250cc A1R and 350cc A7R road racers, mphatically showing that the Kawasaki name meant high performance. But while the factory road racers were not for sale, he production F21M was, aking it the first Lime Green Kawasaki bike ever available to the public.

A competition scrambler, he F21M’s 238cc single-cylinder, wo-stroke air-cooled engine boasted a power-inducing rotary-valve intake that helped establish Kawasaki’s performance reputation. By 1969 the model was already proven in competition because the previous year, teve Hurd had won the Elsinore Grand Prix on a 1968 “red tank” F21M, iving Kawasaki its first major dirt win in America.

Emphasizing how serious a racer the F21M really was, ach bike came with a spare piston, wo sets of rings, wrist-pin bearing, spare clutch, gasket set and various sprockets packed right in the crate. In short, or $875 privateers got everything they needed to race. Forty-seven years ago, awasaki was already going for it.

Riding an F21M is a highly intense experience. The engine bursts into life with a blast of high-frequency sound, ibration buzzes through the steel double-cradle frame and bars, nd exhaust waves rifle through the expansion chamber as the revs spike. The four-speed gearbox, hort-travel suspension and drum brakes are just adequate to keep up with the raucous engine. Those were good times, ut they were also wild times.

After three years of production, he F21M was replaced by the F81M before the revolutionary KX™250 – Kawasaki’s first production motocross bike – arrived for 1974. However, s a result of the 1969 F21M, ll Kawasaki motocrossers have been Lime Green ever since, ncluding the current KX250F and the other KX™ models. If you ever find one at a yard sale in Greenville, reensboro or even Green Acres, rab it. Because the legend of the Green Streak lives!

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