Four cylinders! Shootout from the original Z-1 900, the 1300 came out six years after the Z-1 900: (anniversary) The KZ 1300, except this one was retrofitted with turbo!
@@fernominalEhm KZ1300 is 6 cyl. Just look how wide the engine is. Anniversary has the only diffrence of having injection instead of carbs like regular 1300.
Yep i agree. I had a Z1300.And nope no mistake. We didn't have any KZ in Germany, all models were Z. Nobody want's a German to have another KZ (Koncentration camp) It took no less than 20-21 mpg (US) the first carburator edition.Or 10Liter/100Kilometer. And I had 2 Z 500.I kept one Z500 while having the Z1300.But 'cause of the fuel price and the spare part prices (I needet for the TÜV 3 break disks each 350 €) I sold the Z1300 again. And was happy to enjoy the half as strong Z500 50 HP. But almost half the weight too. I was so pleased with the bike that I got me a 2nd one. Consumption 4,4-7,2 Liter/100Km.These bikes were all build in 1979. A good time ;-)
Very elegant build. So close to original and yet so sofisticated. A sixpack has it's own unique sound. A soundprofile that no 4-cyl. are able to reproduce. Nice job Mr. Fluttert
I built a turbo SE 1250 VROD for a customer, 165 at the wheel, couldnt shift fast enough, 125 mph comes up quickly, I like this bike, clean install, sounds great!
We had the 1985 ZG1300 from 1986 - 1988. A brilliant machine and easier to throw around in corners than many would contend. The earlier A2 version still holds the round Australia time record on Highway One at 6 days 23 hours and 11 minutes. Ridden by a policeman.
I like the little tweet from the dump valve during shifts and when he shuts off. But Im a long term 750turbo owner and I like hearing that myself when riding my own bike too :)
I love such heavy bikes. Wanted to buy a Z1300 back in the late 80s but then I switched to the VMax of which I own both versions meanwhile. Who knows what had happened if Kawasaki would have gone further with the Z1300... Nice bike and very clean mod. Thumbs up!
Wow, echt vet. Het lijkt alsof het vermogen zo soepel inkomt, lijkt me heerlijk om daar eens op te rijden. Moet toegeven dat ik ook ietwat stond te kijken met hoeveel souplesse je nog kan sturen, even keren op de weg en weer verder. Zag er zo eenvoudig uit, menigeen steekt dan toch even de voet uit. En dan ook nog eens met zo'n (excuus voor de termen) gedateerde motor qua handling etc etc. Ik neem mijn hoed voor u af meneer.
That bike engine sounds so cool. I would have to vote to quite it down more though at low rpms. Just to not piss off everyone before getting on the road
Holy moly! You did a fantastic job here. This is the cleanest, most factory stock looking turbo bike I've ever seen. One suggestion- if it were mine, I would de-chrome the intake pipes, and either powdercoat them black, or go for matte finish aluminum. I think black would be best. And speaking of black, please, please take off the pipe couplers in blue, and replace them with black ones. This would visually integrate the turbo parts sooooo much better- and have a very pleasing understated look. The blue just screams cheap / import tuner/ rice rocket/ autozone junk. It really doesnt fit with the sophisticated, mature demeaner of the 1300. Besides that one small detail, this has got to be the nicest turbo addition I've ever seen on a motorbike. Well done mate, well done.
I would love nothing more than to have a bike like this, and when a straight piped HD pulls up next to me at a stop light, I'd show him what a good sounding bike really is.
I used to have a Z-1 900, (back in the day) and it could do wheelies cruising down the highway at 70mph!!..lol..!! I wonder how the neighbors like getting woke up, whenever he starts it up in the wee hours!!..lol..!!
