LOT 604

1982 Kawasaki Z1300 Registration no. MAB 225X Frame no. JKAKZA19CA014256 Engine no. KZT30AE014914

Sold for £9,200 inc. premium

Lot 604

1982 Kawasaki Z1300
Registration no. MAB 225X Frame no. JKAKZA19CA014256 Engine no. KZT30AE014914

The Spring Sale - The International Classic MotorCycle Show|23 April 2022, 10:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

1982 Kawasaki Z1300
Registration no. MAB 225X
Frame no. JKAKZA19CA014256
Engine no. KZT30AE014914

Having seen its Z1000 deposed as top superbike by Honda's outrageous six-cylinder CBX, it was inevitable that Kawasaki would strike back. Enter the Z1300. Launched in 1978 to a fanfare of superlatives - biggest, heaviest, most powerful, fastest - Kawasaki's new flagship was more super-tourer than outright sports bike, its 140mph top speed notwithstanding. Weighing close to 700lb and producing an astonishing - at that time - 120bhp, the Z1300 promised to be a real handful but in fact handled "predictably and reassuringly over virtually any kind of surface" according to Bike magazine.

Imported from the USA and first registered in the UK on 1st March 1991, this Z1300 was purchased by the immediately preceding owner from Motorcycles Unlimited of Greenford, Middlesex on 18th July 2012 (sales receipt available). In April 2013 it was serviced and cosmetically restored by Portman Motorcycles, the re-spray being entrusted to Dream Machine (bills on file). The current vendor purchased the Kawasaki from Bonhams' sale of the Mikos Salamon Collection at Stafford in April 2018 (Lot 252), since when it has been kept as part of their extensive private collection within a climate-controlled environment. A new battery was fitted earlier this year and the machine passed the MoT test in March 2022. Accompanying paperwork includes numerous invoices; a copy of the old US title; a quantity of expired MoTs; V5C registration documents; and a service manual.
Offered with key

Footnotes

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Saleroom notices

The frame number is JKAKZAA19CA014256.

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