08 Vulcan

Hello everyone, i'm new to the site but I'm an old rider, Started off on a Yamaha 175 in 1980 then on to a KZ550 been hooked on Kawasaki since. Now that I'm older I have a 08 Vulcan 1600 Nomad, now to the good part I have come across a 1978 KZ1000 Z1r, 46,0000+ miles ridden really hard from the second owner. Good deal for me $500 bucks, it has a low Vin # engine is 006183, frame is 006185. I was told by an old Kawasaki guru that some engines were pulled during the production run and put on the dyno to check horsepower, some got out of sync number wise. Can anyone tell me if that is true???? there were only 17,001 built in 1978. Also I have met the salesman of this bike when it was sold from House of Kawasaki in early 1978. Thank you so much.

Welcome to the madness......

Hello, 08 Vulcan, and WELCOME to KZr!

This new introductory topic has been created specifically for you and your bikes.

Good Fortune!

I don't think there are many young riders left on KZ's (at least in Australia) so welcome especially with a Z1R, I have to admit I don't remember my frame and engine numbers but I thought they were further apart than yours is. My bike was one of the very first batch to arrive into Australia and I'm the original owner.
Any pictures, details of its condition, the price looks good.

Tomcat57 wrote: Welcome to the madness......

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