Every month we take a look at the classic motorcycle market with a range of industry experts. This month, Paul Jayson from The Motorcycle Broker and our very own Scott Redmond look at high-performance yardsticks and Kawasakis in particular.
The Z1 900 is a true design classic and a motorcycling icon – it has been since the day it hit the streets in the US in about July 1972.
They really hit the US showrooms from about September 1972 onwards and are all referred to as 1973 models, although they were produced in 1972. The Z1 removed Honda’s crown and left them chasing shadows with the CB750 until they bought out the CBX1000 in 1978. The CB750 pulled a claimed 125mph while the Z was electronically timed at 132mph, apparently. So the king was dead in 1972, long live the king and the Z was king when it came to top speed.
For ease of understanding these beautiful Zeds, we will refer to 1972 built motorcycles as 72s and all models built from January 1973 until around August 1973 as 73s, after which the Z1A came out.
Production in 1972 accounted for just under 5000 machines from Kawasaki: the first 1200 or so being very different from any of the remaining 3700 or so machines. I sold a first 1200 Z1 for £45k...
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Honda VFR750R - RC30
If thereâs a more worshipped V4 out there, weâve yet to see it: welcome to our reboot of the awesome VFR750R RC30âŠ
Mountain tension!
Award-winning motorcycle engineer!
Fazer set to STUN!
What do you get when you mix CRKâs lovely café racer kit to Yamahaâs budget middleweight and the recently-retired Martin Fox? Well, one helluva foxy Fazer!
Project Suzuki 1984 RG250 part 4 BRUNO BARES ALL!
This month, while we wait for backorder engine parts, we strip the chassis back to the bare frame, assess what is needed and plan the reassemblyâŠ
Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 2 Ralph has a blast!
For the best finish on his Z900âs motor Ralph wants the best, so he visits Stephen Smethurst Casting Renovation to find out how itâs done properly.
Project Suzuki TS400 Part 8 Loom with a view!
Weâre getting down into the nitty-gritty this time with component testing and loom building. What could go wrong?
Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balanceâŠ
Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations⊠so whatâs Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750?
Splitting links
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long â he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
STAVROS: PRINCE OF PRANKSTERS!
Itâs probably fair to say that Stephen JamesParrishâs persona and overall levity throughout his life have muddied the waters as to just how good a bike racer he was back in the day.
Metal magic!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long â he sells them too at bikerstoolbox co uk so he knows what works.. .