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Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
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Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by photomike666 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:50 pm
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by Gosling1 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:57 pm
160hp ??
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by photomike666 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:04 pm
irrespective of claimed power, I wish I had the cash available - looks awesome.
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by Gosling1 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:10 am
I think I have some old photos in Two Wheels or REV's of that particular bike.....maybe.....the paint scheme looks vaguely familiar ??
There once was a Z1000 that did put out 167hp at the front sprocket........The Syndicate. There is a story about it here....
The bike in tha ebay ad. looks to me to be a very early 900, either a Z1 or perhaps a Z1A or Z1B. The sidecovers give that away. It has a later-model rear disc from a 1979 or 1980 MkII fitted, and probably the front discs as well....bit hard to see the bolt pattern in those photos. The early models handled the worse, but bracing in the right spots can fix that up
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It would be a nice project for some Forgotten Era racing.....
There once was a Z1000 that did put out 167hp at the front sprocket........The Syndicate. There is a story about it here....
The bike in tha ebay ad. looks to me to be a very early 900, either a Z1 or perhaps a Z1A or Z1B. The sidecovers give that away. It has a later-model rear disc from a 1979 or 1980 MkII fitted, and probably the front discs as well....bit hard to see the bolt pattern in those photos. The early models handled the worse, but bracing in the right spots can fix that up
.It would be a nice project for some Forgotten Era racing.....
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by photomike666 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:18 am
It would, but I've been told I can't afford it!
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by devo » Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:42 pm
I see he has lowered his starting bid to 1000 bucks with a reserve 
but still his reserve must be atleast 5 grand
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by Gosling1 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:09 pm
Already lowered it ?? Must have had no nibbles at all........ 
A reasonable price for that rig would be around 4-5k I reckon - and then a freshen-up of the motor would probably be in order as well......
A reasonable price for that rig would be around 4-5k I reckon - and then a freshen-up of the motor would probably be in order as well......
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by Jonno » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:14 pm
$4.5 k
Didn't think we had police radars in 1983 especially in QLD
The bike was clocked in excess of 150mph (by police radar) at Surfers Paradise Raceway in 1983.
Didn't think we had police radars in 1983 especially in QLD
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by P4nza » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:44 pm
Jonno wrote:$4.5 kThe bike was clocked in excess of 150mph (by police radar) at Surfers Paradise Raceway in 1983.
Didn't think we had police radars in 1983 especially in QLD
must be a typo
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by Gosling1 » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:08 pm
in excess of 150mph eh ? .....mmmmm would have been a good one to do that.
The Black Pearl tops out around 240k (150mph) on a good day - and it is a fuel-injected 1100 with fairly extensive port-work in the head, oversize valves etc etc........
Maybe they borrowed the radar from the Coolangatta coppers Johnno ???
The Black Pearl tops out around 240k (150mph) on a good day - and it is a fuel-injected 1100 with fairly extensive port-work in the head, oversize valves etc etc........
Maybe they borrowed the radar from the Coolangatta coppers Johnno ???
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Re: Awesome bike on ebay 73 Z1A
by Jonno » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:14 pm
haha, back in the day when my XC proved it was a boss 351 from factory, yep
Possible I tell ya
Possible I tell ya
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