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24 Oct 2020 15:29 #837637 by krazee1
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A couple more I thought you guys might find interesting. The stickered toolbox thread reminded me of the refrigerator, and for me it was really cool to see the actual KZ650 that set the 750 World Record. My first new Kawasaki was a bright red 1977 model .

Mike

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Former M.E. at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing, Lincoln, NE
1966 W1 (the Z1 of 1966-50H.P. and 100mph!)
1974 Z1
1978 KZ1000 LTD
1976 KZ900B pile O parts
1980 KZ750E
1980 Honda XL250S (I know, wrong flavor!)
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24 Oct 2020 18:22 #837650 by 750 R1
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That is so cool, pardon the pun...! Even got two Aussie TKA {Team Kawasaki Australia} decals, with Murray Sale and Greg Hansford, geeze, that brings back some memories....

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24 Oct 2020 21:15 #837657 by TexasKZ
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Is that fuel-proof duct tape on the tank? :silly:

1982 KZ1000 LTD parts donor
1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough

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24 Oct 2020 21:41 #837658 by DOHC
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Looking over the names of the 650 record riders, I had to look up Diane Cox.

magazine.americanmotorcyclist.com/7119/riding-it-to-the-max/

'78 Z1-R in blue , '78 Z1-R in black, '78 Z1-R in pieces
My dad's '74 Z1
'00 ZRX1100
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25 Oct 2020 00:08 #837660 by krazee1
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Thanks for the link DOHC, that was interesting. I didn't realize Pee Wee Gleason was a F.T. racer, I just remembered his name from American Turbo Pak, and the fact that if anybody wanted a fast E.T. Drag Racing their product they had P.W. riding it. I recognized a few of the riders names as motorcycle editors and road racing stars, but the only two people I knew personally were Randy Davis and Martin Carney who both worked for KMC, both in the Q.A. Dept when I met them. Martin came to the Kawasaki Plant in Lincoln in the late 70s to share his 2-stroke engine expertise with the the Engine Repair Mechanics, He later "babysat" me on my first trip to KMC in 1984. He was from Great Britain and had raced at the Isle of Mann, I loved his accent and the fact that he taught me British slang, as in "wanker"!

Mike

Former M.E. at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing, Lincoln, NE
1966 W1 (the Z1 of 1966-50H.P. and 100mph!)
1974 Z1
1978 KZ1000 LTD
1976 KZ900B pile O parts
1980 KZ750E
1980 Honda XL250S (I know, wrong flavor!)

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