Let Flavour Flood In

As with every development of the famous inline four, the Z900A4 saw some marked changes from its predecessor the Z1B.

All the bodywork changed; in came a locking fuel cap, but the tank lost the curved-in bottom for a visible seam, the side-panels were flatter and taller, and even the iconic duck bill tailpiece was changed to fit around the ultra-modern squared-off rear light, replacing the previous tail that hugged the oval-section luminary. For one year only the battery was replaced with a smaller-capacity accumulator which slid in from behind the side-panel. This was clearly not a popular move as in 1977 Kawasaki returned to the YB14L-A2 that dropped in from above. Whilst the brake calipers were improved, they remained, illogically, in front of the fork leg where they stayed until 1978 on the Z1000A2 when they hopped rearwards behind the fork leg.

But enough history, it’s carburettor resto time! The work bench should be