Pics of KZ1000J?

me too...i almost wanna buy one so i can take it apart a few times and learn where all my goodies route/plug ect.....but then i'd have two....mama aint that dumb...she can count good.......i think they are the average mans access to an elr for the most part...and will leave mine non green just to keep it real...but i wanna superbike era it too....that one was in cananda right...83 1000j...niceMcdroid wrote:

trianglelaguna wrote:

here are a few i've gathered from auctions and will use to reference locations and stuff when i get around to mine...

I saw that one several hours before the auction ended...I drooled...I don't think it sold. Don't see too many J3's.

i've heard the reliability thing a lot too...and then i see the same motor in cop bikes for 25 yrs or so,so figure i can get motors forever and they are always poping up here in ca. like every major city has a c-list cop 1000j for 8-1500......they look cool and have the muzzy/kawi inspired frames and the elr look...the j's i see state side have this tank for the most part ( pic below)

RonKZ650 wrote:

All those pictures except the brochure picture towards the top are European models. We didn't have the KZ1000J with the GPZ1100 style tank in the USA. My dad had a new 81 KZ1000J and it was fast vs, the old model, but reliability stunk. That's probably the reason not many of them around. Few survived the teething period.

this was how mine was in 81 minus the add on stuff,i believe

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trianglelaguna wrote:

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This bike here is pretty sweet.

So when you said the reliability sucks, what were the common problems? So I know what to look out for in the future.

Here is a pic of my 1982. I've had it for a year now and have not had any major issues. Love the way it looks and scoots.

barney wrote:

kawasaki also offered a 1983 1000J for the Canadian market

Does anyone have a pic of the Canadian 1983 J model? They were black with orange/yellow striping like the KZ 750 std. and pretty rare.

grumpy56 wrote:

Here is a pic of my 1982. I've had it for a year now and have not had any major issues. Love the way it looks and scoots.

Man that bike looks bad a$$. What kind of hand bars are those? Do your mirrors vibrate with that setup? Clean bike man.

Thanks Fozzie. Not sure what the bars are (I assume they are stock but don't know for sure). No vibration problems with the mirrors at all and they are Emglo cheapies.

i have the exact same color scheme only not as nice shape but it will be soon i hope i have a 1075 kit and stock original pipes and i'm looking for gauges but that is about all i need.

I see gauges on e-bay fairly often although they usually need some sort of refurbishing.