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1973 or 1974?

#1 PostAuthor: nealblath » Fri May 04, 2012 12:57 pm

on the frame sticker on the headstock, it says 12 73 but the frame number is Z1F 319**

is it a 73 or a 74?
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#2 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Fri May 04, 2012 1:20 pm

According to Z-power
72/73 starts with 00001.
74 starts with number 20001.
75 starts 47500.
So yours appears to be 74 with 319**.
Unless you've made a typo and that should be 0319* then that would be late 72 - very early 73.
One of my engines is 0796* and that is feb 73.
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#3 PostAuthor: nealblath » Fri May 04, 2012 1:41 pm

ok thanks Rob, it has a silver engine and everything else points to Z1A but I always thought these were made in 1974?
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#4 PostAuthor: chrisu » Fri May 04, 2012 1:53 pm

Z1As started build at the end of 73
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#5 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Fri May 04, 2012 2:01 pm

Think you should ignore the sticker and go by the frame and engine no's.
Looks like mid 74-ish is correct.
Logbook should state year of manufacture unless it's an import and it's been declared wrong which is common.
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#6 PostAuthor: davy thomson » Fri May 04, 2012 2:01 pm

Deff Z1A, my old one had aug 73 on the sticker,numberd 22*** but registerd 74,just the time it takes to get to the dealer's etc.
1000 posts reached that will do for me,over and out.been fun.
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#7 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Fri May 04, 2012 2:05 pm

Ha ha!
They had a big box full of 73 stickers to get rid of.
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#8 PostAuthor: jimmock » Fri May 04, 2012 5:15 pm

zed1015 wrote:According to Z-power
72/73 starts with 00001.
74 starts with number 20001.
75 starts 47500.
So yours appears to be 74 with 319**.
Unless you've made a typo and that should be 0319* then that would be late 72 - very early 73.
One of my engines is 0796* and that is feb 73.


My engine is 0783*, it is a Feb 73 too.

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#9 PostAuthor: Z903 » Fri May 04, 2012 11:56 pm

Your sticker is right, this is the manufacture date only.
Has nothing to do with the model designation as such, other than telling you the date it was made.
Model designation can be sourced from the Engine Number.
Clear as mud? :lol:

According to Z-power
72/73 starts with 00001.
74 starts with number 20001.
75 starts 47500.

In a way it would be less confusing if they had

Z1 starts with 00001.
Z1-A starts with number 20001.
Z1-B starts 47500.
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#10 PostAuthor: Garn 1 » Sat May 05, 2012 9:39 am

Agree with Z903....
Further to his comments....
Z1 ~ 72 to mid 73 (nominally called 73's)
Z1A ~ mid 73 to mid 74ed (nominally called 74's)
Z1B ~ mid 74 to mid 75 (nominally called 75's)
Z900-A4 ~ mid 65 to mid 76 (nominally called 76's).

Hence, Z1F- 319XX sticker is correct. A Z1A manufactured at 12th month - '73 .

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