are generator covers universal for certain years?

i am looking for a new generator/flywheel outer cover for my 1980 kz750 twin. i found one on ebay and t looks the same but is an 82', obviously am having trouble locating one that doesn't cost my first born since i apparently have an odd duck of a bike.

Check on your favorite OEM parts site to see if they use the same cover gasket.

i have been searching parts sites for a couple of hours with really no luck

A pic or two could be helpful. :whistle:
Steve

www.partzilla.com/parts/detail/kawasaki/KP-14031-1040.html

One phase alternator or three?
Steve

The 82 750-M1 CSR Twin is a chain drive model, so the cover will probably fit. It uses the same gasket.
Any difference is most likely only cosmetic, but I haven't compared them to verify.

Partzilla ->> oem parts -->> Kawasaki -->> motorcycle -->> 1980 -->> KZ750-G1 Ltd-II -->> etc

I'm pretty sure the 750-Twin engine stuff is interchangeable throughout the model range. The belt drive models might vary in regards to the output shaft & stuff related to the mission cover & pulley & that sort of thing.

lilpeaty wrote: i have been searching parts sites for a couple of hours with really no luck

Look up the gasket part number from a 1980 and then from a 1982. If they are the same part number than you know the covers are most likely going to interchange.

Tell you what, I did it for you and they are in fact the same. I was trying to teach you how to fish instead of giving you a fish.

:woohoo:

If you check the parts list, it will also tell you all the bikes that used that exact same part. If yours is a 1980 KZ750E/H1, the generator cover from any of these bikes are a match:

This Kawasaki 14031-1040 COVER,GENERATOR is used on these models and components:
1980 KZ650-E1 LTD ENGINE COVERS
1980 KZ650-F1 ENGINE COVERS
1980 KZ750-E1 ENGINE COVERS ('80 KZY 50-E1)
1980 KZ750-E1 ENGINE COVERS ('81 -'82 KZ750-E2-E3)
1980 KZ750-H1 LTD ENGINE COVERS ('80 H1)
1980 KZ750-H1 LTD ENGINE COVERS (KZ750-H2-H3)
1981 KZ650-H1 CSR ENGINE COVERS ('81-'82 H1-H2)
1981 KZ750-E2 ENGINE COVERS ('80 KZY 50-E1)
1981 KZ750-E2 ENGINE COVERS ('81 -'82 KZ750-E2-E3)
1981 KZ750-H2 LTD ENGINE COVERS ('80 H1)
1981 KZ750-H2 LTD ENGINE COVERS (KZ750-H2-H3)
1982 KZ650-H2 CSR ENGINE COVERS ('81-'82 H1-H2)
1982 KZ750-E3 ENGINE COVERS ('80 KZY 50-E1)
1982 KZ750-E3 ENGINE COVERS ('81 -'82 KZ750-E2-E3)
1982 KZ750-H3 LTD ENGINE COVERS ('80 H1)
1982 KZ750-H3 LTD ENGINE COVERS (KZ750-H2-H3)
1983 KZ650-H3 CSR ENGINE COVERS ('81-'82 H1-H2)
1983 KZ750-H4 LTD ENGINE COVERS ('80 H1)
1983 KZ750-H4 LTD ENGINE COVERS (KZ750-H2-H3)

His bike is a Twin --- the 1980 model is a 750-G1 Ltd II.
The generator cover & gasket are completely different from the 750-4s.

Thanks guys, i found the part i needed after looking up a couple of different sites after Nessim said something about OEM sites. Getting that cover off was a real pain. None of the bolts wanted to move at all but we got them all out without stripping any of them. so thank you for all of the help.