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Happy new owner of KZ400

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19 Oct 2020 13:56 #837245 by ThatGPzGuy
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Here's a tip. Search for the part number on eBay. Set it up so you get a notification in case someone lists an NOS part. Scored a few rare items that way...

Jim
North GA
2016 Yamaha FJR1300ES
1982 GPz750 R1
1974 Kawasaki H1
1976 Kawasaki KZ400
1979 Yamaha XS650 cafe'
2001 KZ1000P
2001 Yamaha YZ426
1981 Honda XR200 stroked in an '89 CR125 chassis
1965 Mustang
1967 Triumph GT6
1976 Bronco
"If you didn't build it, it's not really yours"

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31 Oct 2020 08:30 #838033 by ThatGPzGuy
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loudhvx wrote: Get those Kz400's while you can. They are drying up just like the 550's before them, and the 650's before that. The 900's and 1000's have been gone for over 10 years.


I was at Barber yesterday. 1,600 motorcycles and not a single KZ400 or KZ200. I registered my complaint LOL.

Jim
North GA
2016 Yamaha FJR1300ES
1982 GPz750 R1
1974 Kawasaki H1
1976 Kawasaki KZ400
1979 Yamaha XS650 cafe'
2001 KZ1000P
2001 Yamaha YZ426
1981 Honda XR200 stroked in an '89 CR125 chassis
1965 Mustang
1967 Triumph GT6
1976 Bronco
"If you didn't build it, it's not really yours"

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31 Oct 2020 08:49 #838035 by krazee1
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ThatGPzGuy wrote: Aha. Someone's cafe project. The KZ400s do make a good cafe platform. My favorite cafe KZ400 (and maybe some inspiration for you):


That is beautiful, makes me want one! A blue with black and gold stripes KZ400 was the first motorcycle to roll off the assembly line in Lincoln NE on January 20th 1975. By coincidence that was also my first day of almost 43 years that I worked there. One of my first jobs was to help hide the first 25 or so examples that had been built so that the Mayor of Lincoln could be there when the first "Official" motorcycle rolled of the line on the 20th.

Mike

Former M.E. at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing, Lincoln, NE
1966 W1 (the Z1 of 1966-50H.P. and 100mph!)
1974 Z1
1978 KZ1000 LTD
1976 KZ900B pile O parts
1980 KZ750E
1980 Honda XL250S (I know, wrong flavor!)
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