My radio pack has Vetter speaker covers, and her is a picture of the serial number inside the one of the bags. And the temp gauge is for the larger engine oil cooler added...
The bags I mentioned were factory on my 1981 KZ1100 and the script on the bags, trunk and fairing show "Kawasaki by Vetter", so that is why I assumed different locations for different bike manufactures..
Thanks for the information Craig,
Highwinder...
According to the ID tags on my bags, they were made in Santa Anna, CA. So, that would say the bags were made at different locations... probably the different location depended upon which manufacture was going to use the Vetter product...
Mine had the stock oil cooler but didn't work that well, but then the displacement stock as you know was 1082 cc, 9.0:1 and now it is about 1129 cc and 10.5:1... and the stock cooler just wouldn't handle the increased heat output... the only way I could get the stock oil cooler to work was to...
Thanks, I took it out for a run yesterday and really enjoyed getting back on the bike... weather cooperated, meaning no rain.. was high 40s but that is normal for this time of the year...
The Bike has the original Royal Blue color, and when I saw the Honda at the beginning, I thought at first glance it was another 81 KZ... the only difference is I painted it with modern basecoat, clear coat.
... the bike was a frame and boxes full of parts when it was given to me.... had to...
Hello all from northern Washington state! Yes we ride in some of the most beautiful areas around... Have own the KZ1100 A1 Shafty for a number of years. Restored the bike after I received it as it was a basket case... Love those older bikes and the smooth power of the old 1100s.
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