Z1 900 #00087 Bill Wirges

HISTORY: THIS IS #87 (Z1E00087) ENGINE ONLY. NOT A COMPLETE BIKE. Bill of sale will be provided. Engines do not have titles. but e-bay required an entry under title. The history on this engine is a little hard to follow. but I will do my best to explain the history. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. This 1973 Kawasaki Z1 900 engine #87 was in the bike that was displayed at the Kawasaki dealer show at Laguna Seca Raceway in 1972. From what I was told. it was the first Z1 shipped from Japan to the United States. Yvon Duhamel. Gary Nixon & other Kawasaki factory riders were there for the Z1 introduction. Kawasaki gave me the above bike and a few crate engines after the dealer show. Regarding the #87 1973 Z1 900. we installed a mild cam. 10. 5:1 compression pistons. 4 into 1 pipe and we ran it at Bonneville in 1973. At that time. we were running Kawasaki H2 750 two stroke triples (2) in our streamliner and anticipated converting to the new Z1 900. The H2 750 streamliner set a Bonneville Salt Flats class record of 241. 950 mph. We had a one-way run of 261 mph. but a 2-way average within one hour is what goes in the record books. http://www. bonneville200mph. org/2014_speedweek_insert. pdf As far as I am aware. the 241. 950 mph class record still represents the world’s fastest Kawasaki triple. I built-up one of the Z1 crate engines with an 1130cc big bore kit. etc. After completing the big bore motor. I took the #87 engine out of the dealer show bike and placed engine #87 on a shelf. I then placed the big bore motor in #87’s chassis and headed to Daytona Bike Week. While setting 50 feet from the entrance. this bike became one of many stolen at Daytona that year. Since the original frame was stolen at Daytona. this #87 engine sat on a shelf for several years. I eventually placed this #87 engine it in a 75 Z1 street chassis. This engine has less than 2. 00 miles on it. i. e…2. 00 street miles and approximately 50 miles at Bonneville. I recently decided to sell this #87 engine. so I cleaned & synched carbs. checked valve settings. checked compression. went through the ignition. went through the clutch and pulled all covers. Internals are like new. the transmission shifts correct and the engine runs like new. If you are a vintage collector. looking for an early engine #. this engine can easily be converted back to original. All that would need to be done would be to install standard pistons. cams. covers and paint. Sincerely. /p> Bill Wirges