Very nice Farris. If I had been able to keep my KZ13 running, I would have loved to have turbocharged it. Unfortunately, back in the early 90's, there was not enough information, or internet to find out what the problems were, so since I couldn't afford, to, and couldn't find out why she kept eating $400 alternator stators, and a few other problems, all I could do was charge the battery, and run it till it discharged. Couldn't get to far away from home. Wish I still had her now. Best bike ever made. Don't ever sell yours dude, you WILL regret it if you do. I did. 😭
Richard that is stunning. I have one in my shed for over ten years needs rebuild,however I have a friend in Ireland who has a turboed one in Lawson rep style and its jaw dropping as well. a pajero jeep turbo fitted if I recall. anyway regards from Ireland.
Good grief, revs up like a two stroke racing bike! Well done! Thanks a lot for making recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.
Don Vesco put two of the carby version of this engine into a rail frame for the Bonneville Salt Flat speed record around 1980. An impressive speed attained.
lol all the shit talkers about it having "only" 200hp. Meanwhile 99% of them probably have never even been on a bike, let alone have anywhere near the ability to handle a 200hp bike.
My old ZZR1100 made 130 at the wheel and that was the fastest thing you could buy in its day. It was damn fast. Even with the weight difference here 200HP is a shitload. Its old tech not a 'busa people.
Believe it or not I had one of these with a Mr turbo kit years ago. Yes they are fast, problem is , the bike isn't designed to go that fast,, mine was super scary, fouled plugs like crazy, a lot of work. A great experience though, I just got a 2015 zx14 which would destroy this bike performance wise, but I still love it. Great post!
My friend had one of those he bought new in '79 and put a Mr Turbo kit on it, and he sent the engine to a guy who built it for turbo specs with one of only two sets of cams ever that were ground to turbo specs for that engine, EVIL is the way to describe that thing, it's one of the two scariest motorcycles I've ever ridden, being a motorcycle mechanic and even having my own shop at one time I've ridden a lot of wild motorcycles and that thing left an everlasting impression, 1979 brakes, 1979 tires, and 1979 suspension with that kind of power equals a motorcycle that's just dying to kill you or at least put you in the hospital, 100% EVIL.
Nice bike man, clean look, I like what you did to it. I have a 82'GPZ1100 with a THE big-bore kit, I can't imagine having anything else added to it. Although I do like the thought of it being a turbo too, or nitrous, but I have enough trouble trying to hang on to as it is.
I guess the turbo improved midrange power on a rather peaky stock engine. All kidding aside, beautiful work on a beautiful bike. Must still be a heavy thing to handle.
Glorious isn't the word, EVIL is, I've ridden one of these but it was faster then this one. In 1979 a friend of mine bought one of these new, took it home and immediately took the engine off and sent it to a guy who worked with Kaw engines that built it for turbo specs, it had 1 of only 2 ever made set of cams specifically ground for turbo specs, when he got it back he put the engine back on with a Mr Turbo kit, and as if it wasn't fast enough he put a nitrous bottle on it that gave it a little shot of nitrous at WOT to compensate for turbo lag. Every one around town knew who he was and about the bike, I finally got to meet the guy in the late 80's and got to be friends with him, I took the bike for a ride twice back in the day although by then he had the nitrous unhooked on it, that kind of power on a bike with 1979 brakes, 1979 tires, and a 1979 suspension=100% EVIL!!! I mean that thing was just dying to kill you or put you in the hospital. At lower RPM's if you jacked the throttle wide open it reacted pretty much like any other large displacement UJM of the era, if you watched the boost gauge at 4lbs it started to happen, at 6lbs your eyeballs started to sink back in your head, at 8lbs the bike was literally trying to shoot straight out from underneath you, the 2nd time I rode the bike he told me "Don't go over 10lbs of boost or you'll blow the head gasket", I told him "Don't worry about that, I doubt I'll even see 8lbs this time" That thing was one of the two scariest motorcycles I've ever ridden in my life, and being a motorcycle mechanic and even having my own shop at one point I've ridden a lot of wild bikes, 100% EVIL is the best way to describe that thing.
