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20 Jun 2007 17:22 #151255
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Early KZ1000 or J head? was created by smd
Any experts out there who can identify
this head
from ebay photos? My guess is that it's the earlier type of head, but I'm not sure, and the seller evidently doesn't know. Thanks.
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20 Jun 2007 17:34 #151261
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Don't the words "this head" show up as a link? Maybe it didn't work. Here:
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Post edited by: kzrider, at: 2007/06/21 06:20
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20 Jun 2007 18:21 #151277
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Replied by Jeff.Saunders on topic Early KZ1000 or J head?
It looks like a KZ900 head - the exhaust stud appears to be 6mm not 8mm - whatever, it's not a J head. So it's be a fit for a Z1 900 thru 1980 KZ1000
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20 Jun 2007 18:24 #151279
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someday i will be able to afford my kz habit.
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jeff is the man.
it's a kz head not a j
good price so far
it's a kz head not a j
good price so far
someday i will be able to afford my kz habit.
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20 Jun 2007 18:25 #151280
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That is NOT a J head.
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20 Jun 2007 19:14 #151310
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Thanks, guys. But damnit--forty bucks buy-it-now, and it's local too. Ah well.
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20 Jun 2007 23:05 #151384
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Yep 900. Probably has cracks from the exhaust seats to the spark plug holes.
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21 Jun 2007 11:28 #151500
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Harley Davidson- Turning gas into noise without the harmful affects of horsepower for over 100 years.
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Can't beat it for the price. If it is complete junk then you are only out $38. I see a cam cap bolt missing. Maybe it is just missing or maybe it is stripped. I would count on installing a few helicoils, blasting the carbon of the pockets. At least that way you would not be disappointed if it needed work. It might be ready to bolt on. You just never know.
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21 Jun 2007 12:23 #151513
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Replied by wiredgeorge on topic Early KZ1000 or J head?
The head ain't a J and it ain't a 79/80... Jeff's eyes are better than mine on the stud size... I can't really tell if they are 6mm or 8mm but if they are 6mm like Jeff thinks, the head likely isn't a Z1 head as they were black for the first couple years. The 79/80 head have the holes running down to the exhaust port runners for reburn of goop.
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21 Jun 2007 12:25 #151515
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Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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74-75 z1s were bare aluminum;)
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21 Jun 2007 12:34 #151518
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The cam caps tell you it's not a 73 or 74 head - those caps are 'ribbed' and these in the picture are not. The studs are certainly 6mm - so it's either a late Z1 or KZ900 head. The shape of the fins looks more like late Z1 style than KZ900. The KZ900 fins tended to be more 'knife-edged'. I'd say it's a 75 Z1B head.
Also, there are no castings in the intake area for the vacuum take-offs that you'd see on the earlier Z1 heads.
Also, there are no castings in the intake area for the vacuum take-offs that you'd see on the earlier Z1 heads.
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