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z1b fuel taps

#1 PostAuthor: steve r1 » Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:51 am

hi,has anyone bought repro fuel petcock from zpower and are they anygood,they also sell genuine kawasaki z1 - z1000 fuel tap part no 51023-1021 which is supposed to fit z1 z900 etc it"s £75 anyone tried this one on a z1,cheers
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#2 PostAuthor: chrisu » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:30 am

the pattern ones are ok but not great - i took the bowl off mine in holland last year to clear the filter.

Took bloody ages to get it back together as the rubber gasket had swollen - A LOT.

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Re: z1b fuel taps

#3 PostAuthor: 75z » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:38 am

steve r1 wrote:hi,has anyone bought repro fuel petcock from zpower and are they anygood,they also sell genuine kawasaki z1 - z1000 fuel tap part no 51023-1021 which is supposed to fit z1 z900 etc it"s £75 anyone tried this one on a z1,cheers


I would go for the A4 tap for sure. Fits, looks good and great quality. I know it may not be quite right/std on a 75 but no leaks and a fix with 100% reliability. I have replaced a couple of taps this way after messing with other options. GBP75 is a small price to pay for a great fix IMHO.
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#4 PostAuthor: ROZZER » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:20 am

I had a pattern one on my Z1B, like ChrisU's, seals swelled up and restricted fuel flow.
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#5 PostAuthor: steve r1 » Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:45 pm

thanks for that info,thought i"d seen something on here saying repro taps weren"t much good,genuine the way to go then.
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