Im more of a full fairing kid,,, but i know wicked when i see it and that there is on F$@K of an amazing machine Lad,,,, Awesome build I cant say enuff good things about this Beast and i only seen her on the interweb!!! Keep Safe man Many Kudos Bigtyme....
estaba por sacar el video por que me aburrio , pero justo la acelero a fondo en esa ruta me corrio por las venas toda esa potencia!! QUE MAQUINA POR DIOS!!
Have you ever taken it to the drag strip and gotten some official times with your bikes? I had the KZ1300, but only as a stock bike. It was pretty intense as it was, and I remember that the weight was top heavy and hard to maneuver in the city at low speeds. You ride it very well. Wish I still had my bikes. Had a H2-750, a Z1-900, and the KZ-1300.
Very good ,, and i like the way you rev it ! there are a lot of bike vids on here where the riders dont know how to ride and rev bike`s properly !!! Have you any dyno time ? any figures yet ? top job well done ......
I love the fact that a 1.3 litre bike with 6 cylinders hasn't got enough testosterone for you so you chuck a turbo on it 😁. Install looks & sounds very well done 👏
what did you use for an ignition system I used to have one and the stock CDI took a dump and that used igniters from a second design Honda 750 four cylinder
80s bike with 200 hp, turbo injection and six cylinders! Badass AF!
Four cylinders!
Shootout from the original Z-1 900, the 1300 came out six years after the Z-1 900: (anniversary) The KZ 1300, except this one was retrofitted with turbo!
@@fernominalEhm KZ1300 is 6 cyl. Just look how wide the engine is. Anniversary has the only diffrence of having injection instead of carbs like regular 1300.
@@fernominal 6 cylinder
KZ 1300 best bike ever . Johannesburg to palaborwa 2hrs 32 Min . Glide like an angel . 😎😂😄
@@pierresmit2525 Google says 495 km, takes 5H30. Average about 200 km/h. Lekker :-)
Best sounding turbo conversion on two wheels I’ve ever heard.
That dump valve sounds mint,awesome bike.
ズバリ、カッコいいですkAwAsAk1300は前、横、後ろ、全てに素晴らしいオーナさんが綺麗に手入れをしているから更に輝いていますエンジン、からマフラー車輪ブレーキ、ライトまですべてに素晴らしいです日本人はあまりバイクは綺麗にしないので貴方様のバイクを見ると新車その物ですね大事にしているんですね、私はバイクに乗ったのは16才の時兄貴のバイク借りて乗った排気量の小さいたぶん400CCだと思います未だにバイクのフアンです
This is freaking SWEET MAN! ! I love the older KZ Models
Yep i agree. I had a Z1300.And nope no mistake. We didn't have any KZ in Germany, all models were Z. Nobody want's a German to have another KZ (Koncentration camp) It took no less than 20-21 mpg (US) the first carburator edition.Or 10Liter/100Kilometer. And I had 2 Z 500.I kept one Z500 while having the Z1300.But 'cause of the fuel price and the spare part prices (I needet for the TÜV 3 break disks each 350 €) I sold the Z1300 again. And was happy to enjoy the half as strong Z500 50 HP. But almost half the weight too. I was so pleased with the bike that I got me a 2nd one. Consumption 4,4-7,2 Liter/100Km.These bikes were all build in 1979. A good time ;-)
Very elegant build. So close to original and yet so sofisticated.
A sixpack has it's own unique sound. A soundprofile that no 4-cyl. are able to reproduce.
Nice job Mr. Fluttert
I built a turbo SE 1250 VROD for a customer, 165 at the wheel, couldnt shift fast enough, 125 mph comes up quickly, I like this bike, clean install, sounds great!
These things were tanks back in the day, and this one revs like a sport bike. Well done!
We had the 1985 ZG1300 from 1986 - 1988. A brilliant machine and easier to throw around in corners than many would contend.
The earlier A2 version still holds the round Australia time record on Highway One at 6 days 23 hours and 11 minutes. Ridden by a policeman.
