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My first 84' Voyager I sold on ebay for $1500 with low compression and a bad clutch.

My latest 84' Voyager bought off the Bike Ads BB for $600 in July 2000. This was a 20,000 mile wrecked bike I bought in St. Louis sight unseen for parts, but after I looked it over I decided to fix it instead. So far it's turned out to be a good rider though, it's been to multiple Rallies and I've just repainted it, made a few updates and did normal maintenance starting in 5/05!

Current condition as of 9/05. It was past time to repaint the bike so I stripped all the body parts down to the bare plastic and had it all painted a 'Passion Pearl' color by 'House Of Colors'. The wife likes purple so she gets purple. I'm going to reserve judgment until I see the finished product. There will be a tech article on fixing cracked fairings that was this one here that I had fiber-glassed for my bike. A local body shop did the fiber-glass repair and paint for about $1000. Over $300 of that was just for paint and supplies!

Current condition as of 10/05. I get the bike together just in time for our second annual bike ride they do at the Christ Fellowship Church in Tomball, Texas. This year we went to Canyon Lake, Austin, Bandero, Buda and surrounding areas of Texas. We also do quite a few weekend rides around the outlying Houston area.

80' B2 with 25k miles for sale as of 9/05 with bad motor. When it was running this bike rode like a new one.

1979 KZ1300 A1 with 7103 original miles! I bought this bike early 2003' and fixed it up after it had been sitting for many years and sold it in 3/03 to a new member, Russ Ostic in Michigan who is posted below with more pictures. That's me, my son Ross and wife Marie. david@kz1300.com

80' KZ1300 B2 Touring owned by member Denis Kendall in Chicago, Illinois - my first member with a picture posted!

this pic shows a manual fan switch mounted on the handlebar clamp

80' KZ1300 B2 Factory Touring owned by member Eric Rigdon of Reno, Nevada.

Eric Rigdon of Reno, Nevada, KZ1300 # 2.

KZ1300 owned by member Tim Woods in Ca.

KZ1300 owned by member Christopher Caputo in Ca., shows the Calafia style fairing

KZ1300 owned by member Steven Marco in Kentucky.

79' KZ1300 owned by member Bill Dunkus, Rolla, Missouri

80' KZ1300 GT owned by member Lanny Leoppke.

81' KZ1300 GT previously owned by member Daniel T.

80' KZ1300 B2 Factory Touring owned by Clyde in Streator, Illinois.

84' ZN1300 previously owned by member Don F. with 17k miles that sold off my site for $8700!

80' KZ1300 B2 owned by member Frank in Ca., that sold off my site for $2800.

ZN1300 owned by member Adam Nelson.

KZ1300 at a motorcycle shop in Auburn, Wa.

79' KZ1300 owned by member Gary Goetz in Wisconsin, host of our 2002 Rally.

79' KZ1300 GT owned by member Gary Mavar.

80' KZ1300 B2 conversion owned by member Bill Boyer in New Jersey.

82' KZ1300 B-4 with Vetter package owned by member Chris Bombeke in New Jersey, host of our NJ Rally in 2001.

New pictures of Chris' bike after conversion to an A-4, October 2002.

I had it professionally painted and pinstriped to match the rest of the original 1982 finish. Kind of looks like the fuel injected Z1300's sold in Europe with that larger tank or like that zero mile bike in the British Isles on your website. I have located about 3 more local KZ1300 owners. Last but not least, I won 1st place " Best Japanese Classic" at the August 25, 2002 "Monster Meet" motorcycle show in South Jersey sponsored by Motorcycle Monthly magazine with this very bike. Thanks, Chris Bombeke (New Jersey).

79' KZ1300 with Champion sidecar owned by member Stacy Goff in Connecticut.

82' KZ1300 A4 owned by member Mike Simon - Cleveland Ohio (the CBX's are his too!).

82' KZ1300 owned by member Rod.

KZ1300 owned by member David Sullivan.

79' KZ1300 GT owned by member Maurice Stephens in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

80' KZ1300 owned by member Scott Hewitt.

Jim Rivers in Cambria, California, #1 candidate to host our 2003 Rally in California! Yes it is gun metal, it's been a year and a half in the making! Had to pull the top end twice and replace the cam chain tensioner the 1st time and fired it up and found out the lower wheel had went bad and took out 6 valves. Ported and polished the cylinder head removed about 30 lbs of wires and went through the bike axel to axel. I had this bike new in 79 sold in 80 and it showed up in my friends garage full dressed and with only 3000 more miles on it, it hasn't been ridden since 86, until now.. I did everything to it that I didn't have the time to do when I owned it new. Now I start on #2 which I'm going to incorporate the 2 carb manifold and automotive distributor ignition. The little one is another future 13 rider!!
My grandson, Adrian Grace age 5.

