1977 Kawasaki mph Z650

Old school sports tourer getting a beating,Yes I know the carbs needed a balance!.

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[gaincraft]

Had one of these in 1978 reg SPF ***R it was owned by Kawasaki UK and I bought it with 1500 miles on the clock. Just the best bike I ever owned. If you have one, go to Cheddar Gorge and ride it up and down the road that runs through the middle of the Gorge - it power peaks (it had a power band like a two stroke)in the short stretches between the bends, leaving the heavy weights behind!. I could go on and on....

[TheHellboy1234]

good man liked that brought back some memories

[miniclean]

@grisbane you ride like a minj would piss on you all day long get a clue and pull your head outta your ass sunshine!! my old man would whip you up this road if your man enough!!! thats all that needs to be said thanks and bye!

[miniclean]

@grisbane you ride like a fanny would piss on you all day long get a clue and pull your head outta your ass sunshine!! my old man would whip you up this road if your man enough!!! thats all that needs to be said thanks and bye!

[miniclean]

@grisbane you ride likie a fanny would piss on you all day long get a clue and pull your head outta your ass sunshine!! my old man would whip you up this road if your man enough!!! thats all that needs to be said thanks and bye!

[garylittle650]

Looks a lot like Plump Hill. a twisty hill with bad cambers and long drops. B2's forever

[tHaH4x0r]

my dad has one of these bikes, its going to be my first bike and so far im enjoying it!

[paulmathome]

I still have this B2

Is it only me that sees the mid point and notices 'Neutral'?

[gbrisbane]

@miniclean In your dreams, my mates 350LC could only just stay with the my Z650 in base form. I remember gas flowing the head on my 1978 B2 (with a kilometer clock?) fitted the yoshi pipe, down a big hill with a tale wind you could hit 130mph, fond memories of 1981 to 1984.

[jaywalker512]

I certainly hope it'll do more than 90mph lol. My KZ400 does 90 mph on a regular day :p

[paulmathome]

Still loving this

Mine is a B2, still have it but not ridden for years

The original street fighter bike

As I recall the Yoshi pipe was a bit tame

The Harris Magnum was much more aggressive and, unusually, a left handed pipe

Until the whole thing fell off on the M25 on the way to a job interview

BTW Pipers are for wimps

Thanks for keeping this vid alive

[busa62]

One of the first UJM's that actually handled. Had hoots and hoots of fun on mine, had a Yoshi pipe on it until it ground through on the right handers! big ends went after some 60K's of thrashing. And to the dreamer named miniclean - my mate had a 350lc and couldnt keep up down the straights or in the twisties