I have this bike sitting in my shop at work up here in Alaska, it belongs to another employee, it was given to him by an ex-driver that used to work for me and due to health issues cannot drive much less ride anymore.
I have made an offer and it appears that I will own the bike, I was originally going to pass it up as an old obsolete bike that should just be parted out. I'm not paying a lot for it and we may agree on a rifle swap.
I have two others, one a new Yamaha 1300 and the other a restored 1980 Honda CX 500 Deluxe with a Vetter fairing.
The Z1B looks like crap, seat needs a complete re-cover, engine is all surface oxidized, fuel tank has rust stains inside and paint is all faded out.It turned over easily and appears to have good compression but would not start until I cleaned the point contacts, and then it fired right up with a shot of starting fluid, I will have to use a temporary fuel supply until I clean the tank, I have a setup I used for my Honda, I will probably work on getting it fully running in a day or two on gas, and then I will plan a strategy about what would be the best thing for it like re-polishing the engine or just painting it, I would like to see it shine myself.
Because its been exposed to the elements the chain is all rusted up, the header pipes may have been chrome at one time,they are all rusted right now, they are Kerkers and go to the right side of the bike only. On another forum some people say this year is sought after pretty much and after a good restoration tend to sell at some pretty good prices. I don't know if that still applies, I do know our market in Alaska is pretty much all Harley and Goldwings and not so much for metric vintage bikes.
Sorry no pics, I would when it looks better though. I can do almost anything as I have been a mechanic for 40 years or so, I am still not overly excited about this bike but only by the fact that many others see it as something that needs to be restored that I'm willing to give it some TLC.