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    #46
    I saw some Japanese Market KZ750s based upon the KZ900 - KZ1000 big block engine.

    This was at a motorcycle junk yard in Upland, CA. They had imported a bunch of bikes from Japan. I guess it was difficult to legally keep old iron on the road legally there, and these guys were buying it by the connex.
    sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things

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      #47
      Originally posted by 850 Combat View Post
      I saw some Japanese Market KZ750s based upon the KZ900 - KZ1000 big block engine.

      This was at a motorcycle junk yard in Upland, CA. They had imported a bunch of bikes from Japan. I guess it was difficult to legally keep old iron on the road legally there, and these guys were buying it by the connex.
      Right. One couldn't own a big displacing more than 750cc in Japan until the early '80s, so many of the 850-1000cc bikes we got here were destroked to displace 749cc.

      Big bore, short stroke = fast and high revving engines. Probably lots of fun in the twisties.
      GS450E GS650E GS700ES GS1000E GS1000G GS1100G GS1100E
      KZ550A KZ700A GPZ750
      CB400T CB900F
      XJ750R

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        #48
        Originally posted by Griffin View Post
        Right. One couldn't own a big displacing more than 750cc in Japan until the early '80s, so many of the 850-1000cc bikes we got here were destroked to displace 749cc.

        Big bore, short stroke = fast and high revving engines. Probably lots of fun in the twisties.
        Actually, Japanese customers could own bikes over 750cc, but they had to be imported, not domestic. Odd regulations it seems.
        sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things

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          #49
          Originally posted by 850 Combat View Post
          Actually, Japanese customers could own bikes over 750cc, but they had to be imported, not domestic. Odd regulations it seems.
          So I wonder if the Goldwings made in Ohio and the GPZ1100s and KZ1300s made in Nebraska were legal to own in Japan?
          GS450E GS650E GS700ES GS1000E GS1000G GS1100G GS1100E
          KZ550A KZ700A GPZ750
          CB400T CB900F
          XJ750R

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            #50
            Originally posted by Griffin View Post
            So I wonder if the Goldwings made in Ohio and the GPZ1100s and KZ1300s made in Nebraska were legal to own in Japan?
            I read an article about it in the 70's. Norton Commando 850s were legal, and big BMWs and Harely Davidsons. As I recall, according to the article, CBX were imported into Japan, and became legal by being imported.

            The article was titled "A Taste for Foreign Iron".
            sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things

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