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Wasn't there an Eninge ID # thread in the archives that told what year the engines were made?
I look there and here on the filesbase, but couldn't find anything.
If some one can help me the ID on the Engine is:
KZ650BE074851

Try this members.home.nl/verbra/models-sm.htm

There used to be a website devoted to 650's but it looks like it has gone under...this is from another site

Here´s a nice 650 site, don´t know if that´s the one you were thinking about, Mcdroid?

jarle.eltelevest.no/Kawasaki/Series/Z/650/z650.htm

NOTE: He mixed up the engine and frame numbers, numbers with an E in them are engine numbers, numbers without an E are frame numbers, other than that it´s great info.

Don´t miss pg. 2 and 3, buttons are at the bottom of the page, right corner.

Post edited by: onkelb, at: 2006/03/27 13:32

Thanks.
I just picked up another 650 engine and couldn't figure out the year.
It made me wonder because there was not 3 holes for screws in the center of the stator cover, but it had a kickstart.
It looks to be a 1977B2.
Thanks again!

You can also do VIN search on buykawasaki

I already tried buykawasaki.com
The only thing they have for pre-1986 are parts diagrams and manuals 'for purchase'.

Did you get that motor from George in Indy?
If you did it was either a 78 or 79 650SR motor with ~80k miles on it (and almost no compression).
He got it from me

OnkelB wrote:

Here´s a nice 650 site, don´t know if that´s the one you were thinking about, Mcdroid?

Uncle B! Yes, that's the one. I tried to find it through the Z-Megagalerie site but they only had the old address. And yes, I did notice the engine/frame numbers were reversed...they are also reversed on our site for the few 650's listed.

Post edited by: Mcdroid, at: 2006/03/27 15:03

Mario, from the number you posted I´d say it´s a 78 C2, they start at BE043950, 79 C3 starts at BE092001.

The only 650s that have the three bolt holes in the center of the cover are the 77 B1 and C1, they run a different alternator setup (exited field) from the rest of the 650s (permanent magnet) - the three bolts hold the field coil, which a permanent magnet setup does not have.

Apart from the alternator, alt. cover and reg/rec, the rest of the engine is the same and parts will interchange up until the F2 (starting at engine number BE124001) and 80 H models (CSR) where a switch is made to a hy-vo cam chain same as the 750 fours. Up until this switch all the 650s have kickstart.



Edit: Mcdroid, never saw the one you posted before, good one. I have a list from yet another source, it also includes the Z1 and KZ 900 - just uploaded it to the filebase in pdf format, here´s the link:

kzrider.com/component/option,com_docman/.../gid,341/Itemid,231/


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Post edited by: onkelb, at: 2006/03/27 15:08

Did you get that motor from George in Indy?

Yep, good to see it's making it's rounds through the state!

I bought that motor and a front end with the wheel for $10 on eBay, then drove to Cinnci to get it, but all I really wanted was the drilled dual disk rotors off the wheel and the 2.15" wide SR mag wheel

Yep, it's getting around