Wilcocar wrote: .................. The overall length of the cable is 36 inches they sent me one that was 34 inches. I bought the bike from the original owner who bought it off the lot the bike has 8600 miles on it tell me that’s not original even if the forks were reversed it still should fit because a speedo cable should still have some type of slack.
Please keep in mind that low mileage does not mean a bike has not been modified (in fact, even the odometer may have been changed) and that the original owner didn’t modify things and would not lie about or forget to mention the mods.
Now, please consider the following:
The 1977 KZ1000-A1 is NOT the LTD model, and according to Kawasaki it uses Part Number 54001-040 for the speedometer cable.
The 1977 KZ1000-B1 is the LTD model, and according to Kawasaki it uses Part Number 54001-057 for the speedometer cable.
Notice that the two part numbers Kawasaki specified are different. If the speedometer cable for the KZ1000-B1 LTD was the same as the one for the KZ1000-A1 (NON-LTD) do you think Kawasaki would have specified two different part numbers for the cables? Ed