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the engines can be cleaned up if you have it out...no problem..

yes those are 29 mm smoothbore carbs and are killer and hard to get now...

shocks are sagged a bit...those old street strokers loose their oomph by now....ikon makes a dial a ride that is nice for the kz and handle killer

Here, for comparison, is a pic showing the rear brake master cylinder on a KZ900LTD.



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What, you don't like the pretty blue coils? I bought the bike a couple years ago for my father to ride, but I think he was a bit intimidated because his feet don't touch flat on the ground. Plus he's 74 now and a bit afraid the bike would break him. I took it for a ride when I got it home today and it feels like a hard tail. For sure new shocks will be on the list. I do like the looks of the ZRX shocks with the piggy backs.

That's wierd. The mount in the picture looks like an after thought. I just looked at the mount behind the side cover and it looks OEM.

Frame No. Z1F-090121 should be a 1976 KZ900-A4 (with rear drum brake), but the unexposed rear brake master cylinder would be on a 1977 or later KZ1000 frame.

All the 1976 KZ900LTD frames were manufactured at Kawasaki's USA factory in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The bike at hand seems to have a 1977 or later KZ1000 frame with VIN label from a 1976 KZ900-A4 frame manufactured in Japan.

Zedder has a nice pic of the 1976 KZ900LTD:
Click > www.zedder.com/Info/76%20KZ900-B1%20LTD.htm

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Haybus wrote: That's wierd. The mount in the picture looks like an after thought. I just looked at the mount behind the side cover and it looks OEM.

Somebody used master cylinder mount off differant frame possibly,Id put my money on somebody cut the steering head and part of frame tubes off a 900 frame with a title and butt welded it together onto a kz1000 frame without a title,that would explain the busted frame tube where they welded it together and ground it down to hide it.
something like that should always be slugged with a piece of tubing inside the frame tubes and plug welded before butt welding origional tubes to tie them together .
Can you remove gas tank and post picture of backbone tubes on top of frame?
Whats the numbers on engine cases?

Here's a few pics of the frame head.







Does it look like the head was changed?

The frame break is a long ways aways from the head.



Here's a shot of the master cylinder mount.



As far as I can tell the fork legs are not bent. Step blocks affixed to the legs above and below the lower clamp, straight edge on blocks shows no gaps. Maybe the camera was playing tricks. But who cares, they're being tossed anyways. It's all coming apart right now. If you would like any other pics of this two wheel abortion let me know. If you know anyone who could make use of any parts (fenders, wheels, forks, swing arm, seat, etc.) let me know.

good clear pics ...good luck with the work

Wow, you guys are amazing that you can look at a couple pics and tell what's what. Engine code is KZT00AE065656, cylinder has 1.015L marking. So, motor is 1978 KZ1000 B2:LTD then.

This is a 77 kz900 frame Ive got sitting in my basement,theyre actually left over 76s that kawasaki unloaded as early 77s in my book anyway.
Anyway the frame is the same as a 76 kz900a series bike,notice no master cylinder mount they used a drum rear brake on the regular a series kz bikes till the 77 kz1000 came out in mid year of 76.
So somebody did a little modifying somewhere in its past

Not that it matter, considering my plans for this bike. But, here's a pick of the head sticker. I cannot tell where it might have been cut and rewelded. I've looked all over the frame and most everything looks like decent factory welds. Not to mention the likihood of that sticker surviving surgery so well.



However, the master cylinder mount doesn't look like a factory weld.



I was getting ready to take the tail off and noticed a rubber pull. Hey, there's a document tray under the tail!!!! Replete with original 1976 KZ900 LTD owners manual with the original guys name written in, then scratched out.

I know, frame number doesn't match 76 LTD. It's a Frankensaki.