front end a bit shaky

[Big T]

Hard won knowledge: on my Kaw 900, when the high speed wobble raised it's ugly head, hitting the brakes (which is a natural reaction to loosing control at a buck ten) only made things worse. A lot worse. I found that riding the rear brake and applying throttle against it was the ticket to survival.

Might be something to 'file away,' with the hope that you never have to retrieve that particular file.

Z1s handling suffered from the asymmetrical frame and crappy steering head bearings.
My pal Red made a conversion kit to tapered roller bearings, which helped greatly.
But, you could always tell that the Z1 felt different going left, compared to right

[Rob S.]

Z1s handling suffered from the asymmetrical frame and crappy steering head bearings.
My pal Red made a conversion kit to tapered roller bearings, which helped greatly.
But, you could always tell that the Z1 felt different going left, compared to right

I thought it was just the spindly frame and swing arm, to which many added gussets (particularly by the steering head). Engine was Job 1, the frame almost an afterthought. How that would change in the mid-'80's.