I like the little tweet from the dump valve during shifts and when he shuts off. But Im a long term 750turbo owner and I like hearing that myself when riding my own bike too :)
wow the wetdream of any bike enthusiast
I bet that old school bike is a monster with that turbo 👍👍👍👍
The sound of the turbo pop off and the engine is so sexy! Love this!!
Looks and sounds lovely hope bottom end will take allthat top end but a credit to the builder
I love such heavy bikes. Wanted to buy a Z1300 back in the late 80s but then I switched to the VMax of which I own both versions meanwhile.
Who knows what had happened if Kawasaki would have gone further with the Z1300...
Nice bike and very clean mod. Thumbs up!
Awesome bike ... and that was a nice U-turn at 2:45 !
Sweet sounding bike. Nice project, and I especially love that you converted it to EFI. Well done.
They got EFI from factory around 1983-1984, only the early ones were carbed.
Beautiful glorious Kawasaki , legend.
The rolling burnouts would be epic
This is sick!! As people say it sounds like a real Supra! What a toy you have man really good job.
sounds like the H1 500 cc 2 stroke,amazing sound,I love it
I had one of those
Wow, echt vet. Het lijkt alsof het vermogen zo soepel inkomt, lijkt me heerlijk om daar eens op te rijden.
Moet toegeven dat ik ook ietwat stond te kijken met hoeveel souplesse je nog kan sturen, even keren op de weg en weer verder. Zag er zo eenvoudig uit, menigeen steekt dan toch even de voet uit. En dan ook nog eens met zo'n (excuus voor de termen) gedateerde motor qua handling etc etc. Ik neem mijn hoed voor u af meneer.
That bike engine sounds so cool. I would have to vote to quite it down more though at low rpms. Just to not piss off everyone before getting on the road
Holy moly! You did a fantastic job here. This is the cleanest, most factory stock looking turbo bike I've ever seen. One suggestion- if it were mine, I would de-chrome the intake pipes, and either powdercoat them black, or go for matte finish aluminum. I think black would be best. And speaking of black, please, please take off the pipe couplers in blue, and replace them with black ones. This would visually integrate the turbo parts sooooo much better- and have a very pleasing understated look. The blue just screams cheap / import tuner/ rice rocket/ autozone junk.
It really doesnt fit with the sophisticated, mature demeaner of the 1300.
Besides that one small detail, this has got to be the nicest turbo addition I've ever seen on a motorbike. Well done mate, well done.
Way to go!King Zed at its best
That thing is a beast! And the sound!!
I would love nothing more than to have a bike like this, and when a straight piped HD pulls up next to me at a stop light, I'd show him what a good sounding bike really is.
Would have loved to see some specs...awesome machine..
I used to have a Z-1 900, (back in the day)
and it could do wheelies cruising down the highway at 70mph!!..lol..!!
I wonder how the neighbors like getting woke up, whenever he starts it up in the wee hours!!..lol..!!
Very nice Farris. If I had been able to keep my KZ13 running, I would have loved to have turbocharged it. Unfortunately, back in the early 90's, there was not enough information, or internet to find out what the problems were, so since I couldn't afford, to, and couldn't find out why she kept eating $400 alternator stators, and a few other problems, all I could do was charge the battery, and run it till it discharged. Couldn't get to far away from home. Wish I still had her now. Best bike ever made. Don't ever sell yours dude, you WILL regret it if you do. I did. 😭
One fine machine and shaft drive too. I want one.
The sound is just lovely
Wat een fantastische motor ! Ik zag hem dit jaar op de motorbeurs in Utrecht en was direkt verliefd. Prachtig project Richard ! My compiliments.
Richard that is stunning. I have one in my shed for over ten years needs rebuild,however I have a friend in Ireland who has a turboed one in Lawson rep style and its jaw dropping as well. a pajero jeep turbo fitted if I recall. anyway regards from Ireland.
Good grief, revs up like a two stroke racing bike! Well done!
