Spec sheet for 1300 Voyager

[Hauler]

I have a friend in Germany who is a "go to" guy for 1300s in Europe. He is looking for a "spec sheet" for a Voyager 1300. I don't know how different the Voyagers can be, so the VIN for the one he is working on now is JKAZNAA13FA001422. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[flip18436572]

You might want to post this in the 1300 section also. I only have the manual for the XII, so I can't be of any help. I am sure there are plenty of 1300 people that can help you out.

[Rhinestone Kawboy]

No need to post in 1300 section- I'll move it there.

[Hauler]

Thanks for the guidance. I hadn't caught the different forum areas. I'll pass this site on to my friends with 1300s--I am sure they will enjoy it.

[biggersm]

See if the link below gets you the basic info you need. The Cycle World article from 1983 is neat too.

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/ ... 0%2084.htm

The motorcycle specs folks are a little confused; notice they have the 1300 listed as a ZG rather than a ZN. Regardless, I can spend hours on the the motorcyclespecs web site!

[Hauler]

Thanks for the interest folks and the info is great reading. I have more details to add to the investigation fun. This bike is in France and evidently the ZN1300 was never sold in France and so they need something official--say from Kawasaki himself--giving the particulars of the machine. An example, if I might: I once had a BMW 1000 in Germany, that I put a 750 engine into. Although, the jugs were stamped showing the displacement was 750cc I had to get an official document from BMW with the proper stamp stating it was indeed a 750cc engine with a certain horsepower before I could get it registered.

My problem is that the Kawasaki dealer I talked to didn't seem to remember that Kawasaki used to build ZN1300s. And my friends are having the same luck in Germany. Do any of you wizards know how to decode a VIN? Perhaps there is a clue as to where the bike was originally sold? JKAZNAA13FA001422

Thanks for helping out.

[dapasda]

http://www.motoverse.com/tools/vinDecod ... 13FA001422

This info is from Motoverse.com VIN Decoder

The VIN you provided belongs to a motorcycle that was manufactured in Japan by the Kawasaki corporation.
1985 KAWASAKI
ZN1300
VIN:
JKAZNAA13FA001422

World region: Asia
Manufactured in: Japan
Year: 1985
Make: Kawasaki
Model: ZN1300
Body style: Road / Street
Drive type: RWD
Cylinders: 6 Cylinders

[dapasda]

Info from http://www.motorcycle-journal.com/forum ... umber.html


How to decode the VIN number
NOTE: This info is based upon my short research on the topic. Info like the WMI is decribed in ISO 3780 (which you must pay for). The year code is decribed in ISO 3779.

The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is composed of 17 characters. The standard was originally defined in ISO Standard 3779 in February of 1977. Then it was revised in 1983. The ISO VIN is designed to identify motor vehicles of all kinds: cars, trucks, busses, motorcycles etc.

The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) contains three major sections:

* WMI - World Manufacturer Identifier (1,2,3 characters in VIN structure) If the manufacturer builds less than 500 vehicles per year than the third digit is "9". The WMI is described in detail in ISO 3780.
* VDS - Vehicle Description Section. It contains 6 characters (4th to 9th positions in VIN) and defines vehicle attributes specified by manufacturer.
* VIS - Vehicle Identifier Section. The last 8 characters of VIN define Year, manufacturer plant and serial (sequential) number of the vehicle.

The last four characters shall be numeric. The 10th position of the Vehicle Identification Number is a YEAR CODE.

ISO recommends that in VIN code capital letters A to Z and numbers 1 to 0 may be used, excluding I,O and Q in order to avoid mistakes of misread. No signs and spaces are allowed in Vehicle Identification Number code.
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Recap with examples:

Digits 1,2,3 are World, Manufacturer, Identifier
Digits 4,5,6,7,8 are Vehicle descriptor Section -- *Somewhat variable based on manufacturer.
Digit 9 is the check digit
Digit 10 is the Year code
Digit 11 is the Factory code
Digits 12,13,14,15,16,17 are the Vehicle Identification Sequence


Let's see how this splits:



First digit - Country code
U.S.A.(1 or 4), Canada (2), Mexico (3), Japan (J), Korea (K), England (S), Germany (W), Italy (Z)

Second digit - Manufacturer
Audi (A), BMW (B), Buick (4), Cadillac (6), Chevrolet (1), Chrysler (C), Dodge (B), Ford (F), GM Canada (7), General Motors (G), Honda (H), Jaguar (A), Lincoln (L), Mercedes Benz (D), Mercury (M), Nissan (N), Oldsmobile (3), Pontiac (2 or 5), Plymouth (P), Saturn (8 ), Toyota (T), Volvo (V), Suzuki (S), Kawasaki (K).

