KZ Engine & Frame numbers
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Re: KZ Engine & Frame numbers
11 Feb 2024 00:43You are thinking of "krazee1" (Mike) from NebraskaVW always start the next model year following summer shutdown in July, I seem to remember seeing on the forum that Kawasaki's switch over was even earlier in the year (poss June/July)
I remember it was someone that worked in the Nebraska plant. He said that they got the first two weeks of July off and then came back and started the next year's production run.
I could be wrong, sometimes I get CRS.
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Re: KZ Engine & Frame numbers
11 Feb 2024 07:43You are thinking of "krazee1" (Mike) from NebraskaVW always start the next model year following summer shutdown in July, I seem to remember seeing on the forum that Kawasaki's switch over was even earlier in the year (poss June/July)
I remember it was someone that worked in the Nebraska plant. He said that they got the first two weeks of July off and then came back and started the next year's production run.
I could be wrong, sometimes I get CRS.
Yup, that was me, a long damn time ago! Back in the good old days, we had a two week Summer Shutdown that typically started the last week of June.
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1974 Z1
1978 KZ1000 LTD
1976 KZ900B pile O parts
1980 KZ750E
1980 Honda XL250S (I know, wrong flavor!)
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Re: KZ Engine & Frame numbers
09 Jan 2026 18:22
Thanks, Bill! Downloaded it just now 
A couple years ago I bought a KZ1000 frame that was advertised as an LTD (with cast wheels), but when I looked it up online it appeared to be a CSR (which should have had spoked wheels, I think). Wheel swaps are not impossible, of course, but it will be interesting to see what TexasKZ's PDF says it is.
A couple years ago I bought a KZ1000 frame that was advertised as an LTD (with cast wheels), but when I looked it up online it appeared to be a CSR (which should have had spoked wheels, I think). Wheel swaps are not impossible, of course, but it will be interesting to see what TexasKZ's PDF says it is.
1967 Yamaha YCS1 Bonanza
1980 KZ440B
1981 Yamaha XT250H
1981 KZ440 LTD project bike
1981 GPz550
2013 Yamaha FZ6R
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