1978 Edition Clymer: Chapter on Z1 Performance Improvments
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1978 Edition Clymer: Chapter on Z1 Performance Improvments
25 Jul 2024 13:14 - 25 Jul 2024 13:34
When I bought my Z1 from the original owner, he handed over a trove of old magazines, documents, and this clymer manual. It is full of random notecards with part numbers, receipts, and notes scrawled on pages throughout.
What is interesting about this clymer, versus ones for other bikes I've owned is the performance improvement chapter. It's a fascinating look into performance modifications of the era and has more or less been the process I have followed with improving the bike from where the previous owner left off (such as shots, springs, ignition, etc).
here's a link to the uploaded pages:
imgur.com/gallery/kawsaki-z1-performance...lymer-manual-pmaaXc8
And here are the images resized for this forum (I don't know if it's just me, but this forum doesn't seem to auto resize linked images based on the viewers resolution).
What is interesting about this clymer, versus ones for other bikes I've owned is the performance improvement chapter. It's a fascinating look into performance modifications of the era and has more or less been the process I have followed with improving the bike from where the previous owner left off (such as shots, springs, ignition, etc).
here's a link to the uploaded pages:
imgur.com/gallery/kawsaki-z1-performance...lymer-manual-pmaaXc8
And here are the images resized for this forum (I don't know if it's just me, but this forum doesn't seem to auto resize linked images based on the viewers resolution).
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Re: 1978 Edition Clymer: Chapter on Z1 Performance Improvments
25 Jul 2024 17:51
My go - to is almost always the FSM, but I also have had an old Chilton's from years ago. It has a similar performance chapter at the end, but not as comprehensive or in depth as the Clymer you included above. Thanks, makes for interesting reading.
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Re: 1978 Edition Clymer: Chapter on Z1 Performance Improvments
25 Jul 2024 19:30
Very cool.
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1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough
www.kzrider.com/11-projects/620336-anoth...uild-thread?start=24
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