KZ400, The First KZ

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Greetings,

In 1974 the Kawasaki KZ400 was introduced. It was the very first motorcycle to bear the KZ designation. Most people are understandably more familiar with it's larger displacement siblings--the KZ750-B (twin cylinder), KZ900-A, and KZ900-B LTD introduced in 1976. In 1977 the KZ650s and KZ1000s followed. When the 1975 KZ400s were being built in Kawasaki's new factory in Lincoln, Nebraska the magazine Industrial Finishing took the opportunity to tour the new facility and review the KZ400's painting process.

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If one of the ladies doing the hand detail work on the second page is your sister/mother/grandmother let us know what she had to say about those days.

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It is not hard to see why the KZ400 caught people's eyes. It really is a great looking bike.

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Above: a little good clean fun on what is likely a 1977.

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Thanks for looking. Gary  /  kawasaki-yama-zuki

Forgotten Goodies - Vintage Accessories

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Greetings,

The first item for review today is something that was likely rare even back in 1997 when it came out. Team MUZZY slideshow screen saver (on 2 floppy discs). Doug Chandler on the cover. This was ordered directly from Muzzy's (I think).

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Back in those days I had it running on my home computer. But today, it's all but useless unless I come up with a working Win95/98 32-bit computer to attempt an install. Actually, I have a PC that should work--just not an older monitor that it will drive. I know running it now is really a waste of time--that feature is native to Windows and the floppy files will be ultra low-res--I just want to see what pictures were included and relive a couple minutes of the good old days. Until then I'll stick with the hundreds of high-res modern files,.... while using my vintage motorsports mouse pad.

The mouse pad was a gift and there is no brand name on it so I do not know the source.

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Finally, from Suzuki in ©1994 a set of 40 motorcycle and quad cards.

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View more of the set HERE.

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Thanks for looking. Gary  /  kawasaki-yama-zuki