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Offline toycollector10

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My Kawasaki Z1 1973 dohc refresh and preservation job.
« on: January 25, 2010, 02:30:26 AM »
This bike was a lot of fun to bring back to life.

http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11884&highlight=cheapo
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Re: My Kawasaki Z1 1973 dohc refresh and preservation job.
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2010, 02:45:15 AM »
Damn cool bike TC, for a moment I was worried that you had actually fitted one of those horrible double bucket seats????  ;D
What did it cost to land it in NZ?
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Re: My Kawasaki Z1 1973 dohc refresh and preservation job.
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2010, 09:55:51 PM »



 Great job there TC. No doubt, you should get some good times out of THAT one, not to mention all of the comments as well! 8)

                              Congratulations on a job WELL DONE, Bill ;)
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Re: My Kawasaki Z1 1973 dohc refresh and preservation job.
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2010, 11:41:48 PM »
Hi Hush, I can't remember what shipping and duty was but I remember it was USD $600 to crate it. I will never buy another bike without first actually seeing it and riding it. A lesson learned late in the game.

The sourcing, shipping and restoring is where the interest is for me. I love riding it but of course I'm now onto a new project which is my 1971 Datsun 240z.


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Re: My Kawasaki Z1 1973 dohc refresh and preservation job.
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2010, 07:06:25 AM »


   Now, the 240Z is a Sweet car too! Ya gonna keep us up with the progress on that one? ??? 8) Hope So. ;)
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Re: My Kawasaki Z1 1973 dohc refresh and preservation job.
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2010, 12:22:49 AM »
Hi Bill, I couldn't source me a '67 convertible 'Cuda down under so had to settle for what I could (barely) afford.

Cheers.
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Re: My Kawasaki Z1 1973 dohc refresh and preservation job.
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2010, 01:48:07 PM »
Your Z looks great TC.
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