period KZ650 racing pic- FOUND!

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Re: period KZ650 racing pic- FOUND!

10 Mar 2010 14:47

sweet...there is another one out there.....i have seen it and it is on a thread here somehwere too...it's linked through a google image pic that takes you to an old school page...your pic is perfect though nice!!!!

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10 Mar 2010 15:03 - 10 Mar 2010 15:04

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Guys used to ride them in open class back in the late 70s in Hawaii. Others rode RD350s, RD400s, and KZ900s. I rode my Z1R The KZ650s and RD400 were the best.

74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000

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Re: period KZ650 racing pic- FOUND!

10 Mar 2010 18:55

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Did you look through the downloads in the link I gave you above?
The 4th one is the same picture your buddy in the WERA vintage forum found.

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Re: period KZ650 racing pic- FOUND!

10 Mar 2010 18:59 - 10 Mar 2010 19:02

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turboguzzi wrote:

someone in the WERA vintage forum came to my help, sweet.

applebyfamily.com/kz650/pdf/RR-Aug1980-12-161.pdf

dont let that stop you form sending other pics...

TG

Notice one of the very few changes made when setting records was S&W shocks. I have an original pair for a KZ650 in great condition. Ed

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Re: period KZ650 racing pic- FOUND!

11 Mar 2010 03:00

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rstnick wrote:

Did you look through the downloads in the link I gave you above?
The 4th one is the same picture your buddy in the WERA vintage forum found.

yeah, thanks nick, it just that when i looked in there "owners report" didnt sound like the right place to look.

Opened all the others but that one!

Thanks anyway!

TG

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