1981 Kawasaki kz1000 csr

1981 Kawasaki KZ1000 csr.
Cold start video. Highlight the link, hen right click and select go to: https://youtu.be/cQtrlOX-x1Y
Bike is in like new condition. All stock, ll original except for the paint and the two emblems on the gas tank. These two emblems are not original to the bike. The kerker exhaust is not original but is less than a year since bought new. Stock pipes and center stand are not pictured and not included.
Local sale only. No delivery, o shipping. Currently registered in Arapahoe county, olorado.
Pictures above are the most recent. More pictures from when I initially purchased the bike to what it is now are located at photo bucket. Contact me for a link to the album of pictures.
The 1981 model is the best model year ever made. This bike was designed after Kawasaki engineers had enough time to look at previous generation models and learn from their mistakes. This is the improved version from earlier models. Steering rake, eat height, pright seating position all add up to a ride comfort unmatched. I put on almost 7 thousand miles in 7 months only because this is a bike that when you hop on you simply cannot get off. It won't let you. The bike was aimed at the city slicker. A city slicker who simply wants to cruise around town now and then while looking good and feeling good. The stock gearing on this bike is the same as the police model version. A gearing that some describe as radical. You are not going to win the drag strip races but in the city and up to city speed limits there is nothing on 4 wheels under the 35 thousand dollar mark (stock off the showroom floor) that this bike cannot sweep aside. Mustangs, amaros, ouped up cars trucks of all makes and models may mistake you for a putt putt. It's up to you to let them think that, r you can simply twist the throttle and say ta-ta. High dollar Harleys that don't know better after seeing you float by get humbled immediately and fall in line as they yield to your command.
This is not a barn yard find. This is also not an over priced listing as you will find with other listings and the only justification for their price is the bike is an earlier model so therefore in their minds they think it must be worth more even though they have very little if any maintenance history. This is a bike with low miles, bike that has been cared for, bike with a maintenance history, ompletely stock, nmodified. A bike that gave engineers years of practice to make the mistakes of the earlier models and to build on and make refinements into the development of the 1981 model you have right here. If I were to continue going on, would simply talk myself out of selling this remarkable history piece.
Bike has been gone over from front to rear. Includes log book with odometer readings, ates, nd work provided with receipts and a couple of videos. Also included is original owners manual and correct year service manual.
There is not a single bolt on the bike that I have touched that I know of as being stripped. None of the cam cap bolts are stripped. Look up kz1000 cam cap bolts. Manyof the bikes you'll find today have these sort of issues and the associated problems.
All chrome on the bike is clean. Tank and sidecovers are gold flaked lime green. Both sidecover emblems in place with new emblem locks to keep them there.
Motor operates at optimum temps. Evidence by the non discoloration of the stock chrome pipes that were replaced with the kerker exhaust only within the last year. This bike has never over heated. Again, ook up kz1000 but this time search for pictures of exhaust pipes. The majority of stock pipes you'll see are rainbow colored because the bike was ran lean. Pictures of the stock pipes are located at photo bucket.
The bike is completely stock except for the kerker and the carb jetting. Kerker is setup as it was delivered with the street baffle minus the glass packing.
The following are some of the parts and labor serviced during my ownership. I have owned the bike since 5600 miles and it now sits just over 12,000.
new oem sparkplugsoil changes/filters include big and small o rings.new oem carb bootsair box original and complete with new lid and snorkelnew oem fork seals: forks have been drained and replenished twice, hotos with fork springs measured well within factory specs.new cam end plugs (two times, irst to fix the leak, econd to get it right)OEM valve cover gasket (extra oem gasket included)new o ring and gasket for tach cable into valve covervalves shimmed all to the high side .004-.0065 except for one at around .0035. Exact numbers for each valve/ cylinder logged with pictures. You will not have to deal with valve adjustments for many many miles. Carbs synched multiple times within 1-1.5 hg.New tires, ew tubes, rofessionally installed and balanced.swing arm removed, nspected and lubed,steering removed, nspected and lubed. The steering is spot on smooth. You can ride the bike without hands and steer by using your hips.new stock size 630 chainnew rear shocksnew output shaft sprocket and locknew rear sprocket included (not installed, urrent sprocket within specs)New oem clutch cablenew jets (stock and upsized jets for the kerker) main, ilot, nd idle.carbs have been gone through, leaned, nstalled with new bowl gaskets jetted for optimum performance.timing advancer lubed.new brake pads front and rear.All lights work.Horn works.Rebuilt valve stems on top of forks with new valve cores.Newer transmission cover. (The original cover had a dinged chain guard caused by the previous owner not setting the chain to correct tension.)Along with the transmission cover, ew oem clutch pushrod, ew oem pushrod seal, ew oem output shaft seal, ew oem shift rod seal and new transmission cover gasket.New oem insulators under the fuel tank to frame and between the headlamp and forks.New aftermarket Windshieldcupholdernewer battery, was a replacement when I first got the bike).
No known deficiencies.
Bike has stock gearing 2.6.
Bike has two keys.
Also included but not installed:
new oem fuel petcock valvenew oem complete set of clutch disksnew rear stock size sprocket (never installed, ot needed yet).new top end gasket set minus one or two gaskets.new oem valve cover gasket
I bought these items just in case for the long haul. Although these items have not been installed because they are not needed at this time, ll these extra items are included.
As of 5/13/16Current nada values: Excellent $3,465Very Good $2,210
I quoted nada values because that's what my bank uses to appraise and issue their loans and what you might expect to be able to draw upon for financing.
All said and done, ver $1150 in parts with receipts and at dealer pricing well over a thousand in labor.
There are more parts and labor I'm forgetting but are included in the maintenance log book.
Local sale only. Bike is located in Aurora, olorado.
**There is a hat behind the windshield. My hat is not included. There is a hip pouch on the rear seat. That hip pouch is not included.
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