Custom Bikes Of The Week: 28 July, 2019
Let’s all gawp at the latest oddity from Curtiss Motorcycles, and then drool over a fabulous retro kit for the Kawasaki Z900 and a killer Sportster scrambler. We’ve also discovered the obscure Honda QA50 KO Minibike and the Royal Enfield Indian.
Kawasaki ‘ZXR900’ kit by Japan Legends Fans of old school Kawasaki fours rejoiced when the Z900RS hit the scene. But if you’re into a different sort of retro?like late 80s and early 90s superbikes?the Spanish outfit Japan Legends has all the goods.
They make a kit to transform your stock Kawasaki into a modern replica of the undeniably cool 1989 Kawasaki ZXR. And despite some reports we’ve read, it doesn’t use the Z900RS as a base. Instead, all you need is the non-RS Z900, which is effectively a contemporary street fighter.
There’s not much info out there (Japan Legends don’t even seem to have a website), but as far as we can tell, the key pieces include a fairing, tail section and belly pan. The kit costs between £1,600 and £2,250 without shipping, and also includes LED lights, mirrors, new bars and a MRA windshield.
Dubbed the ‘ZXR900,’ the kit was originally only available in green (duh), but Japan Legends have just produced a black, red and silver variant too. Why" So you don’t need to paint your tank to match the kit if you don’t have a green Z900. Both versions look equally rad…but that classic green, white and blue livery is h...
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