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Twin twin

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I don't think this has been posted here......
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I wonder what engines those are .. they look like rotary valve ?
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Looks like Kawasaki A7 Avenger motors. Stock they were two cylinder rotary valve two strokes with 338cc.
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Great picture. Is that Bob Braverman of Cycle Guide by any chance?
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Bob Braverman had a twin-engine Yamaha drag racer that ran the quarter at 131 mph in 10.52 sec.
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloff ... acerID=133
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Tony Nicosia had a twin-engine Suzuki X6 drag racer that ran the quarter at 154.11 mph in 9.10 sec.
http://www.esportbike.com/forums/75-dai ... ike-2.html
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Cool details of Tony N.

I did some more digging and it's braverman. Even found the pic with caption at http://bubblevisor.blogspot.com/2010_09_05_archive.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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The pic from your link:
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More info on Tony: h[url]ttp://www.dragbike.com/person-of-the-week-leg ... y-nicosia/[/url]
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All of those pictures and links are priceless. Great stuff guys!!
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