KZ1300 owned by member by Steve Rizor.

KZ1300 previously owned by member Randy in Washington.

The production sticker on the bike reads 9/79 which is in the production year of 1980. Here in town (Spokane Wa.) I've seen a full-dressed KZ1300 and the model just below it the sport dresser with the Vetter hard bags & trunk & fairing and then there's mine which you've seen, so I don't know what's what! Your web-site is Awesome!! I was like a little kid in the candy store looking at all the 1300's some real fine add-ons recreations-transformations. Its nice to see that there are others around! As I was feeling like a Dinosaur in modern society! My bike is modest in comparison to the ones on your web-site! And too I would like to join the 1300 club so let me know what that entails. Jeff Barrett PS.Thanks for your comments on my cycle--I try!

My web page -
http://community.webtv.net/ClassyChassisPhotography/AClickInTime

81' Turbo owned by member Joe Jakubec in Glendale Arizona.

79' KZ1300 custom owned by member Ringo in California. He's a "Lifer/Nomad" member of the Los Angeles, CA Chapter. http://gooch.freeservers.com/photo.html

KZ1300 owned by member Bill Matchus - Here are some pics of my bike and the installed brake kit. The kit required hunting down some mounting hardware and tapping for the mounting bolts. It was well worth it. The bike stops like a sportbike. Smooth, fast, fade free, and controlably. With 1 finger! Besides the brakes I've also installed the Dyna ignition, Progressive Suspension fork springs and shocks, fork brace, a fresh motor and paint. The paint is a 93' Chrysler color with the factory decal kit installed.

Klasmo Nissan brake conversion kit submitted by Bill Matchus, see links page.

79' KZ1300 owned by member Chuck Kichline in Austin, Texas.

80' KZ1300 GT owned by member Jim Rushing in Seattle, Washington.

KZ1300 with custom paint, Vetter front fairing and bags, backrest, custom seat, etc., owned by member Gene Zdenek in Woodridge, Illinois.

83' ZN1300 owned by member Jay Blumenthal.

83' ZN1300 owned by member Steven Ruth of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

84' ZN1300 owned by member Todd in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

84' ZN1300 custom owned by member Boomer in Colorado.

KZ1300 Owned by member Robert Estill.

80' KZ1300 A2 owned by member Ted Mathas in New Jersey.

KZ1300 Owned by member Ron Bartel.

79' KZ1300 A1 owned by member Joe Terry.

I’ve been on and off the KZ1300 site for several years now. I have learned some valuable information and want to thank everyone for maintaining the site. I was viewing the site and CAN’T BELIEVE I missed the 2002 rally. I grew up in Baraboo and only live about 90 min. north of there. I’m kicking myself for not keeping up to date. If ever there is a rally in the area, feel free to e-mail me with the information. I’d love to be a part of the group.

After viewing your member bike photos I thought I’d send you one of my bike. I have a 1979 that I purchased in 1991 from a fellow in Madison, WI. It had 21,000 miles on it when I bought it and has 54,000 miles on it now. The AIS system was removed prior to my purchasing the bike. It has D&G pipes, shorter bars and a Tracy Design Street fighter fairing. I also have a Pacifo touring fairing, vetter hard bags, luggage rack, sissy bar, and stock seat for the bike. The bike is a true convertible from street fighter to touring rig. The paint is original and the bike still runs good. I have rebuilt the cam chain tensioner but have yet to do the conversion. Coils are also in need of replacement (housings are cracked but they still function). The valve seals were replaces in 1994 or so (plugs fouling) and piston #1 and sleeve were changed out (a few thousandths out of round) at the same time.

I have attached two pictures. One of my 1300 and one of my 'fleet'. My 1978 KZ1000 was purchased in 1986 with 7800 miles on it. It now has 52,000 on it and runs like a top. The 1989 XT 600 Yamaha was purchased in 2002 as a play toy (as I haven’t been in the dirt since 1986 when I got rid of my H9) the 2001 FZ1 is the only bike I have ever purchased new and is a real joy to ride. There is nothing, however, that can match the smooth power and one of a kind sound of my 1300.
Sincerely,

Joe Terry
Port Edwards, Wisconsin vpejmt@wctc.net

Marvin Ashby's beautiful 79' with 11k miles in Noblesville, Indiana.

79' owned by member Rich Crowe in Wood Lake, Nebraska.

79' KZ1300 A1 with 7000 miles owned by member Russ Ostic in Michigan.

Pete Speck's 81' KZ1300 in Waynesville, North Carolina

84' ZN1300 owned by member Monty in Crane, Texas

84' ZN1300 with 130,000 miles owned by member Doug and Debbie Backer, Mitchell, South Dakota -

I met up with Doug 4/03 on a trip I took to the Sturgis area to buy a Voyager from another member. I took some pictures of a small springtime snowstorm the day I was in Mitchell.

