New Guy

I believe it's a 1976

cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/kawasaki-1000-19...fPartsQ5fAccessories

Is this the front wheel?

i dont know about the wheels being exact for z-1r...most of these girls are mixed and matched at the factory back then ...ie ..models shared rims ...elec...motors...ect...but the rims on the z-1r in your picture are aftermarket and really nice spoke set ups....id go with them in a heartbeat.....

welcome to z-jungle,if you gave the $500 he posted in the ad for the z1r ill give ya $550 right now! :laugh:

Plummen,

I gave the guy $500 for the Z1R, and for a 1983 Goldwing, not bad hun.

you can keep the goldwing,i just want the z1r! :laugh: z1rs look good with wire wheels

modify it!or not,it's yours now.keep us posted on the progress.

leon holmes

Nice score. I think the z1r's came with 18 inch wheels front and rear.

Kelvin wrote:

Hi All,

My name is Kelvin and I'm new to Kawasaki. I been living over at the Honda cb1100f forums. I love playing with older bikes, not much of a mechanic but I try. I have a few CB1100f a Suzuki GS1100 and now am a proud owner a 78 Z1r. Before you all get to excited this bike have seen better days. First it was striped for a drag bike, then it sat under a tarp for the last ten years. Bought it off CL's

southjersey.craigslist.org/mcy/1190828337.html

He had it listed as a 76 .

I'm not sure what to do with it, restore or resell.

Have a look and please let me know what you think.

Perhaps a Z1RTC Turbo convertd to carbs???.

Here's some info from the web---

Though not a true "factory" product, the Z Turbo Z1RTC was built by the Turbo Cycle Corporation (the TC in Z1RTC) utilizing American Turbo-Pak (ATP) turbocharging kits. TC Corp., headed by former Kawasaki marketing director Alan Masek, essentially bought the turbocharger units from ATP, bolted them up to existing Kawasaki Z1Rs and sold them through "select" Kawasaki dealerships, without warranty.

The kits were essentially basic Z1 kits sold over the counter, however they featured an improved (No. 370F40) Rayjay turbocharger which utilized a thicker heat shield separating the turbine and compressor housings and a new center-bearing that offered improved lubrication. The turbocharger's wastegate came pre-set to operate at 6-8 lbs. of boost, but could easily be insanely increased via an adjusting screw on the bottom of the wastegate. But since the Z1RTC's crank pins were inexplicably not welded -- a common Z1 performance modification -- your $5,000 investment wouldn't last very long if you got the urge to "boost up." And you'd undoubtedly need to run racing fuel to keep the engine from grenading.

In '78 silver-blue trim the Z1RTC was not exactly a sales success. So TCC painted the remaining warehoused Turbos jet black and added racy red/orange/yellow Molly graphics in an effort to make the bikes more appealing. The marketing ploy worked, but some of the credit had to go to the bike's growing reputation as a two-wheeled hellraiser. TCC even added an improved "spider"-type header to replace the ugly "log"-type unit and the Z1RTCs sold out quickly in '79. But the euphoria over the bike's new-found showroom success was short lived as a new law in California made it illegal for dealers to sell any motorcycles with a modified exhaust system (and a turbocharger is about as modified as you can get). So there were no Z1RTCs in 1980 and the "experiment" was dead.

The Z1RTC performs like you would expect any overly-modified, hinged-framed, skinny-tired, inadequately-braked motorcycle to perform. But if you like being scared this is the Turbo for you. Every card-carrying Z1 collector should have one in his/her garage. But, alas, there aren't nearly enough to go around. So expect to pay $7,000-$8,000 for a decent example, if you can find one.

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Good Luck!

I've come to terms that I'll never get the time or money to do what is right for this bike so I'm going to let her go. Offer me a fair price and she can be your project.

Thanks for all your advice.

I live in Exton PA (19341) and you can call me on my cell at 610 350 6870

Kelvin