That other twin.

Well, imagine what just popped up in the classifieds. $1600.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-street-cruisers-choppers/ottawa/1983-kawasaki-750/1591596851?undefined

I could insure it as an antique for a couple hundred a year. For our American friends, that what we call dirt cheap insurance in Ontario.

Not really a fan of single discs, or the mags, but how many kick start, aircooled, vertical twin 750s are you going to find nowadays? This is probably the 3rd KZ750 twin I have seen locally in 20 years, and the only one in actual rideable condition.

That rear wheel might be a drum brake alternative for some XS owners.

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Fine :) My other twin - 1976 KZ400D3 w/only 4,500 miles
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I have one of those KZ 400's. A barn find that my son rode through his high school years. A nice bike that is sitting because of cam chain time. It ran great with bullet/slash mufflers. I also have a KZ 200 that seems to be literally half of the 400, I think they share some of the same parts, maybe even piston, rings, rod, etc.

Scott
 
well you guys got me really interested in the custom KZ750 then I saw the green one omg, then the blue one and I had to show the guys here at work so that was it I bought one its in the middle of your lovely land of tasty old jap classic's, it's stock standard red, original mufflers etc, the bad news I won't get to see it till late feb early march just in time for a autumn going on winter project. I even showed it to my wife who actually showed interest lol so that's a bonus I have to say that the blue one is amazing to look at yum.
 

Well, who'd a thunk it - people making nice café racers out of the Suzuki T500. In Britain the Titan name wasn't used, don't recall it anyway. They were a thoroughly and most undeservedly underrated motorcycle. In the mid-70s, Suzuki were also offering the 380 and 550 GT triples. And Kawasaki had their range of sexy-looking triples. So the older sibling T500 was just a boring also-ran. Objectively, it was probably the best of the crop.

Those all look desirable but I picked this one 'coz of that drum brake.
 
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Love the green and dark red paint job. Think the green was an OZ colour.

This one has the extended sump plate
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apparently 74 is the year to get if possible due to the extended pump.

I’d imagine a modern (anti froth) oil would go quite a long way to keep the other years from blowing up.

Gary - if you’ve ridden yours, can you compare it to a xs with a 750 kit on it??
 
apparently 74 is the year to get if possible due to the extended pump.

I’d imagine a modern (anti froth) oil would go quite a long way to keep the other years from blowing up.

Gary - if you’ve ridden yours, can you compare it to a xs with a 750 kit on it??

I always liked that bike.
They also had chain driven counter weights, it should’ve been a much smoother motor. Although the chain that drives the counter weights was prone to stretching and causing problems all its own. If I remember correctly.
 
they also had problems with shallow sumps which allowed the oil to froth up hence oil starvation, solution deeper sumps were fitted under warranty, and I do like the TX750 looks they are getting so rare now very hard to find one for sale I bet it was hard to let your one go Gary.
 
I've followed Taylor and his channel for quite a while. He specialized in older CB500/550's but has been dabbling his toes in other makes more recently. Just a one man shop at his house. He quit his day job and runs Classic Octane full time. Im sure he also makes some income from his U-tube channel too. He has a lot of video out there.
 
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