KZ1300 for cheap

[JEEPRUSTY]

http://newbrunswick.kijiji.ca/c-car...-1300-750-00-OR-BEST-OFFER-W0QQAdIdZ439809553

SO very pretty. A heavy unwieldy plug no doubt?

 

[spyug]

Oh wow, that's a buy for someone. Looks to be in pretty decent shape.

spyug

 

[hampshirehog]

Silly cheap.

 

[tatu]

A bargain all day long!

 

[JEEPRUSTY]

Yeah I wonder what the fella did to it to stop it starting?
The odd thing about this bike is that it has the same siamesed bodies as used on my bike.

Larger for sure but very similar.

Its like all old bikes no one young wants em. A shame to let this one get sold to a greasy bobber fanatic.

 

[russr33]

I would be breaking some serious traffic laws to get to that bike. What a deal.....

 

[Vmass]

I think Jimmy's playing us!

 

[musicman]

Probably sold in 20 minutes I'm sure... if it's real and/or not a typo

 

[JEEPRUSTY]

So what is it worth then?
1750
7500

I dunno
The guy is not that far from me. Sent him the usual request for pics.
I hope his response is better than the last guy.
His response was "don't got none"

 

[JEEPRUSTY]

Crikey!
http://qc.kijiji.ca/f-1300-autos-et...CatIdZ30QQKeywordZ1300QQisProvinceSearchZtrue

 

[850 Combat]

Joe Minton said good things about those. Not many survivors though. I looked at a couple in the 80's and early 90's. Anchorage was full of them.

 

[1980GS1000E]

I'm just surprised it stayed up long enough to snap the photo while on the grass.

 

[tkent02]

what does it weigh, about 1,700 lbs or so?

 

[anthonygs1000]

My dads buddy has one, I road the bike a couple years back on the way to Laconia Motorcycle Week , He had to chase me to switch bikes back it was such a pleasure to ride on the highway and the true definition of the word smooth


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[Steve]

what does it weigh, about 1,700 lbs or so?

Actually, Tom, you are close, but you have to many zeros in there and the 1 is in the wrong place.

When it was released (and I got mine ) the magazines were saying that wet weight was 710 pounds.

They also said it handled surprisingly well for its weight. I agreed with them. When I moved up from my KZ650, I was expecting a heavy, powerful beast that I was going to have to mind constantly, to keep from being thrown. Yeah, it took a bit more oomph to get it up off the side stand, but once moving, did not feel any more ponderous than a GS G model (any size). The torque curve was also flat enough that there was no sudden rush of power, but it took all of its 120hp to get it moving. :-\\\

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[850 Combat]

Actually, Tom, you are close, but you have to many zeros in there and the 1 is in the wrong place.

When it was released (and I got mine ) the magazines were saying that wet weight was 710 pounds.

They also said it handled surprisingly well for its weight. I agreed with them. When I moved up from my KZ650, I was expecting a heavy, powerful beast that I was going to have to mind constantly, to keep from being thrown. Yeah, it took a bit more oomph to get it up off the side stand, but once moving, did not feel any more ponderous than a GS G model (any size). The torque curve was also flat enough that there was no sudden rush of power, but it took all of its 120hp to get it moving. :-\\\

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Why do you think that there are so few survivors? I suspect that there may be fatal mechanical issues that take them off the road.

 

[JEEPRUSTY]

I have been reading as much as possible on them.
It seems they are plagued with Reg\Rect issues as well as weak ignition coils.

I suspect there are more issues but this has a low 20k kms
Approximately 12000 miles in total.

Owned by a little old lady not from Pasadena?
Perhaps owned by some older person who put it away years ago cos it scared the crap out of him\her\it.

 

[Toasty]

Actually, Tom, you are close, but you have to many zeros in there and the 1 is in the wrong place.

When it was released (and I got mine ) the magazines were saying that wet weight was 710 pounds.
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710 pounds??? Holy crap.

Good deal though on that bike, too big for my liking though.

 

[Flyboy]

^^^^^ What Steve said, and Jeepster.
I loved mine, was smooth powerful and was no more of a handful than my 850G once it was moving.
Suffered the very ignition issues that Jeepster mentioned, would sometimes run on all six and sometimes on four.
Found it would par boil your legs in summer behind those outside cylinders, was glorious in winter though.

Ok....time to step away from the keyboard, Dale will skin me alive..............

 

[Steve]

Why do you think that there are so few survivors? I suspect that there may be fatal mechanical issues that take them off the road.

Oh, I know that one for a fact. The drive for the water pump was a convoluted affair that had a few gears and shafts in the process. One of the gears was NYLON, and prone to getting brittle if overheated. Mine actually lost two teeth AND cracked, it's a wonder that the bike did not overheat. The dealer that was doing the work could not find a replacement gear, I managed to get one from another 1300 owner in Canada, who claimed to have the last such gear from Canadian sources (his brother-in-law worked at a dealer).

I have been reading as much as possible on them.
It seems they are plagued with Reg\Rect issues as well as weak ignition coils.

To give you an idea about the condition of their charging systems, they use the same stator as most of the GS bikes.
Yep, the R/R is the same, too, but might have different electrical connectors.

Both of those parts cross-reference on many of the stator supply shops.

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