1980 Kawasaki Kz1300 on 2040-motos

Here's a bike for a rider who's looking for something different. 

It's a 120 hp, 1980 Kawasaki KZ1300B2 in-line, six-cylinder, touring bike that I transformed into a "fantasy" police bike.  I call it a "fantasy" bike because as far as I know, no law enforcement agency ever used this model.  But they should have!  I recently owned an actual '95 Kawasaki KZ1000P police bike -- it was very impressive, but this KZ1300 would have run circles around it.

It's currently licensed and ridden weekly.  Battery is good, and oil changed annually.  All electricals work.

The bike started life as a stock touring model.  I repainted it white, then replaced the passenger seat and top trunk with a new, Motorola radio box (with new, rotating amber emergency light) and four-foot fiberglass radio antenna.  I also removed the passenger pegs and fairing lowers (to showcase the huge mill), and added dual chrome sirens mounted on a chrome crash bar.  I also applied metallic gold "sheriff star" decals to each side of the fairing. 

The KZ1300 was biggest and only liquid-cooled production in-line, six-cylinder, production bike ever made (Honda and Benelli made smaller, air-cooled six-cylinder bikes back in the day).  Instead of six, impossible-to-synchronize carburetors, this bike has a three, two-barrel carb setup.  This bike was professionally tuned two years ago. 

If you've never ridden a six-cylinder bike, you'll like it -- plenty of incredibly smooth power in all gears.  I compare it to riding a motorcycle with a car engine in it.  Vibration is minimal -- the mirrors are as clear at 70 mph as they are when the bike is sitting in the garage.  The engine cases are a full 27" wide -- your shins are actually behind, not outside of, the outer cylinders!     

The best part:  Other motorists notice this bike.  They keep an eye on you, and immediately slow down!  Which is good if you're concerned about safety and visibility.  Or if you just like attention . . .

Note:  This bike is now 36 years old.  It's no show bike -- the paint has the inevitable chips and flaws, there's some surface rust here and there, etc.  Battery acid overflow has etched the muffler joint cover on the left exhaust, and there's some surface rust on the swingarm (see photo).  But overall, the bike has been taken care of, and is in great condition, as the photos show.  You won't be disappointed. 

Every part that has been removed from the bike -- the passenger seat, top trunk, and fairing lowers -- will be included with this sale, so you can return the bike to stock configuration if desired.  Plus, I will throw in a shorter windshield, if you like to look over windshields instead of through them.  Also included are an owner's manual, and a very useful factory service manual.   The bike has both a side stand and center stand.  The front tire and brakes are good, but it will need a new rear tire before long. 

The bike has an old-school, pull-out AM/FM cassette deck with 4" marine speakers in the fairing.  The deck is fully functional and sounds surprisingly good -- it was a new-in-the-box unit that I installed a couple of years ago.  It is easily removed from the fairing and stashed in the radio box or a saddle bag when it rains or you wash the bike.  The radio box light and sirens currently are not wired up -- they are just for looks.

The KZ has a huge, 7-gallon gas tank.  And it needs it, because your car probably gets better mileage than this bike.  But that's the price you pay for six cylinders and 120 hp. 

A previous owner rewired the radiator fan so that it's operated only by a manual waterproof toggle switch on the fairing.  The fan could be rewired to be operated by the thermostat, as it was originally.  That previous owner liked to be able to turn on the fan sooner (at a lower temperature) than the thermostat did; I trusted his judgement and left the manual switch. 

Oh, yeah -- there's a cup holder!

Please ask me any questions you have -- about the bike, or about payment/pickup/shipping arrangements.  If you want photos of anything specific, let me know.