Kawasaki 650 Triple - August Ride Out

[pertonpc]

Hiya Guyz,
BONGO and I both live in Staffordshire so we thought it might be nice to get our bikes together for a ride out. We met at Cannock Chase (local beauty spot near Shugborough Hall) and took this picture of the machines together at the nearby village of Brocton. Amazing the difference between two bikes which started out so similar.



Then we had a good ride over the Chase to a local bike meet at the Bradford Arms Pub on the A5 (Monday nghts). Stopped off en route for a snap by the old village gas station -



The weather stayed dry, but as you can see from the pics it was pretty cloudy, which has been the story of our summer so far.



When we got to the meet we were joined by yet another Z650 - how common are we?



So the guys at the meet got to see the best line up of 650s we have had there in a while.



Hope you big Zed lovers enjoy the pics.

All the best from Mark & Dave

[sanderz]

Great pics there

All 3 bikes look immaculate, same but different - love it

[kas750]

Great pics Mark...my favourite zeds by a mile!

[pertonpc]

Cheers Guyz,
I was going to see if Steve from Sutton could have joined us on his stock red B model - but the weather has been so dodgy recently I have lost a bit of confidence in arranging anything

Here's hoping for a better Sept & Oct before they all get SORNed again

[Mark Tiller]

Great pics there

All 3 bikes look immaculate, same but different - love it

Agreed

[PETER KZ1A]

Great photos,the 650 is a cool bike.1st bike I took around IOM,riding flat out along the veranda at 120mph,good times.

[Rhencullen]

Good to see someone getting out on their bikes

Amazing the difference between two bikes which started out so similar.

I'm intrigued by the front calipers though. My Suzukis have the caliper mounted on the front of the fork, whilst my 900R ( and most current bikes ) fit it behind.
Interesting that it seems to have been switched mid-way through production of these Z650s.

[Taffus]

looking good!

[Steve S]

Lovely line up thanks for sharing with us

[pertonpc]

Cheers Lads,
Rhencullen - the Z650 was launched in late 1976 as the B1 model. The B2 came out in 1978 and amongst the changes were a new tamper proof brake master cylinder and calipers switched to behind the front forks. This happened across the whole Kawa range that year... and they have stayed behind the fork leg ever since.

So it is only Z1000 A1 and Z650 B1 that were fitted with the early Z1 style caliper.

[jimmock]

Yes, I agree.

Some nice pics of three stunning baby Zeds.

[Z1parR]

Very nice Mark , great pics

[Rhencullen]

Rhencullen - the Z650 was launched in late 1976 as the B1 model. The B2 came out in 1978 and amongst the changes were a new tamper proof brake master cylinder and calipers switched to behind the front forks. This happened across the whole Kawa range that year... and they have stayed behind the fork leg ever since.

Thanks for that

[KeithZ1R]

nice thread love the 650 it was my first Kawasaki a Green B1 with Mick Grant wheels wish I still had it

[Z1parR]

My mate called round this afternoon on his nice 650