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Leesburg Bikefest Kicks Off April 7, 2011

The rally season is in full swing and the 15th Leesburg Bikefest kicks off April 7th with 40 free concerts on eight stages, the Rat's Hole Bike Show, Wall of Death, Extreme Bike Demos, bikini contests, tattoo contests, Mr. Lucky Man Contest and more.


Check out the Official 2011 Event Guide!


Admission is free to all venues and all concerts, including Slaughter in concert at 9pm Friday, April 8th and Jackyl at 9:30pm Saturday, April 9th with opening act, The Greg Billings Band (formerly of Stranger) at 6:30pm.


Also on stage Saturday night will be the AC/DC tribute-band Highway to Hell.


Traffic on Main Street in Leesburg, Florida will be "Motorcycles-only" during the rally, April 7 to 10. The rally draws 200,000 to 300,000 bike enthusiasts to the little town in Central Florida.


The Rat's Hole Museum of Bikes will be transported to the 15th Leesburg Bikefest -- The largest number of Rat's Hole custom-built bikes ever on display at a rally bike show.


Leesburg Bikefest will kick off at Gator Harley Davidson at 9am Thursday, April 7th with vendors and entertainment.


The Opera House Saloon Early Arrival Party on Thursday is 3pm to 2am.


The Rat's Hole Bar Kick Off Party is also 3pm to 2am hosted by Rider NOW Magazine.




To register a bike go to http://www.ratshole.com/

Kawasaki G4TR

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99cc. The G4TR was the evolution of the first rotary valve single cylinder Kawasaki's,starting with the little J1 85cc street bike in the early 1960's imported into the USA.It's roots are more akin to the GA and G3 series that came a bit later although.

 This was the first of the small singles (to the best of my knowledge) to use the aluminum cylinder with cast iron liner for superior cooling like it's bigger counterparts,the F3 "Bushwacker",F7 175,F8 250 "Bison", F5 350 "Bighorn" and it's racing brother the mighty-mite G31M (chrome bore).

 1970 was the first model year for the "Trail Boss" 100cc, 10 speed.The high/low ranges of the main 5 speed gearbox are selected by a lever on the left hand engine cover,eliminating the task of switching rear sprockets as was more common on earlier street-trail and enduro machines.

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