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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.
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      SUZUKI:       1978 GS1000E; 1980 GS1000G; 1982 GS650E; 1982 GS1100G; 1982 GS1100E; 1985 GS700ES
      HONDA: 1981 CB900F Super Sport
      KAWASAKI: 1981 KZ550A-2; 1984 ZX750A-2 (aka GPZ750); 1984 KZ700A-1
      YAMAHA: 1983 XJ750RK Seca

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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?
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          SUZUKI:           1978 GS1000E; 1980 GS1000G; 1982 GS650E; 1982 GS1100G; 1982 GS1100E; 1985 GS700ES
          HONDA: 1981 CB900F Super Sport
          KAWASAKI: 1981 KZ550A-2; 1984 ZX750A-2 (aka GPZ750); 1984 KZ700A-1
          YAMAHA: 1983 XJ750RK Seca

          Free speech is the foundation of an open society. Each time a society bans a word or phrase it deems “offensive”, it chips away at that very foundation upon which it was built.

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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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