Kawasaki Z Owners' Club NZ?

[KAWA Z]

Hi everybody !
Just joined KB and found the classics section immediately !
Would like to hear from owners and riders of Kawasaki Z Models from 1973 to 1980 who might be interested to set up a Z-Owners Club here in New Zealand.
Would be great if the few of us with the love and passion for the best motorcycles ever could get together !
Let the good times roll !

[toycollector10]

Nice Idea but I think we're too spread out over the country. I'm a member of the z1ownersclub.co.uk which answers all my questions etc. Here's a couple of my posts, first my bike then a Z1000 not 100 kms from where I sit.

http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11884&highlight=cheapo

http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=107479&highlight=#107479

There are a few classic Zed's in Christchurch and I know of an un-ridden mint '73 Jaffa in Oamaru. Then there's the guy who saw a '73 Jaffa on the side of the road at Reefton with a sign on it about two years ago. "For sale, $4500" 44,000 miles and stock standard, what a lucky basterd who bought that puppy.

Good luck, let's see yer ride.

[RDjase]

Nice Idea but I think we're too spread out over the country. I'm a member of the z1ownersclub.co.uk which answers all my questions etc. Here's a couple of my posts, first my bike then a Z1000 not 100 kms from where I sit.

http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11884&highlight=cheapo

http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=107479&highlight=#107479

There are a few classic Zed's in Christchurch and I know of an un-ridden mint '73 Jaffa in Oamaru. Then there's the guy who saw a '73 Jaffa on the side of the road at Reefton with a sign on it about two years ago. "For sale, $4500" 44,000 miles and stock standard, what a lucky basterd who bought that puppy.

Good luck, let's see yer ride.


You would have to put a 1 in front of it for a nice orignal big like that. A kwaka Zed would be something to tempt me to a 4 stroke,
Really easily too,
I would just get one as well as my fleet of Yam 2 stokes

[KAWA Z]

Search and you will find !

[RDjase]

Search and you will find !

Busy on my house and will do when sold and get my next place
Sold my GPz750 a few months ago, was more a parts bike tho, a 83 unitrack model. I want a earlier model

[Edbear]

Classic_Z has a mint Z1300 plus another he's doing up as a street bike, turbo'd... I can give you his number if you want to chat to him.

[RDjase]

Classic_Z has a mint Z1300 plus another he's doing up as a street bike, turbo'd... I can give you his number if you want to chat to him.

I think he is going to the BFTP rally in Tamarnui this weekend , I think we are up to 23 bikes . lots of 70s and 80s rides there , Be great fun

[KAWA Z]

Classic_Z has a mint Z1300 plus another he's doing up as a street bike, turbo'd... I can give you his number if you want to chat to him.

What and where is Classic_Z mate ? Are they doing up old Datsuns ?

[Edbear]

What and where is Classic_Z mate ? Are they doing up old Datsuns ?

LOL!!! He's on KB and owns a garage in Whangaparaoa - Hibiscus Coast Service Centre - 09-424 0477. (He is a fan of Nissan's, though). His login comes from owning the Z1300...

[Ratti]

well I love the zeds, but my boy is a tad too young to be classic. he's an 82 LTD. How long before he can join?

[RDjase]

well I love the zeds, but my boy is a tad too young to be classic. he's an 82 LTD. How long before he can join?

BFTP for all bikes pre 90 ;-)

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/group.php?groupid=110

[KAWA Z]

well I love the zeds, but my boy is a tad too young to be classic. he's an 82 LTD. How long before he can join?

Ratti, you're too young to be a cougar, but your Z (why do you call the bike "my boy", bikes are allways and forever girls !) for sure is an up and coming classic, but not yet, sorry!
Classic Z's in that sense has to be pre 1980, from Z1, Z900, Z1000 over Z650 to Z1300 !
If you wanna cheat you can fit that ducktail onto your rear end (the bike's I mean) and she'll look allmost like a real classic Z1000 !
Gotta find some people first who are into it, then we can really talk business.
Looks like we should be all gathering one of these days for a ride with BFTP, then we might see how many old Quaks are around !

[Ratti]

30 years for a bike to be a classic? Dont know where the ducktail came from, it arrived with the bike, looks bloody awful but havent got around to taking it off yet.

