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06 Sep 2006 17:45 #74958 by mxned
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Hello KZ riders! I just bought a 1977 Kawasaki Z 750 four.Has anyone heard of this bike? It is a Japanese model,This bike was bought new by a fellow in U.S. navy stationed in Japan and shipped back here in 1978.It needs restored and i need pics of one any advice on where i can get a pic.

Ned

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06 Sep 2006 17:55 #74960 by kawsakiman
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check out the gallery! and welcome!

someday i will be able to afford my kz habit.

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06 Sep 2006 18:06 #74961 by JR
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In north Amuerica it was called the KZ750. Elsewhere it was called the Z750. Same bike different label. I did think however that the 4 cylinder was not introduced until 1980.

You can find some basic info here www.bikez.com/motorcycles/kawasaki_z_750_1980.php and more pics in the gallery like kawasakiman says

1980 kz750E1, Delkevic exhaust

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06 Sep 2006 18:20 #74964 by mxned
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Thanks for the info!The bike is a inline 4cyl it looks just like kz 900! it is pretty cool all the warning labels are in japanese writing.

Ned

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06 Sep 2006 20:43 #75007 by apeman
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That Japanese writing makes yours a very rare bike in the US. You can be sure yours was made in Japan. I have three KZ750 4 cylinder bikes, and two were made in Lincoln, Nebraska, and one (the earliest model) was make in Japan.

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PREVIOUS KZs: 1980 KZ750H with 108,000 miles; 1980 KZ750E with 28,000 miles; and KZ750H street/cafe project, all sold a few years back.

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06 Sep 2006 20:54 #75009 by The Gringo
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Welcome aboard mxned. I am guessing from your screen name here you live close to me. I saw a fellow in Cleveland had one of these for sale on Ebay awhile back and I'm guessing you must be the lucky new owner. Just to clear things up for the rest of the crew here this bike is not a 750 based on the KZ 650 engine it is a 750 based on the 900 engine. This means that it has a roller bearing crank as opposed to the plain bearing cranks used in the 650's and later the 750's. That is indeed a rare find here in the states. I would love to get a look sometime, that is if you are indeed from Massilon.

Andy
Akron, Ohio
80 Z-1 Classic-Sold
84 GPZ1100
79 KZ 1000 LTD
78 KZ 1000 A2
77 KZ 1000 LTD-Sold
76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
76 KZ 900-Sold gone to Denmark
KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
KZ 550 times 2 80 440LTD-Sold
81 CSR 305-Sold 81 Yamaha XS650 Special

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07 Sep 2006 03:16 #75034 by Mcdroid
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Welcome aboard Ned...you, indeed, have a rare bike. These early (1973-77) 750/4's were never officially imported into North America but a few were privately shipped over here. When you search for parts or order parts, your bike is a termed a Z2 and many parts off the Z1/KZ900 will interchange....we need pictures!!!:lol:

Sorry, didn't answer your question(s). Let me do some digging for a photo...if I recall correctly, the paint schemes were similar to the Z1 line but they did diverge around the year of your bike. As for a shop manual, the Z1 manual will work but for some of the material, little is available in English. There are at least two members of this forum who own Z2's...one in Houston, Tx, and the other in Las Vegas, NV. Neither have been active in quite some time.

Post edited by: Mcdroid, at: 2006/09/07 06:27

Michael
Victoria, Texas

1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
1975 Z2A

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07 Sep 2006 05:14 #75044 by JR
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Ahhhhhhhhhh now that indeed is different from what I though it was. Like everyone else I'd love to see pics of the finished product.

1980 kz750E1, Delkevic exhaust

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07 Sep 2006 05:27 #75046 by cnyl
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WE WANT PICS WE WANT PICS WE WANT PICS.... lol:P

1982 KZ1000 M2 CSR
North Port, FL

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07 Sep 2006 08:39 #75092 by Mcdroid
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Michael
Victoria, Texas

1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
1975 Z2A

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07 Sep 2006 18:29 #75180 by mxned
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Thank you everyone for the info! I will send some pics soon! she is a little rusty,but one day she will be a beauty!!!!.I just wish the previous owner could find the owners manual written in japanese.

Ned

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07 Sep 2006 21:03 #75211 by rstnick
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Welcome.
Here's a Z2 related post in the archives: kzrider.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=23712
and another: Z2
another: Z2 750

Rob
CANADA

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1978 KZ650 C2, 130K kms, Delkevic ex, EI, CVK32, PMC easy clutch, ATK fork brace, steering damper, braced swingarm, ZRX shocks, 18" Z1R front wheel.
2000 ZRX1100
2011 Ninja 250R - Wife's
2005 z750s (aka GPz750)
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