Value of different KZ1000 and KZ1100 models.

It seems like shaft models have lower value than chain models.
Is there interest in J models? Some guy wanted my J frame and motor case.
Do KZ1100 have more value than KZ1000?
81 KZ1100A shaft has 108 HP, do they have higher value?
78 R models with square fuel tank seem to have higher value, but they don't have even 1 more HP than other models.
Do GPZs have high value?

From high to low it's probably;
73 z1
Z1
Mkii
Z1r
Kz900
Gpz11
Kz1000 standard
900/1000 ltd
Kz1000J

Then the other crap (shaft 1000, kz1100, non duck tail 1000's cop bikes etc.) firmly at the bottom. Quick generalization. HP don't mean a thing with these old hunks of junk, they don't have it, they're a blast, but old and starting to show it.

If you're looking at value as paying the least. Look at the listing backwards and buy the cheapest and just have fun

Thanks!
How much can I get for 80 KZ1000 shaft with new tires? $1500?

3 months ago I paid $1750 82 1100 shaft crap Good thing I dont care what other people think........I like it

I would have assumed that the 1000R (ELR) would be near the top.

floivanus wrote: From high to low it's probably;
73 z1
Z1
Mkii
Z1r
Kz900
Gpz11
Kz1000 standard
900/1000 ltd


Then the other crap (shaft 1000, kz1100, non duck tail 1000's cop bikes etc.) firmly at the bottom. Quick generalization. HP don't mean a thing with these old hunks of junk, they don't have it, they're a blast, but old and starting to show it.

If you're looking at value as paying the least. Look at the listing backwards and buy the cheapest and just have fun

Like anything else, ya gotta get in the game early. :whistle:
Steve

TexasKZ wrote: I would have assumed that the 1000R (ELR) would be near the top

You are correct

Yeah, I forgot about that ELR, probably #2, well three if you include the S1

The shaft models are not usually considered performance bikes, just cruisers. Folks who want a kz tend to toss a long swingarm and fat tire in them to look cool. Cant do that on a shaft, makes the price low

floivanus wrote: Yeah, I forgot about that ELR, probably #2, well three if you include the S1

The shaft models are not usually considered performance bikes, just cruisers. Folks who want a kz tend to toss a long swingarm and fat tire in them to look cool. Cant do that on a shaft, makes the price low

& don't forget about the Rickman model,
Pete

KZRog wrote: 3 months ago I paid $1750 82 1100 shaft crap

Nice bike! Did you repaint it or it was like that?

floivanus wrote: Yeah, I forgot about that ELR, probably #2, well three if you include the S1

Yeah...the fabled S1...the most recent one I am aware to be sold went for $107,000 and change...beats the Z1's all to hell.

If we are throwing in the rickmans we cant forget the harris magnum or the egli. But then we are getting a bit too crazy.
And I dont like splitting the Z1 into years (forget the 72 crap, that's an early 73... Just like there isn't a 64 1/2 mustang or a 70 1/2 camaro. Find me official literature that says otherwise...)