KZ900 NEVER BEEN RIDDEN!!!!

I bid at least 11

As for what it's worth I still say $8 large and is it historic and desirable? Yes.
I didn't see anyone saying it was more so than a Z1 (except Motorcyclist in 1981) (which was well into the Z1's Legendary Reign). But it's still worth nuts.... evidently.

If you could find a Japanese collector, it may garner that much money. I'm still reeling from the 78 kz1000ltd for $3200 :blink: Great score. I could see an avid collector who is looking to round out a 70's Kawasaki collection paying a load for it. Still waiting for pictures... I want to see it!

Remember this one?

bigkaw815 wrote:

If you could find a Japanese collector, it may garner that much money. I'm still reeling from the 78 kz1000ltd for $3200 :blink: Great score. I could see an avid collector who is looking to round out a 70's Kawasaki collection paying a load for it. Still waiting for pictures... I want to see it!

Yes sir 3200.00 I had it on ebay with a 2500.00 bid when I got the offer from a local for 3200.00 so I pulled the ad and SOLD it. It's all in the details and the right buyer .Money was nothing to him.[aleadged] Drug dealer easy come easy go.. I used the proceeds to buy my 83 year old Dad with no legs in a nursing home. A new power chair. So good deal for us both...And another thing theses guys are dropping 5 /6 thousand for candy paint jobs and 5K on rims

There was a big thread here on that Classic.
Anyway there is a decent one one for sale on Ebay right now- 2nd time listed.
Don't know why these bikes don't fetch the money, mine has now done 49k miles and starts on the button, efi is great.

Am I crazy, or would a Z-1 Classic look great with a straight seat, straighter bars and a ducktail? Very good looking bike. Also, there is a 1976 kz900 ltd on ebay right now bidding at $2,100 with 23,000 miles! Time to call Japan... :woohoo:

Old Man Rock wrote:

Steve is now know as.... Kaw-Nutless-Man :blink:

hate you sooooooooooo much. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


craig runs a close second.

i worked hard for that second.....first just slipped through my fingers.....arghhhhhhhhkawsakiman wrote:

Old Man Rock wrote:

Steve is now know as.... Kaw-Nutless-Man :blink:

hate you sooooooooooo much. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


craig runs a close second.

The LTD's are unique to North America. In most other markets the bikes are viewed with distain. The Japanese do not collect LTD's.

Kawasaki took a perfectly good 900 and butchered it by putting cheap Jardine pipes on it, turning calipers around on the forks so you can't bleed them, and welding a half-assed bracket on the stock brake pedel to support the rear disk brake. The peanut sized tank only gets about 80 miles between fill-ups. There's no center stand on the bikes, so they are a pain to work on. The bike drags the pipes in any serious cornering...

Having said that, being new, I would think the bike would fetch over $10,000. The issue with any bike that's not been run in 30+ years, it would leak like a sieve when started, and if the engine hasn't been turned over regularly, the valve springs could be very suspect as some will have been compressed for 30 years.

Tommotbird wrote:

Don't know why these bikes don't fetch the money, mine has now done 49k miles and starts on the button, efi is great.

EFI is great when it works... the system was so problematic, that Kawasaki provided a service bulletin telling dealers to replace it with carbs... the vast majority of G & F models (F is the European Mk II that's injected) have experienced failures of the EFI box...

Like the LTD models, the Z1 Classic was a North American only model, and has no appeal in other markets.

im new to the world of bikes, but not vehicles. i have seen first hand that something with less can be worth more... i am a Mercedes enthusiast particularly with the 190E's when they built them for the US they all had power windows, sunroofs, power locks and most had power seats as standard features. In Europe, those were all options, and people will pay big money for one with hand crank windows, manual locks and no sunroof. i will have to agree with what a few others have said... value on something like this will pertain to the buyer, find the right buyer, and you will make a landslide

my $.02