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KZ 1300 v z1300 7 years 3 months ago #17006

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BigSix wrote: The background is that in Europe/ Germany the abbreviation KZ stands for Konzentrationslager, dating back to the era during the war when the Nazis erected those concentration camps to kill approx. 6 billions people.

I guess you agree that you would not name your bike after that, so Kawasaki left out the KZ and took the Z instead.

As mentioned before differences are minor.

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Holger


That is an interesting bit of trivia. I had no idea and I always wondered what the difference was.

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KZ 1300 v z1300 7 years 3 months ago #17013

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It does beg the question why didn't they just designate them all "Z"?
Only dead fish go with the flow

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KZ 1300 v z1300 7 years 3 months ago #17134

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Just found the photo with the German decal:
Z1300 A1/ KZT30AG built 1979
frame KZT30A 004285
engine KZT30A 000288
location: borderland-triangle France/ Germany/ Switzerland, Europe
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