Can anyone ID this tank?

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16 Jul 2020 06:46 #830796 by Andy FitzGibbon

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I'm new to KZs, so this may be an elementary question. I've done a lot of Google image searching, but haven't yet found an exact match.

The bike in the photos is a KZ440, but the tank doesn't look like a KZ440 tank to me. Anyone recognize it? Thanks.

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1980-ish KZ440

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16 Jul 2020 08:59 #830799 by M_a_t_t

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It says I don't have permission to access this page (pics not working).

83 KZ1100A (shaft)
17 Versys X 300 abs
81 kz650h1
81 kz750e2
90 Honda CBR600F (brother's)

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16 Jul 2020 09:05 #830800 by Andy FitzGibbon

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Hmm, let's try again...

1980-ish KZ440

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Oh, the usual... I bowl, I drive around...

16 Jul 2020 10:05 #830805 by DoctoRot

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looks like KZ750E

'78 1000 Long Term Project
'80 750G
750 Twin Big Bore Track Bike

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16 Jul 2020 14:48 #830828 by Andy FitzGibbon

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I did more image searching, and it looks like maybe it's a late KZ400 tank. Only found it on images of 1982 bikes, so maybe small production.

1980-ish KZ440

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17 Jul 2020 07:26 - 17 Jul 2020 07:27 #830865 by martin_csr

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Is that a coffin tank with kind of a raised ridge on top? If so, then it isn't a 750E tank.

1981 KZ650 Competition Sports and Road

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18 Jul 2020 15:57 #830945 by loudhvx

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I don't think the U.S. got that Kz400 model. Are you in Europe?

1981 KZ550 D1 gpz.
Kz550 valve train warning.
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19 Jul 2020 04:35 #830970 by Andy FitzGibbon

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No, I'm in the US. The bike isn't mine, but was for sale in the US. I saved the photos off of Craigslist.

1980-ish KZ440

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19 Jul 2020 09:23 - 19 Jul 2020 09:26 #830982 by loudhvx

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I agree, the mystery tank does look to be from that z400 model you found, but how it got to the U.S. is a guess. The U.S. Usually got models called "kz" but Europe got the same ones called "z". Maybe that same tank was used on a U.S. Kz model but I've never seen one in person that I can recall. I dont think we got any kz400 model in 1982. By then it was all 440 in the u.s.

1981 KZ550 D1 gpz.
Kz550 valve train warning.
Other links.

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20 Jul 2020 09:30 #831054 by Andy FitzGibbon

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Interesting. Thanks for the comments. The tank appears to be pretty similar to a US-spec KZ400 tank, with the big difference being that it has a fuel door instead of the oblong swinging cap.

1980-ish KZ440

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23 Jul 2020 19:05 - 23 Jul 2020 19:08 #831311 by Andy FitzGibbon

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After doing more searching, it looks like the bike I posted photos of started life as a 1982 KZ440G. Looks like it was a one-year-only model in the US, which is why the tank is unusual. Here's one, with the tank partially obscured by a Windjammer fairing...

www.copart.com/lot/50510897/Photos

1980-ish KZ440

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24 Jul 2020 09:27 - 24 Jul 2020 09:32 #831333 by loudhvx

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Nice job finding that. That is a rare bike. I've only seen the Ltd style as belt drive. I'll have to keep my eyes open for that.

I'll repost the photos here. 1982 Kz440G.