New guy with a question. I bought this bike in 1980-1 and I am looking now to put a battery in it. I can't seem to find a knowlegable Kaw dealer in Michigan. I would like to find a wiring diagram, or picture that shows the battery installed. I only have 7000 miles on it, and I have lost the only service manual that I found 20 years ago.

Where can I go?
Thanks for any help.

Dave

 

Something that old most shops wont touch, and its always tough finding parts for the old iron.

Putting the battery in should be fairly straightforward, but a wiring diagram will be tough to find outside of the manual. Good luck brotha, and Welcome to KF!

 

http://www.z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/...4461fb0c2340b5

http://www.kz1000r.com/downloads/KZ1...d%20canada.jpg

http://www.kz1000r.com/downloads/KZ1...d%20canada.jpg

http://www.kz1000r.com/downloads/GPz...rtsList(s).pdf

google is your friend

Mate of mine has a 81 GPz1100, awesome bike in it's day, I had it up to 240kmh once. It would have gone faster, I wasn't game

 

Thanks for the help, guys. I actually bought the bike sight unseen, new, because Cycle
World magazine ran an article on it that gave the top speed as 143 MPH. I had to watch the tachometer, because U.S. government rules at the time limited speedometers to 85 MPH. CycleWorld was right, but it was scary.

Thanks again, I will check the links.

Dave

 

Oops my mates was an 83. 240kph is 149mph

 

Welcome to KF
I did not see a hard copy for that ride in the office. Good luck on the answers