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Searching for my dad's old KZ900.
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Model: Z1B
Year: 75
Frame: 047812
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Original owner 78 1000 LTD
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As Dave said, Good Luck with your search! Mike
A little added info, the Kawasaki 900s 1973 thru 1975 are Z1s (Z1, Z1A and Z1B) The 1976 model was slightly restyled and civilized and became the KZ900.
Former M.E. at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing, Lincoln, NE
1966 W1 (the Z1 of 1966-50H.P. and 100mph!)
1974 Z1
1978 KZ1000 LTD
1976 KZ900B pile O parts
1980 KZ750E
1980 Honda XL250S (I know, wrong flavor!)
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Good luck, it would be a great success story to have your fathers bike back.
1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
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Good luck with your search.
I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.
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What year did he buy the bike ?I'm trying to find my dad's old 1975 Kawasaki KZ900. He took it on his senior trip from Alabama to Colorado and I would love to purchase and restore it. His dad bought it for him under the condition he would have to sell it when he got back home. Any help would be awesome and very much appreciated! Here's what I know about it. This was obtained from a service card he's been keeping in his wallet since who knows when.
What year did he sell the bike ?
Police are not supposed to use the lein machine for personal use.Oh okay. I'll try that. I have several friends in law enforcement and am back in law enforcement myself now but can't (well...shouldn't) use national registration databases to look it up. They frown on that kinda thing which is a bummer because that would make it so much easier. And thanks for the tip on the differing year models and terminology. That will come in handy looking stuff up on it. Appreciate all of you!
Someone who is interested in purchasing the bike can legally request the information.
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Legality and access issues aside, I'm wondering if state or national databases would actually contain Z1 owner data. It seems possible that anything older than 1981, when they established a standardized 17-character VIN format, might not be available.Police are not supposed to use the lein machine for personal use.
I know the last time I transferred a title for a KZ the local office did the entire process on paper and then mailed the forms, because there was no way to enter a non-standard VIN into the computer.
Given how much time has passed since the 17-character VIN format was implemented, and the difficulty of supporting non-standard VINs in computer databases, it seems very likely that this information has not been digitized.
'78 Z1-R in blue , '78 Z1-R in black, '78 Z1-R in pieces
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1982 GS1000sz Katana ( #15...17K Miles)
1982 GS1000sz Katana ( # 297....7100k Miles)
1978 Kz1000 Z1R. 10K Miles1
1978 kz1000 z1r 27k miles
1977 KZ 1000 A ( Project ) 54K Miles
1976 Kz900A4 (Red)21K miles
1976 Kz900A4 ( Red)7500 miles
1974 Z1 900 project
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