Thanks a lot for making recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health.
Wauw, dat heeft bloed zweet en tranen gekost om m zo te krijgen.
Ontzettend mooie fiets.
Nice bike stunning sound. Nice video !!!!
The '80s sounding techno is very appropriate! Diggit.
Cool sound bro... old is gold😎
Don Vesco put two of the carby version of this engine into a rail frame for the Bonneville Salt Flat speed record around 1980. An impressive speed attained.
awsome man truely what a time piece ive got 5 bikes and id trade any one for that
lol all the shit talkers about it having "only" 200hp. Meanwhile 99% of them probably have never even been on a bike, let alone have anywhere near the ability to handle a 200hp bike.
True
200hp is a metric shitload of power for a bike.... most powerful ive driven was some 426 yamaha or something with 60ish hp, and that was plenty.
k
My old ZZR1100 made 130 at the wheel and that was the fastest thing you could buy in its day. It was damn fast. Even with the weight difference here 200HP is a shitload. Its old tech not a 'busa people.
More bike sound and less music would be better I reckon though. Im a petrolhead not a muso!
Que padre moto lo felicito por traer la moto en impecables condiciones se ve que la tiene bien cuidada saludos
Believe it or not I had one of these with a Mr turbo kit years ago. Yes they are fast, problem is , the bike isn't designed to go that fast,, mine was super scary, fouled plugs like crazy, a lot of work. A great experience though, I just got a 2015 zx14 which would destroy this bike performance wise, but I still love it. Great post!
Why would you compare a 2015 bike to this decades old one off ?
Wanka
I used to have one these. And. I have to say it used to frighten me. ❤️. Monster
My friend had one of those he bought new in '79 and put a Mr Turbo kit on it, and he sent the engine to a guy who built it for turbo specs with one of only two sets of cams ever that were ground to turbo specs for that engine, EVIL is the way to describe that thing, it's one of the two scariest motorcycles I've ever ridden, being a motorcycle mechanic and even having my own shop at one time I've ridden a lot of wild motorcycles and that thing left an everlasting impression, 1979 brakes, 1979 tires, and 1979 suspension with that kind of power equals a motorcycle that's just dying to kill you or at least put you in the hospital, 100% EVIL.
ooh what a great bike and project !
Nice bike man, clean look, I like what you did to it. I have a 82'GPZ1100 with a THE big-bore kit, I can't imagine having anything else added to it. Although I do like the thought of it being a turbo too, or nitrous, but I have enough trouble trying to hang on to as it is.
I HAD A 79 MK11 1000 IN 1986 IT WAS SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET. BLEW AWAY MUSTANGS 5.O LIKE THEY WERE STANDING STILL .
I guess the turbo improved midrange power on a rather peaky stock engine. All kidding aside, beautiful work on a beautiful bike.
Must still be a heavy thing to handle.
Sounds great, anything but like a bike!
Très belle machine , resté en grande partie à l origine . Elle a fière allure.
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What a BEAST.... !!
That sounds wicked!
Sounds sick! Nice work
Love the music too
Nice. I have to get mine running again. It's been sitting for 3 years. The sound from the big six is pure sex.
YES! Thumbs UP, nice modded "classic " beast of my blood group gang KAWASAKI!
Sounds awesome. Well done
Great Build! Love it :-)
Work of art!
Its a KAWASAKI, don't get better than that!!
Great bike man! bellissima!
fucking wicked bike m8, remember when I first saw one outside bike shop in London just stood looking at it for ages
Sounds do fantastic AF
Beautiful bike
Awesome looking and sounding bike!
LET OP MET THE POLITIE!!
GROETJESS FROM SPANJE
You made this right respect
Glorious. It sounds so angry.
Glorious isn't the word, EVIL is, I've ridden one of these but it was faster then this one.
