GPZ750 Crank bearings

Just wondering where you guys get Big end and crank slipper bearings for the 650/750 Kawasaki 4 cylinder engines.
I have an 1982 GPZ750..
Thanks

They show as available from USA part sources like Partzilla.  Another option is check ebay.

And, I think the later year ZR-7 engine used a variation of the same bearings.  Daftrusty posted about this detail if you care to dig the info out of the archives.

Partzilla shows two of the three sizes in stock, the other supposedly ships in 2-3 days.

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They show as available from USA part sources like Partzilla.  Another option is check ebay.

And, I think the later year ZR-7 engine used a variation of the same bearings.  Daftrusty posted about this detail if you care to dig the info out of the archives.

Thanks Ed, I'll send Rusty an email. The US is killing its small business trade overseas with ridiculous shipping charges, I  had a recent email exchange with a fairly large motorcycle business in the US, I sold him some High performance stuff I had, he does a lot of international business and that part of his business is dying off, he was really annoyed about it. I sent him a 20kg box, 600mm x 300mm x 300mm, it cost me just under 120USD to  send, I was recently quoted over 350USD shipping for a stator cover with stator, The seller actually sent me the shipping quotes to prove he wasn't trying to rip me off, that's insane.. I've recently bought stuff from Japan, the Netherlands and the UK with none of those problems.   We can't even get VHT paint here since mid last year, my local auto shop had 176 cans of one colour on back order, that's ONE COLOUR,  its a complete joke. I recently waited over a month for a part from the US, it was sent Express Post by a friend, it spent the first 4 weeks doing a tour of the US, once it finally got on a plane it was here in 3 days.   Are you guys having problems like that domestically or is it just an international problem from the US ?
I should have mentioned that I'm in Australia, I'm trying to find something closer to home if at all possible,  or maybe Europe or Japan...
Sorry for the rant but I used to buy a lot of stuff from the US, shipping costs have all but killed that...

I'm not sure  about rest of 48 states and Alaska, but I can tell you it's a USPS problem, at least here in Hawaii. Started about 5 years ago. You probably need to get the map of the whole US out, but let me give you some idea how bad is it. Mind you, I live in HAWAII. please let that sink in.

About 5 years ago, I sent my US passport to CA to get it renew. Local passport agency won't do it unless you're in hurry and ready to cough up additional $120. I had few month but according to passport agency, takes anywhere between 8 to 12 weeks to renew it. So sent it as US Certified Mail and naturally, it has tracking. From what I can remember, it went from Hawaii to Chicago, then I believe it was to DFW and finally to somewhere in CA. Normal 3day trip but paid Certified rate and took more than a week to get there. I did get my passport back in time though.

Just recently, bought something from Ebay. Twice, it went from mainland US to San Juan, PR (that's Puerto Rico), then went back to DFW, then onto somewhere in CA and finally here. I mean come on. I live in HAWAII. Someone doesn't know where that is? If so GOOGLE the f**king place.

That's just to name a few. Don't get me started with that subject. I wish I can retrieve the info from USPS site, but tracking # is long gone (I mean I throw it away). Oh, and it's not USPS problem. I had it with other major carrier as well.

Bottom line. Shipping from Japan and EU is lot cheaper unless the seller offer free shipping. Unless it's USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate box or the shipper has some kind of discount, they don't want to ship it here. Period. Even in US.

I’m based in western australia, so not only do i wait weeks for stuff to arrive from the states into aus, but then usually another 2 weeks to get across to the west coast from the east.

Makes it hard for restoing - find you need a part and have to wait a month before it arrives.

i find stuff gets here quicker from the UK and europe than from the US.

SA motorcycles in south australia have been pretty good for parts for my 1100 unitrack.

i’ve used partzilla a lot in the past but postage has killed that. Same with CMSNL in holland.

I have no idea what the cause of all that crazy shipping is.
If Partzilla and other OEM vendors show the bearings in stock, then any local Kawasaki dealer can get them.

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I’m based in western australia, so not only do i wait weeks for stuff to arrive from the states into aus, but then usually another 2 weeks to get across to the west coast from the east.

Makes it hard for restoing - find you need a part and have to wait a month before it arrives.

i find stuff gets here quicker from the UK and europe than from the US.

SA motorcycles in south australia have been pretty good for parts for my 1100 unitrack.

i’ve used partzilla a lot in the past but postage has killed that. Same with CMSNL in holland.

I'm still buying the occasional part from CMSNL, their prices for shipping have been good, but they use Fedex who I've found pretty poor at times. Fedex , instead of delivering the parcel themselves, sometimes pass off the item to a third party carrier, and automatically mark the tracking delivered, even though it isn't, I've waited 2 weeks after an item was marked delivered before actually getting it. I contacted CMSNL straight away as I didn't have the part and they handled it for me and even resent me the parts, Once, I ended up with 2 lots of parts for the price of one..! Crazy....

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I have no idea what the cause of all that crazy shipping is.
If Partzilla and other OEM vendors show the bearings in stock, then any local Kawasaki dealer can get them.

Thanks, I'm waiting on a call back on Monday, we'll see...

Interestingly i ordered some parts for my vstrom from greece recently and they arrived within 5 days - was DHL express. Cost 31 euros, which i nearly spat my coffee out at, but at least the parts got here quick!

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Interestingly i ordered some parts for my vstrom from greece recently and they arrived within 5 days - was DHL express. Cost 31 euros, which i nearly spat my coffee out at, but at least the parts got here quick!

Yes, sometimes shipping costs are all over the place, I make a habit of checking the shipping labels for price ,  I've found a few sellers skimming on shipping...