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Z900 / Z1

#1 PostAuthor: mick.harris » Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:12 pm

Hi everyone,
I've just joined your club to find out as much info as possible,
I've decided to buy a classic Z900 or Z1,
I have a health budget and would like one of the better bikes that are for sale ,
I know nothing about classic bikes and could easily get my leg lifted by something that is not genuine,

are there any for sale at the moment that would be a decent investment buy, (I've seen a few £20000 +)
thanks,
mick (scunthorpe)

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Re: Z900 / Z1

#2 PostAuthor: floydsz1 » Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:55 pm

Hi Mick,
Welcome to the club, best place to buy one will be from a club member , you know you'll get something that's correct and not overpriced. There's a lot of dealer's asking top money for bikes that are built from loads of pattern parts, and in my opinion, not as valuable as an original, genuine parts bike. Good look with your search for a bike, someone will be along soon with more advice etc,
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Re: Z900 / Z1

#3 PostAuthor: mick.harris » Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:22 pm

Thanks for the welcome Peter, I'm actually a car man, although I bought a couple of lambretta's a year ago just for a bit of nostalgia and found out they are good news if you buy Italian models,
But I've always fancied the Z1 / Z900 and been looking seriously over the last few months,
I did go to see one in Leicester but was completely out my depth,

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Re: Z900 / Z1

#4 PostAuthor: Garry.L » Fri Sep 28, 2018 9:24 pm

mick.harris wrote:
are there any for sale at the moment that would be a decent investment buy, (I've seen a few £20000 +)


If you're looking purely at investment then you'll need to be either very lucky and get a real bargain, or more realistically buy something you can add value to, which usually means some form of restoration work. These days the world and his Mr's will happily tell you "These old bikes are wurth a fortune ya know M8" so picking up decent bikes on the cheap is much harder.

Buying advice is the same for any classic, just buy the most original bike your budget will allow.
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Re: Z900 / Z1

#5 PostAuthor: Philippe » Sat Sep 29, 2018 4:37 am

Hi Mick
welcome to the club.
If you really wish to buy a Z1 or a Z900 get as much information as you can, read books about the famous Z1 and find out the differences between the Z1, Z1A, Z1B and the Z900 A4 /A5 .
A good book to start with is the one written by Dave Marsden, it has a lot of explanation and pictures concerning the different types.
Another good book, IMHU , is the one written by John Brookes. In there you have a lot of good pictures of the different parts.
Find out all about the different date codes and stamps on the parts, some have a Showa date code, others a Gregorian date code.
You can allso find information on the web but it's not allways the correct information.
Go to some meetings and look at the bikes, talk to the owners and ask questions.
Become a member of other forums on the web, specialised in the Zeds! (Z1 Owners Club is a good one!!!, kawasaki-z-classiker.de is allso good!)
When you have enough knowledge about the different types and the correct parts on each of them, go out and find yourself the bike of your dreams.
If you do so, try to take someone with you who knows all about the bikes and is able to give you good advice before you buy one.
Just remember that those bikes are more than 40 years old and will probably have parts which are replaced...a perfect bike with all the original parts on it, in a splenid condition, running and riding perfectly is very hard (if not impossible) to buy. I'm convinced they exsist somewhere out there but the owners will keep those and won't sell them as long as they're alive (or they will have to be in a desperate financial situation).
Another option is to do a restoration yourself, that is if you have technical skills. But allways remember that a good restoration can cost over £10k...
Don't rush it or your dream becomes a nightmare or a money pit.
Good luck!
Greetings from Belgium
Philippe
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