Third digit - Identifier
Motorcycle (1 or A) Kawasaki and Suzuki seem to follow this anyway

Fourth digit - Vehicle category
Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands.
Scooter (C), Business model or commuter (B), Single cylinder sport/street (N), Multiple cylinder sport/street (G), Family (F), Off road (S), V-Type engine, street, V2/V4/V6/8,... (V), Square Four (H)

Fifth digit - Engine Displacement
Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands.
A=49cc and less
B=50-69cc
C=70-79cc
D=80-89cc
E=90-99cc
F=100-124cc
G=125-149cc
H=150-199cc
J=200-249cc
K=250-399cc
M=400-499cc
N=500-599cc
P=600-699cc
R=700-749cc
S=750-849cc
T=850-999cc
U=1000-1099cc
V=1100-1199cc
W=1200-1299cc
Y=1400-1499cc
Z=1500 & up

Sixth digit - Engine Type
Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands.
1=2 stroke single
2=2 stroke twin
3=2 stroke triple or four
4=4 stroke single
5=4 stroke twin
6=?
7=4 stroke four

Seventh digit
Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands.
Design sequence or model version first version uses 1 then second version uses 2 etc... the tenth version would then be identified by the letter A then B etc..

Eigth digit
Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands.
First version uses 1 then second version uses 2 etc... the tenth version would then be identified by the letter A then B etc...

Ninth digit - Check digit
The ninth vehicle identification number digit is a VIN accuracy check digit, verifying the previous VIN numbers. This is how the check digit works


STEP 1
Assign to each number in the VIN its actual mathematical value and assign to each letter the value specified for it in the following chart:
ASSIGNED VALUES:
A=1 G=7 P=7 X=7
B=2 H=8 R=9 Y=8
C=3 J=1 S=2 Z=9
D=4 K=2 T=3
E=5 M=3 U=4
F=6 N=4 V=5


STEP 2
Multiply the assigned value for each character in the VIN by the position weight factor specified in the following chart:
VIN POSITION AND WEIGHT FACTOR:
1st = 8 10th = 9
2nd = 7 11th = 8
3rd = 6 12th = 7
4th = 5 13th = 6
5th = 4 14th = 5
6th = 3 15th = 4
7th = 2 16th = 3
8th = 10 17th = 2
9th = check digit

STEP 3
Add the products from steps 1 and 2 and divide the total by 11.

STEP 4
The numerical remainder is the check digit which would appear in the 9th position in the VIN. If the remainder is 10, then the letter "X" is used for the check digit.


Tenth digit - Year Code
80(A), 81(B), 82(C), 83(D), 84(E),
85(F), 86(G), 87(H), 88(J), 89(K),
90(L), 91(M), 92(N), 93(P), 94(R),
95(S), 96(T), 97(V), 98(W), 99(X),
00(Y), 01(1), 02(2), 03(3), 04(4),
05(5), 06(6), 07(7), 08(8 ), 09(9) ( Don't know what happens after that )

Eleventh digit - Factory Code
Manufacturer code for what plant it was built in

Twelfth to Seventeenth digits - Serial Number

[Hauler]

Hi Folks,
More info.

I talked to my friends this AM and they found some info that we'd like to run by you guys who are more in the know than I am.

They were told that Kawasaki never actually built the 1300 Voyager. Kawasaki built the engine, but another Company in the US put the actual bike together. There were only 2,500 made, and they all went to the US originally. That is why the VIN doesn't show up on the KAWASAKI web site. They never made it. But it does show up on general VIN lists. Also, as a result of this a Kawasaki dealer would work on the engine, but nothing else on the bike.

These bikes were never sold in Europe, and so in order to get one, they had to be ordered from the US, and they would come with a COC (Contract of Commerce) that would allow them to be registered in Europe. It is this COC that is missing in our story.

I will be call Matt, with Kawasaki US in CA, this afternoon to see if I can get more info about the existence or not of this mystery company that built the Voyager 1300s. Have any of you heard such a story or know the name of the company?

[Me Again]

That's not a mistery plant.It would be the Kawasaki plant in Lincoln ,Nebraska were all the Kawasakis were assembled.
Try this link .Maybe you can get what your looking for.
http://www.voyagerfahrer.de/