Z1 tank original paint, insane price on ebay!

$150 for a center stand!!!

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Kapahulu wrote: How high do you think prices will go for this complete set of Z-1 bodywork?

I don't think it will bring as much as that other tank because the other tank had a good layer of genuine Z1 rust in the tank. :laugh:

I'm betting it's a repaint but still original Z1 parts, it'll fetch good money. May be a better alternative than buying the body kit from Z1E. I've been drooling over the burgundy one for weeks now.

Les

i have been to oinks place 4 or 5 times you would not believe the kz frames sitting along his barn there has to be 60 or more iam sure they were good bikes at one time :sick:

Looking at the ebay photos of both sets they looked like original paint and original 73 parts to me. Oinks first set went for over $3000 and it did not look as nice as the one ending today. Just sad to see that first 73 parted out.

I just paid a little over $900. for a tank. After a slight mishap down by the shop, my KZ1000's tank had a very small dent on the underside of the left of the tank. Being really low on the tank and the dark color, you really could not see it but it bothered me so I saw this one on Ebay and went for it. It came in the old original kawasaki box with the exact part number on it so I do not need to paint or decal it - it's a perfect match.

KZ1000LTDPENNSYLVANIA wrote: I just paid a little over $900. for a tank. After a slight mishap down by the shop, my KZ1000's tank had a very small dent on the underside of the left of the tank. Being really low on the tank and the dark color, you really could not see it but it bothered me so I saw this one on Ebay and went for it. It came in the old original kawasaki box with the exact part number on it so I do not need to paint or decal it - it's a perfect match.

Original paint tanks are scarce and the high prices they are generating no longer surprise me. There are, however, deals to be had but it requires a bit of patience and luck to land them. I picked up a tank (KZ1000B1) (never had been on a bike = didn't even have the pin for the latch installed telling me there never was a gascap installed). The seller didn't bother to clean off the 30 years of dust. It looked terrible on the eBay photos and it did, however, have a small dent on the side. I washed it, waxed it, and I had a great tank...I paid US$10.00 + shipping...all because the seller didn't present the tank well in the eBay ad.

Mcdroid,
Don't you just love it when the shipping costs more than the part.

Yours has got to be the deal of the century - nice going there!

KZ1000LTDPENNSYLVANIA wrote: Mcdroid,
Don't you just love it when the shipping costs more than the part.

Yours has got to be the deal of the century - nice going there!

Yeah, that still brings a smile to me...and it was several years ago. Your buy, however, doesn't bother me...pristine parts are increasingly rare and that makes it a sellers market.

Go figure....that last eBay 73 set went for $1675 and it was a lot nicer than the other 73 set that went first for over $3300.

PaintWorkz wrote: Go figure....that last eBay 73 set went for $1675 and it was a lot nicer than the other 73 set that went first for over $3300.

eBay is a fairly weird place and I figure that all it takes to drive the prices into the stratosphere are two novice bidders with no patience...and there are entirely too many people out there with more money than sense