In 1979 a friend of mine bought one of these new, took it home and immediately took the engine off and sent it to a guy who worked with Kaw engines that built it for turbo specs, it had 1 of only 2 ever made set of cams specifically ground for turbo specs, when he got it back he put the engine back on with a Mr Turbo kit, and as if it wasn't fast enough he put a nitrous bottle on it that gave it a little shot of nitrous at WOT to compensate for turbo lag.
Every one around town knew who he was and about the bike, I finally got to meet the guy in the late 80's and got to be friends with him, I took the bike for a ride twice back in the day although by then he had the nitrous unhooked on it, that kind of power on a bike with 1979 brakes, 1979 tires, and a 1979 suspension=100% EVIL!!! I mean that thing was just dying to kill you or put you in the hospital.
At lower RPM's if you jacked the throttle wide open it reacted pretty much like any other large displacement UJM of the era, if you watched the boost gauge at 4lbs it started to happen, at 6lbs your eyeballs started to sink back in your head, at 8lbs the bike was literally trying to shoot straight out from underneath you, the 2nd time I rode the bike he told me "Don't go over 10lbs of boost or you'll blow the head gasket", I told him "Don't worry about that, I doubt I'll even see 8lbs this time"
That thing was one of the two scariest motorcycles I've ever ridden in my life, and being a motorcycle mechanic and even having my own shop at one point I've ridden a lot of wild bikes, 100% EVIL is the best way to describe that thing.
Im more of a full fairing kid,,, but i know wicked when i see it and that there is on F$@K of an amazing machine Lad,,,, Awesome build I cant say enuff good things about this Beast and i only seen her on the interweb!!! Keep Safe man Many Kudos Bigtyme....
nice turbobit
estaba por sacar el video por que me aburrio , pero justo la acelero a fondo en esa ruta me corrio por las venas toda esa potencia!!
QUE MAQUINA POR DIOS!!
This is awesome!
SOUNDS LIKE AN 2JZ 😍
Have you ever taken it to the drag strip and gotten some official times with your bikes? I had the KZ1300, but only as a stock bike. It was pretty intense as it was, and I remember that the weight was top heavy and hard to maneuver in the city at low speeds.
You ride it very well. Wish I still had my bikes. Had a H2-750, a Z1-900, and the KZ-1300.
how du they keep the nose down when it has so mutch power!???
Easy. His big brass Ball's.
Very good ,, and i like the way you rev it ! there are a lot of bike vids on here where the riders dont know how to ride and rev bike`s properly !!!
Have you any dyno time ? any figures yet ? top job well done ......
Nice machine!
Shouldn't the front wheel be in the air with much power on tap?
congrats !
can you share the song please? Nice one.
And the bike, no comments... People are crazy trying to find the carb version and you got both!
I love the fact that a 1.3 litre bike with 6 cylinders hasn't got enough testosterone for you so you chuck a turbo on it 😁.
Install looks & sounds very well done 👏
just beautifull
Do you have more footage of this bike ? I'd love to see (and hear !) more
lovely sound
best sound bike ever
je suis vmt très impressionné, voir un mec sortir sa moto, faire un petit tour et puis rentrer !??!
Would've been more interesting to see some pulls side by side with the white one (which I assume is closer to stock).
nice pop off
Não deu uma socada de mão com ela parada pra nós ver se ela derrete mesmo. Talvez esteja faltando a peça aquela que vai em cima controlando a máquina!
Cool bike
this is probably the best sound from anything ever 0.0 how much power?
on nvm 200 badass
Had a early kz1300, turbo with a Su carb. Scary fast for the type of bike. Handled like crap but that was to be expected.
Очень крутой мотоцикл💪, я хочу себе такой же
Hey Harry, is this what your doing to yours?
38c outside?!
Sounds nice Was it a lot of work?
what did you use for an ignition system I used to have one and the stock CDI took a dump and that used igniters from a second design Honda 750 four cylinder
sound like skyline..
it kinda sounds mightier than the skyline...
Been waiting to see someone else say this about the kz1300
Because its a inline 6
That the bov , sweet sounds.