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Kawasaki Big Spender

The Dutch practice several forms of motorcycle competition. The most popular and widespread form is acceleration racing, and many Dutch people enjoy Sunday racing.
One of these racers has truly driven down many roads. He is Henk Vink, who started collecting records for the standing quarter-mile and the kilometer in 1974.

That year Vink built a special motorcycle with a Kawasaki 900 engine that was powered up by supercharging. It generated 180 h.p. and weighed just over 300 pounds.
Thanks to this favorable power-weight ratio, Vink covered the quarter-mile in 9"48 and the kilometer in 18"42. At the end of the quarter-mile Vink was going at a speed of more than 165 m.p.h. Records are made for breaking. Vink could find no rivals in the Old World who were worth worrying about, so he decided to prepare an even more powerful motor

cycle to break the American records, which the FIM had never recognized. In order to do the quarter-mile in less than 8"50, Vink built a new vehicle that had been designed by Jan Smit in October, 1975. This special creation was propelled by two Kawasaki 900 four-cylinder engines with supercharger and generated 450 h.p.— more than twice the power of his last motorcycle.

Motorcycle: Kawasaki Big Spender Manufacturer: Kawasaki Industries Ltd.,
Tokyo. Henk Vink, Holland Type: Acceleration racing Year: 1975
Engine: Two Kawasaki four-cylinders, four-stroke. Two-shaft overhead chain distribution, with supercharger. Displacement 1,917.5 cc. (68 mm. x 66 mm.)
Cooling: Air
Transmission: Two-speed automatic Power: 450 h.p.
Maximum speed: Depending on gears Chassis: Double cradle, continuous, tubular. Front, telescopic suspension; rear, rigid
Brakes: Front, double hydraulic disk; rear, hydraulic disk