identification needed etc, thank you

well i am in the other forum kwak twinw owners and just got told off for posting to mych in there about teh inline 4..

so i need to get my head round this and i know i have written loads in posts already. lol.

i have a Z400 which i have been told is a jap version and is the Z400J.

iwas told The 400 four was available in germany, too. It shares many components with it´s siblings, the 500 and 550 inline fours, but which ones? the GPZ KZ Z and what model, G F B etc. i dont what to order parts that are not gona fit and will messed it up. plus then i will know what to look at if i get problems.

ENGINE NO. KZ400EE038624
FRAME NO. KZ400K - 002413


they found this for me tho
kzrider.com/archive/viewthread.php?tid=75#pid27540

members.home.nl/verbra/45tech.htm

members.home.nl/verbra/45cylinder1.htm


so i am sorry for driving you alll crazy with this, but i need to get it 100% sorted. lol. many thanks guys and girls:)

Some one showed me this maybe you can find yours on here...

www.zedder.com/msg1.htm#Kawasaki

Best of luck.

Not to worry Brown Bear,

We don't care how many jugs you got.

All are welcome here.

Bill


Brown Bear wrote:

well i am in the other forum kwak twinw owners and just got told off for posting to mych in there about teh inline 4..

so i need to get my head round this and i know i have written loads in posts already. lol.

i have a Z400 which i have been told is a jap version and is the Z400J.

iwas told The 400 four was available in germany, too. It shares many components with it´s siblings, the 500 and 550 inline fours, but which ones? the GPZ KZ Z and what model, G F B etc. i dont what to order parts that are not gona fit and will messed it up. plus then i will know what to look at if i get problems.

ENGINE NO. KZ400EE038624
FRAME NO. KZ400K - 002413


they found this for me tho
kzrider.com/archive/viewthread.php?tid=75#pid27540

members.home.nl/verbra/45tech.htm

members.home.nl/verbra/45cylinder1.htm


so i am sorry for driving you alll crazy with this, but i need to get it 100% sorted. lol. many thanks guys and girls:)

jayw704 wrote:

Some one showed me this maybe you can find yours on here...

www.zedder.com/msg1.htm#Kawasaki

Best of luck.

had a look. myne is 1984 manufactured. its not there. lol. dammit. thank you tho

Brown Bear:

I have been digging through my literature on Kawasaki that were exported from Japan and your bike is not there ...there is no '400K' model [the 400J model would have a 'J' in the sixth position of the frame VIN]. This makes your quest even more difficult as the bike is probably a 'gray' export from Japan (and there probably were 'K' models produced for the Japanese home market. It may be close to the J model in terms of style and mechanical issues, but it is difficult to say for sure. I have a similar situation in that I own a Z2A, which is virtually unknown outside of Japan and information re my model is nonexistent...I suspect you are facing the same situation. There will be little or no info available on your model outside of Japan and what is available, is likely in Japanese. You might want to explore some of the Japanese bike sites.

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem...e=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123

will this fit maybe? as i am not sure, i need to start getting the correct parts for the engine. lol.

It is possible...but you still need to find out how your 1984 Z400K model relates to 1980-83 Z400J models. I can find few references to the K model on English-speaking sites.

You could always get a 550 engine.

FWIW I'm sure that most, if not all the parts in that gasket kit will fit

Mcdroid wrote:

It is possible...but you still need to find out how your 1984 Z400K model relates to 1980-83 Z400J models. I can find few references to the K model on English-speaking sites.

if you could that would be handy and i dunno how it relates but that was said on the twin site. aswell as it is sim to the 82/83 550. lol. man imoports are a pain in the crouch

mjg15 wrote:

You could always get a 550 engine.

FWIW I'm sure that most, if not all the parts in that gasket kit will fit

what is FWIW? and as long as they fit im happy as i can get the darn ngine sorted haha. now its teh piston rings. lmao

and as for teh 550 engine i did think about it but i need to work out what is more cost effective as i dont plan on keeping this 400 for too long. its a buold project and sell type then get another KZ prob bigger and easier to find stuff on and that will be the one i change and keep. lol. sorry if this sounds bad

cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kawasaki-KZ-550-KZ550-Z-5...&hash=item5ad4fa6478

found this one aswell. lol.

update. after careful reading of the haynes manual i got a long time ago. (shhhh) it would appear that my stupid grey import relats in description to teh Z400 J3 model in regards to the rear shocks and a few other parts... im doing a complete rewire as it need it and it so far has been a very learning experiance.. (dont get grey imports) so now iv learned the HARD way.. im going to cry.. i have rings ordered thanks to steve from piston broker or is it breakers. well not sure his in the UK and his a fantastic guy will hunt the ends of the earth for parts you cant get and need... so get in touch with him ppl....
oh that reminds me i now need to get the bores honed and thats them done. hehe engine can go bk together. lmao other than the head gasket i need. haha the lower two will be gasket seal... or the make your own material stuff (proper stuff tho)