This is the famous Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD

From Mitchell we went across SD and stopped it at the famous Sturgis Harley Davidson dealership and did some sightseeing in the Black Hills area around Mount Rushmore. Later in 8/04, I went through Mitchell again with Judge Roy Moore's Ten Commandments Monument on the back of a flatbed truck and took these 2 pictures -

of Doug and Debbie with the monument and their more recently purchased 1200 Voyager. They still had the 1300 also.

80' owned by member Len Lutz in Waukesha, Wisconsin

I bought my bike in March of '82 (new, from the local dealer). I bought the trailer at the Milwaukee Sports Show the next month and had the trailer, the saddle bag doors, and the side panels on the trunk, painted to match the bike. Then I personally customized the pin-striping on everything. Twenty-one years later, my bike has only 25,106 original miles on it. I'm looking forward to making the modifications we talked about to get it running right so I can get the miles more proportionate to the bike's age.

80' owned by member Chip Cheney in Hampton, Georgia.

Paul Sarasota in Florida, or was it Paul in Sarasota, Florida? I was looking at the bike and missed the important stuff!

Purple People Eater owned by member Kelly Maguire in Las Vegas, Nevada.

79' owned by member Alan Murray in Northbridge, Massachusetts.

80' B2 previously owned by member Matthew P. in Michigan, sold on ebay 9-04.

83' previously owned by member William P. in Texas, sold to a new owner in Louisiana 7-03.

KZ1300 owned by member Ray Skinner in Providence, Rhode Island.

I found a few of my bike pictures from one of my Death Valley rides. It was a one day trip from Orange County (Irvine - Huntington Beach) up to the high desert to Baker (10W, 15N, 127N to Baker); make a left at the worlds tallest thermometer, down into the valley. Its a fast ride; not too much out there; wide open. Around the valley; past the great salt lake (badwater), furnace creek, death valley museum area, back out of the valley west past the dunes and south to LA. It's pretty spectacular. Avg temp in feb is around 70. The last time I went (Feb 98), it snowed. Really weird place.

80' KZ1300 owned by member Tim K. in Doylestown, Pa.

80' KZ1300 B2 owned by member by Don Cox in Oklahoma

Don's 81' KZ1300 with sidecar

79' KZ1300 owned by member Justin Modra in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

8080' KZ1300 owned by member John Hieronymus in Pelham, Georgia

80' KZ1300 owned by member Dave Ainley in Newton, Connecticut

81' KZ1300 owned by member Toby Every in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

81' KZ1300 owned by member Rick Jindra in California

82' KZ1300 owned by member Bill Alexander in Dallas, Texas

79' KZ1300 owned by member Fred Avery

79' KZ1300 GT owned by member Heather

82' KZ1300 previously owned by member Lee H. in Texas

79' KZ1300 with 7k miles owned by member Brian Fecteau in Gurnee, Illinois

80' B2 owned by member Steve Tant in Collierville, Tennessee

80' B2 owned by member Sterling Gurney in Edgewater, Florida

81' A3 owned by member Rick Jindra in California

80' B2 owned by member Brian Wilcox in Lenoir, North Carolina

79' A1 owned by member Kevin Walker

79' A1 owned by member Paul Smith

Pictures sent by member Richard Dunham near his job site in Valdez Alaska. When he gets home maybe he'll send some pictures of the bike. Nice eagle pictures though!

OK, he's home now, so here's his Voyager 1300

81' A3 owned by member Tracy Burkhart in South Dakota

79' Bomber bike 'Eve of Destruction' owned by member Ray Scalf in El Paso, Texas

79' KZ1300 GT owned by member Brian Smith in Menasha, Wisconsin

80' KZ1300 custom owned by member Bruce Schwieso in Wisconsin

81' KZ1300 custom owned by member Wayne Horton in Winterhaven, Florida

Suzuki RE5 Rotary owned by member Vance Stanley in Houston, Texas. OK, so I'm using the picture of his Suzuki as a placeholder while we're waiting on the pictures of his newly acquired 1300!

Misc International

80' Z1300 owned by member Micheal in Malaysia

79' Z1300 custom owned by member Kovach in Montenegro. Yeah, I asked myself the same question... where in the world is Montenegro? ex-Yugoslavia he says. Got to be the only 1300 on that part of the planet, but what a good example! Wish we all had wider wheels like that!

Lost and Found

If you know who owns one of the following bikes, please let me know so we can get it in the right place -

John Doe #1 are 2 customs sent in by an unidentified member in South Africa. One on the right is the nicest 1300 I've ever seen. I wonder where all the electricals are? I remember the guy telling me this bike cost around $25,000 USD to build.