Vintage Magazine Articles and Advertisements

for anyone who does not have a method to enlarge these to read...i grab and drag the indiv pic to my adrs bar and then it open in a screen alone where i can can tap it to read...my way ...works for me


folks hadbeen asking for a few teaser pages of Kevins Book...hope iit gives an idea of the thought pattern he is teaching as well as the advice....from the front tire to the back he goes into every part and what it will be doing in is day...why...and what can be done to improve ....

Old school Yoshimura brochure. No credit is mine, I saw these on a thread that's a few years old, irishwill posted them.

Wow! That dyno chart looked pretty impressive to say the least. 130+ HP out of a 987cc KZ.
Nice thread!!!!

for what its worth...

i got rid of all those mags and this thread should continue or archive for the amount of KZ and era info compiled..

anyone wanna ad to it with their articles or see it get saved as a thread?


shame to lose this stuff

I think the s1 in the above mag is the same bike I photographed around 1995..
Let me know what you think? steve

s1elr wrote: I think the s1 in the above mag is the same bike I photographed around 1995..
Let me know what you think? steve

I'm not sure what S1 means. I have a hunch: Superbike 1000ccs?

I dont think so, the ones that Eddie rode in races his winning year were cut apart and destroyed according to Rob Muzzy parts where sold off ,but no complete bikes are possible despite rumors and claims to be "the bike"...he kept both the steering necks to confirm the vins with his records for other reasons ,after cutting the bikes up himself.......

s1elr wrote: I think the s1 in the above mag is the same bike I photographed around 1995..
Let me know what you think? steve

answer about what a S1 is





Until 1980, Kawasaki was content to let others, such as the Vetter and Racecrafters teams, race their bikes for them. Now they recruited a young rider named Eddie Lawson for a factory backed Superbike team. Another racer of great promise, Wayne Rainey, would later join the effort.

Rob Muzzy would build and tune the bikes that Eddie Lawson rode to the championship in 1981. To commemorate the win, Kawasaki built "the most striking, most performance-ready street-legal Superbike ever. The brand-new 1982 Kawasaki KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica." (Quote from the KZ1000R brochure.)

Based on the standard KZ1000J model, the R1 had the fuel tank, rear-set footpegs, oil cooler and wheels from the GPZ1100. A GPZ style fairing and lower handlebar were added along with a Kerker KR-series four-into-one header. Revised steering geometry and suspension improved the handling. The motor was unchanged. Motorcyclist Magazine got an ET of 11.56 from their test bike in1982. That may seem slow in comparison to today's 10 second 600's and ZX12's running mid-9's, but it was quite respectable at the time.

If you had the urge to go even faster on an '82 Kawasaki, you could purchase the KZ1000S1. This was no replica--this was the real deal. For a mere £8000 a ready-to-race Superbike could be in your driveway.

At the crankshaft, the motor put out 136 horsepower compared to the 79 of the R1. Eddie Lawson's race bike was said to have 149 horsepower. Harnessing all this power was a braced swing arm and huge brakes attached to the Dymag magnesium rims.

The power may have been harnessed, but it certainly wasn't tamed. These motorcycles were being ridden much faster and harder than their designers intended. The frames would twist and flex from the horsepower and cornering loads. It was common for the riders to be seen sliding the bikes around the turns. Rob Muzzy was quoted as saying," those bikes were like dirt-tracking on the pavement. You really had to muscle them around."

This era was a turning point for Kawasaki, whose racing efforts in the 1970's had limited success. No longer would this be the case. To this day the green bikes are a force to be reckoned with, having a heritage of power and reliability.

anyone else have any vintage kz-z-gpz articles to share...i for sure have a great vintage copy, Lawson superbike seasons interview ,like 6-8 pgs long from a old Cycle News on my other laptop ...poor quality copy but readable....it's at work now...stay tuned

Who can post the advertisement for the 450mph club??
starring 1984 GPz1100, GPz750Turbo & GPz900.

NZGlenn wrote: Who can post the advertisement for the 450mph club??
starring 1984 GPz1100, GPz750Turbo & GPz900.

?? Never heard of it, but one of my cars has traveled at more than 450 mph (not with me in it). Ed

It may have been in a mag from the UK.
I used to have it pinned to my bedroom wall, back in the day.

Impressive! Would like to see that. I only got one car, it might do 100!!