1985 ZL900 Eliminator

Nice!

I'd love to find one.

How many miles on it?

TexasKZ wrote:

The Eliminator is a nice bike, but a 1985 VMax will whip it in a head to head drag race. I believe the first stock Kawi to best the 'Max in the 1320 was the ZX11.

In the real world, our part's guy used to whip the crap out of those things every weekend with a 900 Ninja. Chris could ride

Ninja had strut, lowered, Murray & Jet kit for the first year of it' life

larrycavan wrote:

TexasKZ wrote:

The Eliminator is a nice bike, but a 1985 VMax will whip it in a head to head drag race. I believe the first stock Kawi to best the 'Max in the 1320 was the ZX11.

In the real world, our part's guy used to whip the crap out of those things every weekend with a 900 Ninja. Chris could ride

Ninja had strut, lowered, Murray & Jet kit for the first year of it' life

Roger that! I had a Z-1 with open velocity stacks on some miki-29s, no-baffle 'Trapp, and one-down f/sprocket and I used to abuse the local V-Maxs (would that be Maxi???) :laugh: ...through the 8th...I needed my 900 Ninja to keep 'em away for a 1/4, but as stated above: in the real world NO Max ever beat my 900 Ninja.

Ohhhh, but (back to the big E): my buddy was always faster through the 1/8th on his Eliminator than I was on either of my 900s.

...and now back to your regularly scheduled thread...

I need parts for one I recently picked up. Tank,side cover,headlight,rear inner fender and grab rail. Steve 613-283-0159

Back in the early 90s a friend had a VMAX with a full kerker exhaust and jet kit. The fastest I was able to run the 1/4 was a 10.80s.
That because I had to drag the clutch so to keep the tire from coming up or spinning.
After 3 runs my arms would sore up from grabbing so hard to be bars.
Both bike are awesome.

thats enough yamaha talk
they should stick to making guitars and pianos

jeffasaki wrote: thats enough yamaha talk
they should stick to making guitars and pianos

and vintage flattrack motorcycles!

i would like to get a xl1000

ive owned a few yamahas
the 900 eliminator was a dream of mine way back when
i must confess that i like old yamaha 2 strokes
just sold a 1970 HS1B 90 that was pretty cool
if i could get my hands on a TZ750 even just for a ride my life would be better then it is now
but I still love my KAWASAKIS more

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darlington wrote: I need parts for one I recently picked up. Tank,side cover,headlight,rear inner fender and grab rail. Steve 613-283-0159

I’m having starter/starter clutch issues with mine, push start, starter spins but is only grabbing enough to crank the motor twice before the starter just spins. All gears are in good shape, tested starter it’s gear is also in good shape. What’s the difficulty/cost of fixing this? Gave $300 for the bike so I would like to keep but afraid parts are too rare. Any wisdom or input you can share would be greatly appreciated