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Maybe the Coolest 650/4 add ever? 03 Jun 2020 10:00 #827213
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I think this is the coolest add they ever did for the then new KZ650! However I am biased being as I worked at the Lincoln factory and purchased my first Kawasaki in December of 1977, a brand new shiny red 650 just like the one pictured in the add. I was really excited about the new KZ650 when the first one appeared in Lincoln, it seemed just the right size for me @ about 5'7" and about 130lbs. at the time. I had mine painted silver(actually the base coat for the 900 LTD persimmon) at the plant, crazy they would do that at the time. I added a four into one pipe,( and probably threw away the stock exhaust like almost everybody did), and rejetted 26mm carbs with velocity stacks. I had a lot of fun with that bike!
Mike Former M.E. at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing, Lincoln, NE
1966 W1 (the Z1 of 1966-50H.P. and 100mph!) 1974 Z1 1978 KZ1000 LTD 1976 KZ900B pile O parts 1980 KZ750E 1980 Honda XL250S (I know, wrong flavor!) |
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Maybe the Coolest 650/4 add ever? 03 Jun 2020 10:07 #827214
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Maybe the Coolest 650/4 add ever? 03 Jun 2020 11:47 #827219
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Maybe the Coolest 650/4 add ever? 17 Aug 2020 07:49 #833086
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Remember that well and have a couple of em in my old stash of mags........... Raises my blood pressure in a good way still.
 1978 KZ650 b-2
700cc Wiseco kit 10 to 1. 1980 KZ750 cam, ape springs, stock clutch/ Barnett springs. Vance and Hines Header w/ comp baffle and Ape pods, Dyna S and green coils, copper wires. 29MM smooth bores W/ 17.5 pilots, 0-6s and 117.5 main 16/42 gearing X ring chain and alum rear JT sprocket. |
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