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Re: What's it worth?

#46 PostAuthor: Jay1969 » Thu May 18, 2017 10:34 am

Interesting, did the replacement they ordered for you have a locking cap like the A4 did?
Also the increased fuel capacity on the A4 tank, the shape of the tank was now a bit bigger on top.
So it looks as though Kawasaki must have been supplying the newer shape tanks with seams showing (A4),
sprayed to the earlier designs now as NOS. Learned something new today :D
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#47 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Thu May 18, 2017 12:06 pm

The cap would have been a separate part number.
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#48 PostAuthor: Jay1969 » Thu May 18, 2017 7:37 pm

Yeah true, these tanks must be rare, basically A4 with Z1, Z1A, or Z1B spray jobs.
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#49 PostAuthor: AL MARSHALL » Fri May 19, 2017 10:42 am

not that rare I think. I had one of those with z1 paint and an early type cap (not locking type)
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#50 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Fri May 19, 2017 12:48 pm

Further to that I just spoke to a bloke who owns Z1 I knew the history of from years ago that had had a replacement tank after an accident, and I know it was the new style tank, he went out to his garage to look and the tank cap has no lock...

He was thoroughly confused about the conversation because he doesn't know me and didn't give a shite about the cap...
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#51 PostAuthor: freddyz1r » Fri May 19, 2017 1:04 pm

chrisNI wrote:He was thoroughly confused about the conversation because he doesn't know me and didn't give a shite about the cap...

that must have been an interesting conversation :lol:
did you tell him it was good exercise :shock: :lol:
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#52 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Fri May 19, 2017 1:14 pm

freddyz1r wrote:
chrisNI wrote:He was thoroughly confused about the conversation because he doesn't know me and didn't give a shite about the cap...

that must have been an interesting conversation :lol:
did you tell him it was good exercise :shock: :lol:


He could tell by the tone of my voice I was wearing my anorak :Oo and the weather's nice here today... :blush :shock:
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Re: What's it worth?

#53 PostAuthor: Jay1969 » Fri May 19, 2017 6:50 pm

I can't understand why Kawasaki would bother making a showing seam tank
without the locking cap as they did on the A4, must have cost a bit in the re-tooling for the A4 locking cap :Oo
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Re: What's it worth?

#54 PostAuthor: chrisu » Fri May 19, 2017 9:54 pm

Jay1969 wrote:I can't understand why Kawasaki would bother making a showing seam tank
without the locking cap as they did on the A4, must have cost a bit in the re-tooling for the A4 locking cap :Oo


why would you think that.
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Re: What's it worth?

#55 PostAuthor: Jay1969 » Fri May 19, 2017 10:01 pm

All I'm saying is, I can't see the point in making what was virtually an A4 tank without a locking cap
to replace the NOS Z1 shape tank. Just an opinon.
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