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Please Help me identify this Bike- Z1000A?
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Today I bought a bike at auction for $100.00. I realized it is a Z1000. Looking at the vin and engine number my guess is that it might be a Z1000A, not sure. Clearly it has been modified no doubt.
Vin No: KZT00A091550
Eng. No: KZT00AE615623
South Africa
Thanks to KZRIDERS for a wonderfull web site.
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1979 KZ1000 Mk2
1982 KZ1000R1 #742
1982 KZ1000R1 #743
1983 KZ1000R2
1982 KZ1000J
1982 GPZ1100B
1978 Z1R D1
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1979 KZ1000 Mk2
1982 KZ1000R1 #742
1982 KZ1000R1 #743
1983 KZ1000R2
1982 KZ1000J
1982 GPZ1100B
1978 Z1R D1
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1980 Kz1000 A4 21000 miles
2005 Road King 150,000 miles
1968 CL125 Honda 11,000 Miles
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- I need more power Scotty....
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Check out (Google it) AC Sanctuary's MKII builds for how awesome one of these can be...if you have deep pockets, that is.
2-04 R1, 81 CSR1000, 81 LTD1000, 2-83 GPz1100, 3-79CBX, 81 CBX, 3-XS650, 84 Venture, +parts
Quote "speed costs money...how fast do you want to go?" (Which Z movie?)
Universal formula for how many motorcycles one should own = n + 1, where n is how many motorcycles you own right now....
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Regards
1979 KZ1000 Mk2
1982 KZ1000R1 #742
1982 KZ1000R1 #743
1983 KZ1000R2
1982 KZ1000J
1982 GPZ1100B
1978 Z1R D1
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2-04 R1, 81 CSR1000, 81 LTD1000, 2-83 GPz1100, 3-79CBX, 81 CBX, 3-XS650, 84 Venture, +parts
Quote "speed costs money...how fast do you want to go?" (Which Z movie?)
Universal formula for how many motorcycles one should own = n + 1, where n is how many motorcycles you own right now....
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Michael
Victoria, Texas
1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
1975 Z2A
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Kray-Z wrote: Side panels look like 78 Z1R, which are very rare and expensive...engine timing cover appears to be from an 81 and up KZ1000 or KZ1100.
My 1979 KZ400B2 has part numbers molded into the inside of the side covers; that's how I know they're actually for a KZ400D. Well that, and they don't fit 100%.
Maybe Doc has part numbers on his bike's side covers too.
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1980 KZ440B
1981 Yamaha XT250H
1981 KZ440 LTD project bike
1981 GPz550
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This is the best I could find, I think you have a 79 but your numbers exceed the ones in this file
www.z1enterprises.com/store/model/kawasa...rge-4-s/kz1000-77-81
Maybe a location thing?
Also Z1Enterprises is a parts store that a lot of us use so if you find your bike on the list you can click on it for what they have available for that model
78 KZ1000 A2A
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Mcdroid wrote: You might want to double check the VIN numbers as both the frame and motor VIN are way out of range for the Z1000 (1015cc) series.
Thanks for the post, Kawasaki South Africa got back to me this morning. The numbers are 100% correct, it is South African vin and engine numbers. It is a KZ1000 MK2 1980 model. It does seem like the bike is a bit of a bastard with all different parts on it, bit at least the numbers correspond. Now the question is should I bring it back to Original or keep it as is? Im leaning a bit towards original.
1979 KZ1000 Mk2
1982 KZ1000R1 #742
1982 KZ1000R1 #743
1983 KZ1000R2
1982 KZ1000J
1982 GPZ1100B
1978 Z1R D1
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