Well, I have been looking for a new project and everything is beyond my price, so I picked up this to work on for the winter. Not a S30, but it is a 70’s Japanese Machine  with a Z in the model name.

I'm checking FB's marketplace everyday. I want a Yamaha RD400.

My Dad had one when I was a kid and let me ride it. He had to hold it up to leave out and on return I blew the horn and rode around the yard until he came out to hold it up while I was climbing off. 2 stroke street bike. Kenny Roberts raced them for years, they have a replica of it.

 

 

Thats a nice old Kawasaki!

Nice! My dad had one of those when I was in high school. Got to ride it some, what a blast, that thing was a freaking rocket. Begged him to sell it to me when he decided to get rid of it. He wouldn't hear of it. He probably saved my life!

Edited September 11, 20204 yr by MrScott

On 9/11/2020 at 12:03 PM, siteunseen said:

I'm checking FB's marketplace everyday. I want a Yamaha RD400.

My Dad had one when I was a kid and let me ride it. He had to hold it up to leave out and on return I blew the horn and rode around the yard until he came out to hold it up while I was climbing off. 2 stroke street bike. Kenny Roberts raced them for years, they have a replica of it.

 

 

Always loved the RD400, that and the SR500 thumper would always have a space in my garage 

On 9/11/2020 at 11:53 AM, 240dkw said:

Well, I have been looking for a new project and everything is beyond my price, so I picked up this to work on for the winter. Not a S30, but it is a 70’s Japanese Machine  with a Z in the model name.

 

Is that the 900cc three cylinder two stroke bike?

It is a 1975 Z1 900, 4 cylinder, 4 stroke,.

I had one years ago. Put a kirker  header on it re-jetted the carbs. Z1 Rocket 

Trying not to clutter this site with bike stuff, but had to post how the engine parts came back from vapour blasting. Really impressed with the look. @CanTechZ I used VaporBlastCanada which is in Chilliwack if you need anything done.

Those parts look great. My body guy told me about them a while back, and also said that they do really good work. Great to get another positive reference.

Rough costs for a lot of parts like that?

I must have missed this thread.

My 1981 CB900F