Your bikes can be girls, MY bikes are boys..maybe we could breed them and have kwaklets? Lots of baby kwakas zipping around, that would be cute.

ps Im not to young to be a cougar, Im 45, plenty old enough if you follow the cougar rule of at least a 15 year age gap, that means anything undr 30 is fair game! But that is another thread.... For women of a 'certain age'

[Edbear]

30 years for a bike to be a classic? Dont know where the ducktail came from, it arrived with the bike, looks bloody awful but havent got around to taking it off yet.

Your bikes can be girls, MY bikes are boys..maybe we could breed them and have kwaklets? Lots of baby kwakas zipping around, that would be cute.

ps Im not to young to be a cougar, Im 45, plenty old enough if you follow the cougar rule of at least a 15 year age gap, that means anything undr 30 is fair game! But that is another thread.... For women of a 'certain age'

What a kwakup! :wacko:

I passed a Kwaklet tonight on my way home. Wee Ninja 250, rider hunkered down, flat on the guages, throttle wound hard open! I gave him the thumbs up as I cruised by at just over the 110 mark... :innocent:

[Ratti]

Are you kwakas Edbear? you don't even admit to having a Z, wotcha doin' 'ere ven eh mate?

[Edbear]

Are you kwakas Edbear? you don't even admit to having a Z, wotcha doin' 'ere ven eh mate?

I'm totally kwaked! Or so the psychologist reckoned, He said I confused him... :wacko:

Last visit to my specialist, I asked if I could double my meds. He said,"Why?" I said, "So they'll work faster..." :yes: He was a bit non-plussed when I said I'd like to give him a hug, too... <_<

[Ratti]

on the first night of a Z owners rally we could have a cheese and kwakas night

[Edbear]

on the first night of a Z owners rally we could have a cheese and kwakas night

For the older Z's you could have whine and cheese...

[RDjase]

Looks like we should be all gathering one of these days for a ride with BFTP, then we might see how many old Quaks are around !

HB BFTP rally in April, sorting details tomorro night, Will start a thread in the BFTP section. Heaps of Suzuki's about:gob: better get your kwaka's there and even things up abit

[KAWA Z]

What a crock of shit, all this nonsense ! No decent people here, so why do I bother ?!? Goes to show who I live amongst, doesn't it !?

[Ratti]

there there Dear. are you cross cos your bike is not running?
I know I am getting antsy about my zed being parked up. O well, not long now and hopefully he will be back on the road.

[classic zed]

I have to say Im guilty of not riding my bike for a couple of months, too much work to do in the workshop ..... I really should dig the old girl out and ride it :scooter:

[Edbear]

I have to say Im guilty of not riding my bike for a couple of months, too much work to do in the workshop ..... I really should dig the old girl out and ride it :scooter:

You know what they say... "All work and no play...!"

[classic zed]

I know but it cant be helped.

Does this mean that your home or did they sneak a laptop in for you?

[Edbear]

I know but it cant be helped.

Does this mean that your home or did they sneak a laptop in for you?

They brought my laptop in last Wed, but I was released on Friday so I'm home now. In a brace for 6wks. Got a caregiver coming in every morning and a medic alarm in case I fall over.

Check out the thread Maha started about me in hospital.

[JimO]

They brought my laptop in last Wed, but I was released on Friday so I'm home now. In a brace for 6wks. Got a caregiver coming in every morning and a medic alarm in case I fall over.

Check out the thread Maha started about me in hospital.
get well soon mate..........i used to have 1 of these http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x67/jim157/bikepics-198199-320.jpg

[Edbear]

get well soon mate..........i used to have 1 of these http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x67/jim157/bikepics-198199-320.jpg

Bet you wish you still had it! Nice!

[toycollector10]

The problem with that toycollector guy is he can't stop skiting about his bloody bike...

[JimO]

Bet you wish you still had it! Nice!

indeed i do

[kamarc]

I am looking for a z9 that was sold in Dunedin in 1978.. owner was t mulqueen in 78.. he was my dad and passed away while riding this bike in aussie. .it was brought home to nz and was sold... i would love to know anything about this as it wold be special for me to see it..

[Hitcher]

I am looking for a z9 that was sold in Dunedin in 1978.

If you can remember its rego, that could be a useful starter.