In the '80s I saw a KZ-1300 six in the service bay of a SoCal dealership. Beyond its sheer size the most remarkable thing about it was how the lower half of its taillight had been scuffed away, as if by road contact during vertical wheelies. The mechanic said it belonged to Doug Domokos, aka "The Wheelie King", and that he used it for shows. OK, now I understand!

To make Arto Nyqvists record even more impressive, he did the quarter mile best of 13.01....sitting backwards!

Dude is bad ass. Doing switchback riding 30 years ago. Damn. Fun to watch

I remember watching this guy perform at the horse race track in the early 80s. He could skid around on his clogs all day on the dirt track.

arto is your name man u are real artist ,my respect

Have seen his skills in a motorbike-journal 1981 ... once there was an advertising badge flat under the engine , was seen only during wheelies .. :) Thank you for posting ,, friendly greets from germany

crazy rider! he's brave on a z1300cc. amazing!

0:15 The way he walks up to the monster and strokes the throttle no doubt he means business.

In the early 80's I worked at a Honda/Kawasaki dealership. My daily rider was a 1976 KZ900 I bought new. I thought it was big and fast until I rode the KZ1300. It made my KZ900 feel small and slow. I used to wheelie my KZ900 as fast as it would go topped out in 5th gear. I highly doubt I would ever consider doing such on a KZ1300 being it's so big and heavy. I thought the same thing about my KZ900 at first being I went from an RD350 Yamaha to the KZ900 but after about 3 months riding it and adjusting to it until it felt as natural as my old RD350 I started to wheelie it too. It was a huge thrill, made the adrenaline flow every time.

Fantastic and shout to the great Steve burns.. kapppish 🇬🇧🇯🇲❤️

In Iran 80s, bikers used to do wheelie by Suzuki GS1000E with a passenger behind him, not difficult

Crazy guy. Amazing stunts. His clog-stunt is one of the best. Watch the speed, crazy. I have seen him 20 years ago in Paderborn. Since this time my talisman at the bike key ring is a little part of his killed tail light :-) Until now, it works-no tail light probs:-)

Awesome!!

The daddy of them all

Kawasaki has some amazing archive footage that’s for sure!!! I’ll go show this to my turbocharged ZX14

that bike is heavy to wheelie

2:42 Wapawapaduuuuuuuu

can't believe that guy is stunting with a helmet like that

Wow it Nice

Gutsyeous moves I have ever seen ! And balls of steel-------------------------------

Sure i saw him at le mans 1983 .said to my mate he's riding that thing facing backwards. .reply don't talk pixxed he was aussume I'd never seen anything like that before

Is this guy crazy, has he got a death wish or something. Riding such a big heavy bike in this way is absolutely beyond belief.

and it's shalf driven folks! the torque reaction is a pig!!!

SiSo!

Impriisionantiiii... Dijo Zague..

Artsin kanssa juotiin viinaa joskus aikoinaan Imatran ajoissa kun Artsi ajoi Superbike-lähdössä!

mds :333 6/5

That motorcycle weighs, what, 700-800 pounds?

avec une moto de 300 kilo chapo

Had a z 1300 I put wide glides on it Made it effortless around town plus lawson seat Was carb model does anyone know The top speed of injection model This stunt guy is amazing by the way

is that an inline 6??

ナイスな男だ

Siichiro honda : well huhhh 🗿🚬

sukulainen

i will wheelie my z1000 but not that. dont even have the balls to wheelie my old zx11. dunno whats gonna happen

i hd a z1300 big lump of a bike bit heavy gone onto a lighter bike now

@zetamanya Normally wearing t-shirt, sabots.

In response to MrRocko3927 that "Dude" riding the z1300 would of had more than a "bad ass" if he had lost control, and crashed the darned thing.

He rides like a black dude in Detroit