Gary Webster’s 1976 Kawasaki KZ900

Reader Contribution by Gary Webster
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Rider: Gary Webster, Torrington, Wyoming
Age: 60
Occupation: Retired railroad engineer
Rides: 1976 Kawasaki KZ900, 1976 Kawasaki KZ900 LTD, 1982 Kawasaki 1000 LTD, 1982 Suzuki GS1100GK, 1986 Honda XL600, 1994 Yamaha GTS1000, 1986 Yamaha FJ1200, 2003 Harley-Davidson FXDWG

Gary’s story: “I’ve been riding since I was 12. When I turned 16 and started riding more, it seems like almost all of the bikes were 2-strokes with blue exhaust and the ring-a-ding noise. Even today, I miss the smell of those 2-strokes. I’m trying to remember the last time I pulled up to a gas pump where they had a spark plug cleaner on the island so you could clean your plugs.

“This is a picture taken in July of 1976 with me astride my new 1976 Kawasaki KZ900. I was in uniform on F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. The next picture is of my son, Gary N. Webster, astride the same 1976 KZ900, 38 years later. My son is also in uniform, he recently took a promotion from a sergeant to a warrant officer. Hopefully this bike passes on to a grandkid someday.

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