Weird or Wonderful?

[delaney917k]

I was browsing the web for different pictures of Katanas & came across this, not sure what I think, wish there was better pics though.
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[StevieB]

First Gen. Kat. with aftermarket fairing lowers, I think.

1Gen's are not my cup of tea- styling is too, well, "Japaniese" for my taste, but that's just me.

[Theric]

I think the front clip resembles the bandit...

[whitecl0ver]

kinda kewl....it's like eww gross when you 1st look at it then you stare and your like hmm not too bad i grues...

[chinto]

IMHO they look better without the after market lowers.

[Phil the Thrill]

Interesting that you would call it Japanese-ie. Since its design was developed by target DESIGN in Germany. Hans Muth is still designing in the motorcycle industry. Some of his concepts have made it into the BMW line as well.

[ken123allen]

looks pretty good i think,

[Atomic Spook]

Ooh I think I like it! I picture zipping thru cyber-age Tokyo streets!

[delaney917k]

It's a Hammer It lower fairing apparently, I just wish there was pictures from other angles.

[The CyberPoet]

I think I actually like it more with the lower fairing...

Interesting that you would call it Japanese-ie. Since its design was developed by target DESIGN in Germany. Hans Muth is still designing in the motorcycle industry. Some of his concepts have made it into the BMW line as well.

Yup. Hans is cool to talk/ride/drink with, and always has something interesting going on, or at least did the last time I ran into him in person about 15 years ago. Last time I spoke with Hans-Georg Kasten (team leader on the Kat ED-1/ED-2 project) in '03, he was working heavily in the car realms & consumer products, but had fond memories of his Kat development days (and yes, I wrote most of the Wikipedia entry).

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[StevieB]

Yeah, now that you mention it, I have heard that. Rethinking it, let me say this:

The styling is dated. Still don't like it.

[yellowsuzi]

ya i dont think i like it to much, but cool i guess

i was thinking the same thing,like a bandit

[eviilil0ne]

pretty slick bike for something that old .. styling was just getting started .. nice find

[LAsunbird86]

I would trade my 98 for it. i think it looks 50x better.