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(K)Z1300 riddle 10 years 4 months ago #682

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OK, I will give you a hint:

What about the seat ?

Let me have your opinion, please ?

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Z1300 A1/ KZT30AG built 1979
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(K)Z1300 riddle 10 years 4 months ago #684

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Yeh it looks like a nice reproduction, Kawasaki on the rear, pretty sure the "checkering"(wonder if that is a word?), didn't go over the side, just a pattern on the top on the original ???
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(K)Z1300 riddle 10 years 4 months ago #686

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strate6 wrote: The REAL UK spec bike had no reed valves at all.
See my current engine below.........no reed valves.



And yet on my UK-spec '84 ZG the castings are there for them, but they're blanked-off; go figure :unsure: (ignore the red arrow in the pic)

Only dead fish go with the flow

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(K)Z1300 riddle 10 years 4 months ago #689

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Phil,

With the original Carb models there were many different cam covers for different markets.

By the time they got to the ZG (Injection) model K had decided to use one cover for every market & because of the addition of injection, the countries who demanded the recirculation system no longer needed it as it was only applicable to carbs.

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(K)Z1300 riddle 10 years 4 months ago #700

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Guess I need to solve what my thought was:

I can see on his pics the seat has a Kawasaki-lettering on the back. According to waht I know the A1 did have a seat without the lettering, rather than that there is a seam in the place on the back.

Can you guys confirm ? Is it just valid for the EU-models or also for the US-ones ?

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Holger
Z1300 A1/ KZT30AG built 1979
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engine KZT30A 000288
location: borderland-triangle France/ Germany/ Switzerland, Europe

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(K)Z1300 riddle 10 years 4 months ago #706

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No seat comes with lettering on the back. Thats why all the lettering on the sides are so bold. Once you pass something they not going to have time to read the back of the seat.
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