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23 Oct 2023 18:24 #890866 by jsewell
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I am John, living in Washington State. My 1975 Z1 is the 67th motorcycle I've owned in 57 years of riding. I bought it in a neglected state, spent many hours fixing it up and now love riding it regularly. I look forward to sharing info on the forum.

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23 Oct 2023 20:39 #890871 by sf4t7
Replied by sf4t7 on topic New Member, 1975 Z1 owner.
Hello John, welcome from Massachusetts.  Out of curiosity - were any of your previous motorcycles Z1's or KZ's ?

Scotty

1974 Z1A
1015
welded Z1 crank
Andrews 1X Cams
Delkevic 4 into 1
Superbike bars
530 conversion

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23 Oct 2023 20:51 #890872 by Wheelhop
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Welcome to the site John.  Would love to see some pics of your Z1.  
 
1978 KZ 1000B (73 tribute)
1977 KZ1000 project
1976 KZ 900
1976 KV 75
1976 Honda Elsinore MT250
1974 Z1 900 project
1971 Honda CT70
2000 ZRX 1100

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23 Oct 2023 21:05 #890873 by jsewell
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Good to hear from you. No previous Z1's and the only Kawasaki I had before was a late 1980's GPZ500 back in the UK (where I'm from) which was brilliant. This Z1 was a stroke of luck barn find. 2 previous owners, 26,000 miles, and apart from looking tatty it was in excellent mechanical order. I'll try to attach a photo of it now. Cheers.
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23 Oct 2023 23:55 #890874 by Wookie58
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Welcome from the UK, that is a stunning ride you have. Great work in bringing it back
1982 KZ1000 Ltd
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/617631...-82-begins?start=192
kzrider.com/filebase-alias?view=download...d-fault-diagnosis&ca

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24 Oct 2023 05:02 #890883 by hardrockminer
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Welcome John!  Lots of Z1 owners here.  Is that original paint?
I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.

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24 Oct 2023 07:10 #890895 by gd4now
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Welcome to the fun!  You have a great looking machine.Looking forward to learning more about it. 
1977 KZ650 B1
Pods and Denco header

OLD KAW OWNERS SMILE ALOT

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24 Oct 2023 07:48 #890898 by jsewell
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Nope. It's a new body set (tank, tail and sides) made in Japan, bought through Z1 Parts (or Z1 Enterprises, both excellent). Ditto the exhaust. Superb quality and a perfect fit. Transformed the bike. I'll add a photo of the bike when I first saw it, untouched for many years sharing an open sided barn with an old Corvette.

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24 Oct 2023 11:35 #890908 by Kelly E
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Nice job on the resurrection John. We had a 75 Z1-B but it was a little more than we wanted to tackle so we sold it to a collector. Whereabouts in Washington are you? I'm south of Stanwood about 50 miles north of Seattle. I recently brought my uncles 77' KZ 1000 LTD back to life.
The Rust Bros. Garage Collection
1974 Honda CB 550 K0
1975 Honda CB 400F Super Sport
1977 Kawasaki KZ 1000 LTD
1980 Suzuki GS 1100E
1982 Honda CB 900F Super Sport
1983 Honda CB 1100F
1984 Honda Sabre 700
1984 Honda Interceptor 1000
1990 Moto Guzzi 1000
1994 Kawasaki ZG 1000 Concours

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24 Oct 2023 19:07 #890921 by hardrockminer
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Yours was originally red and now it's blue.  Mine was blue and now it's red.  But I have a complete blue set if I ever want to change it back.  What did you do with the red parts?  They still look in good shape.
I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.

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25 Oct 2023 18:42 #890967 by jsewell
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Like you, I've kept the original red set in case the next owner wants to change it back. It was quite faded and I prefer the blue. I also have an almost new 4 into one exhaust system which I fitted at first until I could afford the correct 4 into 4 (which is much nicer looking but adds 25lb weight). Will sell that if anyone wants it.

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27 Oct 2023 04:12 #891001 by ronnieV
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Welcome and beautiful z1. Great to see another brought back to its former glory
77 ltd1000 80 ltd1000 78kz1000a ,02 red zrx 12r, 94 cb1000 big one ,03 valkyrie (my couch) 65 olds 442

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