kz drool – Chin on the Tank – Motorcycle stuff in Philadelphia.

kz1000r-s1-replica

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:35:43 +0000

Another half-dolphin.
The kz1000r-S1 is the holy grail of KZ’s. So, even a S1 replica is badass as shit.
Love it.

head was ported by Larry Cavanaugh like mine.
has webcam 110 like mine.
1100cc

Curious to see what it’ll sell for.
Obvious difference I see is it doesn’t have dual plug / dual coil head.

Link to this replica for sale on eBay.
Link to legit original S1 that sold on eBay for $107k in 2013

ZRX in cycle world

admin — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 22:01:25 +0000

Just got the new issue of cycle world. Has some good zrx stuff in it. Should prob hold onto mine.

Another vintage Z1 article

admin — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:16:13 +0000

Our friend George sent over another vintage Z1 article.
It’s the same year and color scheme as mine.

From George; “I wanted to wish you and the clan a happy New Year. I ran across this Z1 article (Big Bike September 1974) and though Ed might a copy of it. It’s a pretty basic stock bike fluff piece, but you know he LOVES his Z1.”

Thanks George! Anything else you find… send it over.

Denco z1 article

admin — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:15:51 +0000

George is one of our buddies who comes out on Thursday rides periodically. He sent over this article from an old Cycle Guide mag.

Denco was an old performance company. They list the mods they made to their z1.

Fuck the z1 and kz’s are the best. I did a Kelly loop on mine last night. Such a great bike. 6-10k rpm with my cams, vtec kicks in yo. Best feeling.

KZs of mid ohio

admin — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:52:57 +0000

Prices were all over the place. Total junk barely rolling with half the engine missing, selling for $2000. Nuts. Then there is the super clean 2nd year with the bassani exhaust, the dude said he sold for $3500, but I think he lied to me, he was a dick. Then the dude I bought a cb450 exhaust from had a old-guy-restored 1st year he said he’d consider selling for $25k, its gold apparently.

Saw one just like Nate’s but with Lester wheels. Black is rare according to Adams nation wide search for the best, yet cheapest kz1000 available.

Then saw a couple 2nd years like how I’m gonna have mine painted. They’re both apparently stock paint and def don’t match so who knows what’s right?

Nobody wants a shaft drive. Less wheel power.

Z1 drool

admin — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:51:05 +0000

The 73-75 z1 has the coolest color schemes. Droooooolllll…

My z1 is a 74, but for some reason the dude I got it from had tank and tail from 75 on it. I’m gonna get my shit repainted back to 74 colors.

So, either: green with yellow stripes or maroon-brown with orange stripes. I can’t decide.

KZ drool again

admin — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:28:10 +0000

Back story: I’ve always liked fast cars. Shit, I worked 2 jobs all summer when I was 18 so I could afford to put an Acura integra motor into a Honda crx. I was a janitor during the day, ha, and worked at a gas station at night. Crx was fast as shit and I loved it.

IMO, motorcycles are a combo of what I loved about bmx and cars; fuck-around, have fun attitude of bmx. And Japanese engine technology / power, of what I always liked in my Hondas, but way cheaper and easier to modify.

Isn’t part of the reason we like motorcycles because they’re fun as shit and fast. Isn’t that part of the reason KZs are the hot shit… Because they’re fast as fuk. If we didn’t want to have fast bikes and gas it every now and then, we’d all ride scooters or Honda rebels right? Seriously, what the fuk.

Z1 – KZ porn

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:46:50 +0000

More KZ race bikes

admin — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:55:38 +0000

So sick…
I think the z1 / kz900 / kz1000 has become my favorite cycle.

For a crappy old 70’s bike… man they can make some power.

Pics are from here:
http://elcorramotors.blogspot.com

Kawasaki 70s race bikes

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:52:00 +0000

Mostly z1’s, kz900 and kz1000s.

A couple Honda and Suzuki in there.

Pics are shitty low res. whatever.

Pretty cool to see how they set certain things up. I recently added a lockhart oil cooler to my z1 and set it up in the normal spot above the headers and ran the lines over the engine and under the fuel tank.

Take note of how some of the race bike oil coolers are. Wayyyy in front or all the way in the back. Wild. And some are frickin huge.

Some really cool seats too.