Kawasaki Z1 - circa 1975

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Kawasaki Z1 - circa 1975
Kawasaki Z1 - circa 1975

28/11/2016, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

A pleasant surprise to see a 1970's unrestored-looking, Kawasaki Z900 on the road here (not a Z1000, despite the side badges).

This example has had the rear disc brake conversion.... they were originally drum at the rear, and were ineffective. The two discs up front did all the braking work...

In their day, they were awesomely quick, were beautifully proportioned and handled well for such weight, however today's bikes are a world apart; better in all aspects, but not the style ;-)

I owned two of these beasts in the UK in the late 1970's/ early 1980's;
a 1976 Z1-B 'XBJ902N' and
a 1977 Z900 Rickman, 'MGV583P'.

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