Life is good when beauties like this roll in

[T.W.R]

as a owner of a Z1R a few years ago its a pity the frame is made of putty and the brakes didnt work

Dude who cares how they handle or perform These sort of bikes deserve respect and should be treated as such Bikes the likes of these and from other marques of the era should be looked after, treated accordingly to their age and most of all admired

you got that right jim and they had a thirteen litre tank which gave this one a range of about mmmm not very far.. which is why it has a twenty litre tank and jimmy steadman never forgave me for fitting an el cheapo accessory fairing blade.. but when you are 19 you have better things to do with your money .

Z1R had a thirteen litre tank and the Z1R MkII had the larger 18 litre tank

Z1R TC gets about 80 miles on it's tank

check the links below


http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...4&d=1157531070

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...6&d=1164088332

[oldrider]

Dude who cares how they handle or perform These sort of bikes deserve respect and should be treated as such Bikes the likes of these and from other marques of the era should be looked after, treated accordingly to their age and most of all admired

Sigh, if only the young felt the same way about old............."people!"

They say the 1939 October (male) models were prewar perfection!

[T.W.R]

Sigh, if only the young felt the same way about old............."people!"

They say the 1939 October (male) models were prewar perfection!

true John but "too soon we get old, too late we get wise"

many would actually fail to see that the men that designed the like of the bikes of this era were products of the 30s

[kiwicam]

Dude who cares how they handle or perform These sort of bikes deserve respect and should be treated as such Bikes the likes of these and from other marques of the era should be looked after, treated accordingly to their age and most of all admired



Z1R had a thirteen litre tank and the Z1R MkII had the larger 18 litre tank

Z1R TC gets about 80 miles on it's tank

check the links below:


http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...4&d=1157531070

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...6&d=1164088332

they look sweet and "about" 80 miles if you lived at woodbourne usually worked out to "about" 75 miles which was "about" 5 miles short of the gas station in kiakoura... and five miles is a long way to push a Z1R.

[T.W.R]

they look sweet and "about" 80 miles if you lived at woodbourne usually worked out to "about" 75 miles which was "about" 5 miles short of the gas station in kiakoura... and five miles is a long way to push a Z1R.

should have filled up at Seddon then
lols they're certainly solid old girls to push for any distance that's for sure

The Z1R was the one i worked on a while back, it actually was purchased by it's owner from someone in Blenheim.

The Z1R TC is my boss's bike, purchased off trademe late last year. We subtlety forced him into it
It's actually #8 off the production line of the Black Molly edition Z1R TC

[TonyB]

as a owner of a Z1R a few years ago its a pity the frame is made of putty and the brakes didnt work

Those attributes never stopped Harleys from selling

[kiwicam]

shoulda filled up in seddon. shoulda filled up in seddon shoulda filled up in seddon....mantra of pedestrian motorcyclist pushing large hefty kawasaki the last mile into kaikoura

[JimO]

when i sold mine you couldnt give them away in fact one of the local bike shops wasnt even interisted in selling it on behalf and i ended up downtrading on a trail bike and then selling the trailbike

[Edbear]

Beauty is ageless!

Now if I could just afford to get the modern retro 750 Zephyr in that nice colour scheme, I'd keep it forever! Think they stopped making them in the late '90's?

[Daffyd]

fantastic,I just wonder how many more gems like that are just sitting in random sheds/garages around the country???

I heard a few years ago that there was a warehouse full of unused army Indians in Wellington...still in their crates!

[Hitcher]

I heard a few years ago that there was a warehouse full of unused army Indians in Wellington...still in their crates!

I think you can be reasonably confident that that is an urban legend.

[JimO]

Beauty is ageless!

Now if I could just afford to get the modern retro 750 Zephyr in that nice colour scheme, I'd keep it forever! Think they stopped making them in the late '90's?

haha i just traded one of them on the cagiva

[Daffyd]

I think you can be reasonably confident that that is an urban legend.

You are prolly right...interesting thought, though.

[T.W.R]

fantastic,I just wonder how many more gems like that are just sitting in random sheds/garages around the country???

Yeah it would be interesting to be able find the gems that must be out there collecting dust in the back of sheds. We had an old farmer come in a couple of weeks ago with an 86 GPZ600 that he wanted valued because it was just sitting there doing nothing, he'd brought it brand new for his son then his son went overseas and has set-up camp never to return must be a fairly common event in places around the country.

You are prolly right...interesting thought, though.

lols definitely an Urban legend. But there is supposed to be a Z1R in ChCh somewhere that's still in it's crate totally un-used

[Ixion]

I heard a few years ago that there was a warehouse full of unused army Indians in Wellington...still in their crates!

When I was very young (too young alas to own a motorbike), my father used to buy a local magazine. The name of it I cannot remember but it was printed on pink paper. It was basically a mail order catalogue for surplus goods.

I can distinctly remember that it listed new unused Indian motorcycles , ex Army (US Army I think). Supplied crated, semi assembled. I think the price was ₤37/10/-.

When the Yanks left they dumped (literally) truckloads and shiploads of such things into the sea.

That was a long time ago. There have been no warehouses full of motorcycles for many many years.