Parts sources for KZ/Z1 bikes

[HAILCON71]

awesome post

[TheSnodge]

A business card was left on my bike a few weeks back for factory parts. Went to the website and found that it looked legit and the guy is local. Emailed and called to find out that he had one diaphragm and one cover for my master cylinder!!! How great is that?

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The guy even brought the parts back to his home/office since I couldn't make it by the warehouse. He told me that every few years he'll send out tons of letters to dealers asking for old parts to clear their inventory. The parts he gave me were original and unused. Again, super nice guy.

[shaunkathleen]

Thanks for the parts suppliers lists. I have a question though, can any KZ from 1977-1980 fit on a 1977 KZ750B twin? I am looking specifically for a tank and seat that I am unable to find on Ebay. Any help would be great as most of the people on this site seem to be very knowledgeable. Thanks for the help guys.

[RTR]

anyone know of any Canadian vendors. Duty/shipping and exchange can really add up when you need a lot of parts.

[klx678]

There's a bike shop in Dover Ohio, Lehman's Big Open Road, that has gotten a huge inventory of 70s-80s Japanese bikes for salvage. Owen's also a Z1 guy at heart. You can call them at 330-602-6736, I believe they're working on a web site.

I am also doing an early Kawasaki part myself, because I have a 90 Zephyr 550 and no one listed or was apparently willing to make the part I needed. I make the manual cam chain tensioners for Kawasakis, both the diamond body like the 550 uses and the square body the air cooled 650-1000 fours used. It is apparent these two bodies are the only two Kawasaki uses, with the plunger depth being the only difference. Visit the web site with the short cut in my signature. It is presently under construction, but still gives some information and background. Or feel free to contact me direct from this site via email by clicking on my user name.

[kawpaul]

I got a pilot jet for my bike for just over 5 bucks shipping and all. Most places I found you either had to buy 4 or they wanted $8 shipping for one tiny jet.
I figured since I got such a good deal on the price and service I would put in a plug for them here.
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[usnshark]

I love the help here. Lots of sites to check out. I have one that I haven't seen on here. OutWestMotorsports.com

I tried oldbikebarn with horrible results. They sent the wrong carb kit and when they took the payment it took a month to get the parts. I emailed the hell out of them with no response and forget calling them. I sat on the phone on auto hold every time then it hung up on me. I sent back the kits and another month later no refund. So much for customer satifaction.

[parts-4-sale]

ill add my site also parts-4-sale.com
so far i have 2 thousand part numbers listed and have many thousands to list.

[bigsixman]

I have had an excellent relationship with Z1 Enterprises. The sales staff is very helpfull and always willing to work with you to try and get you the parts that you need in a timely manner. I highly recommend them.

[Bnuetzman]

where can you go for custom exhaust I want very custom any help would be appreciated thank you and does any distributors have catalogs.

Brian

[klx678]

Originally Posted by Bnuetzman

where can you go for custom exhaust I want very custom any help would be appreciated thank you and does any distributors have catalogs.

Brian

If you really want a VERY custom exhaust, I'd recommend you buy some mandrel U bend exhaust in the proper ID/OD and make friends with a good TIG welder. Then get out a hack saw and start cutting. We did the following on an SR500, then had it plated (it was supposed to be nickle plate, but they chromed it in error and of course it turned blue when started up).



This one looked professional enough that a Kerker/Supertrapp employee put his card on the seat at Mid Ohio, asking where I bought it. You can pretty much do whatever you want. In the U.S. I got regular steel bends from JC Whitney. Do a google search for mandrel bent tubing. You can even go stainless.