1972 KZ1000 my ass

The engine block doesn't look at all like a Kawasaki. The Kaws have peaks in front and back where the DOH cams are located in the top end. The bikes in that pic don't.

Which bike?

I think what he's saying is the KZ head is much larger on top, whereas the CB is much smaller. The difference is two cams versus one.

The cam-cover part of the KZ head is larger than the fin part of the head, whereas the cam-cover part of the CB head looks smaller than the fin part.

It would be extremely difficult to make the KZ head look like a CB head purely due to size, even if you put a similarly shaped, fake, valve cover on the KZ, it would be so huge you could tell it wasn't a CB.

roy-b-boy-b wrote: Which bike?

The 2 police bikes,The 1 you posted is the real deal Roy

Here's what the z1 disguised as Honda's looked like. Doesn't look like they tried to cover up the motor. (Z1enterprise Jeff pointed out this photo)
www.flickr.com/photos/koups/5625480966/#...hotostream/lightbox/

From the same link:

www.policemotorunits.com/id236.html

I'm not convinced on these either. Did KZp's ever use Comstar wheels, and if so, why? Kaw was using Enkei's by 1977 (but not 5-spoke Enkei's).

They sure do look happy.

andy9802gt wrote:

Kawickrice wrote: They do look like Honda's but my eyes are to bad to see the motor

The hell with what they look like, they didn't make the 1000 until '76.

77 was the first year of the 1000.