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The lightweight crankshaft of a 1973 Z1 rotates in a Z 1 R engine housing, and its hollow-bored camshafts were also used.

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In order to show everyone that he can also convert the original, Reinhard Maatz was one of the first to refine a Z 1000 frame with the swing arm of a ZRX 1100, in which the rear wheel of a ZZR 1100 rotates and which counteracts Koni struts supports.

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Adorable: There is probably no more perfect and loving restoration.

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In the children’s room, the two H2s, one of which has been restored to the original, blare, …

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… the other with just 6000 miles and original tires.

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… or the freezer.

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Instead of dining area: three Z1s of various years of construction, a Z 1000, a Z 1000 FI and a 750-Z2 jostle in the kitchen.

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This is what it looks like when someone thinks really practically …

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… Although: Actually, good cylinder heads and original instruments now belong in a safe …

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… and not in the cupboard …

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You’ve heard a lot about classic Kawasakis. But by no means everything, as Reinhard Maatz’s upper room proves.

Fred Siemer

09/10/2014

Everything seems very normal up to the front door. The area, the neighborhood, the street, the property. The driveway and garden also look unsuspicious, as does the landlord. Reinhard Maatz invites you in with an open grin and a firm handshake. Among other things, he owns all Kawasakis with 750 cc and more cubic capacity built up to 1979. “Real gems, you have to see them,” said someone who knows Reinhard, “And the guy is completely irradiated.” Well, it is one of those more pleasant weekend activities to look at beautiful Kawas. In any case, better than mowing the lawn. Just who is here, please, irradiated? Reinhard is still grinning, then he points up. Up? You stay polite and keep your mouth shut, but it’s usually best when things get down to business straight away and the garage would be right in front of the house…

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Quite steep, the stairs, and slightly twisted. Once in the attic apartment, the 55-year-old opens the first door on the left, and if you don’t flinch, you really have nerves, because you haven’t seen that yet and yes, yes, yes, the man is completely irradiated: How over a jewelry box sparkles and flashes at the incredulous viewer. Metals, polished, chrome-plated, close together and in various paint tones. After the initial astonishment, the gray cells rattle. Z-four-cylinder, early and rare. In an extraterrestrial state. On the first floor. Six in number they are arranged in front of a neatly wood-paneled sloping roof, in between and next to it are various motors, underlining the whole glimmer and shimmer with their technical elegance. No expression is flawlessly structured, and one decides with reverent devotion: Now just shut up, someone here has a clue.

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The art is parked in the kitchen

Reinhard goes first. “Otherwise they are of course covered,” he reports faithfully. “Because of the light.” Is clear. Because these aren’t motorcycles at all, you thought something like that. But works of art. But before Reinhard can explain any further, the visitor who enters discovers that at Maatz, art is parked in the kitchen. A narrow corridor only separates Kawas and the utility line. Worktop, cupboards, everything is there. Whether there is a Klarer in the refrigerator? You could use one, but instead learn how it all started. Namely, that Reinhard wanted to buy an H2 in 1976. For someone who, even as a kid and without a driver’s license, couldn’t get around corners fast enough, the poisonous 750 two-stroke engine was just right. But somehow the youngster willing to buy must have escaped the fact that the three-cylinder was no longer in the range. And the Z 900, then just new as the successor to the Z1 introduced in 1972, too expensive. So their little sister came here, a Z2 imported from Detlev Louis.

Later on, half of this machine was in an Opel Ascona. He had taken the right of way and Reinhard had two broken hands. That is why he could not go to the federal government and learn to be a car mechanic there. Not everything went smoothly with the successor either, Reinhard and his girlfriend survived a memorable accident in Spain, pretty unharmed, at the end of which the Z 900 – also almost intact – hung in a tree. Something that connects: She was soon called Frau Maatz, he remained loyal to the Kawa. Somehow even in 1985, when he bought a GPZ 900 R and parted with everything that was air-cooled, except the 900. For five years she stood alone next to the current Kawasaki distillers, then it was enough. Reinhard really likes to let it go. “But I don’t need 150 hp for that.” From the ZX 10 onwards, he refused the power escalation and fell in love again. In his old Z 900. That awakened an irrepressible, never-before-known passion for collecting and was soon restored to its original state.

Instead of beans and schnitzel, tachometers and speedometers

The word “original” obviously plays a special role here, but before the enjoyable detailed analysis, this one question must first be clarified: Why are the most beautiful items now in a kitchen on the first floor? “Because the children are out of the house and because it is really dry here and because I need the space in the garage for vehicles, not for standing equipment.” Now Reinhard is grinning again. You need friends for that. Five per motorcycle. The man is a trained bricklayer, but has been working as a crane operator for decades, and he knows his way around delicate hoists. But why is he so gifted at screwing? As a boy he always looked over the shoulder of a neighbor who made railroad engines. Then he just fumbled in. Not only in screwing, but also in parts procurement over the years. Reinhard can report what is now rare (exhaust systems for the Z 1000), at most available in the USA (good cylinder heads), can only be obtained with a lot of luck (parts for the drive chain lubrication system of the first Z1) or almost is weighed in gold (kilometer speedometers for the H2).

The listener is dizzy, and he suspects: A construction in the original state not only challenges the craftsman, but above all the dealer in the man, and he must know his restoration object inside out so that he is in the right place or at the right forum at exactly the right moment can strike. Reinhard is well prepared because he has all the microfiches. Madness. Now he walks towards the refrigerator. Yeah, a clear one, good idea. The door opens with a flourish. “Here,” says Reinhard and is happy. The visitor’s jaw drops. Kawasaki logos are stored where the schnapps could be, indicators in the vegetable compartment and the innards of instruments at the top. “I have even more of that.” The freezer also provides deep insights, and indeed: Instead of beans and schnitzel, the rev counters and speedometers are now waiting to be used appropriately. The senses fade, a 73 Z1 has to serve as a support, but the show goes on and on: Reinhard has agreed with a motorcycle butcher that he can look at all the Kawa screws, sleeves and spacers before they are thrown away. He looks for the best of them and works them up, some are stored with a matt shine in drawers for oat flakes and sugar, others in the crockery compartment. How practical such a kitchen can be! Cylinder heads even fit into the cupboard.

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Now the only thing that helps is to escape to the front: What is actually in the other rooms? Unmoved, Reinhard enters the corridor of the small attic apartment and opens the next door. “The children’s room.” Yes, and there they are, the little rascals. An originally restored H2. “That had to be, right?” And an H2 in its original condition with original tires. “You can’t say no to that.” Then the landlord asks into the living room, and there is – a set coffee table. Thank God. With the second cup, Reinhard reveals that back then – that is, in 1990 – he got in just in time and, above all, with the necessary determination. “Nowadays people often look like stupid, and the prices go crazy.” He also showed wise modesty: Everything after 1980, from Z 1000 J and siblings were left out. “That’s practically a completely different engine.” Reinhard has long since got used to countering inquiries with a counter-question: What do I get for it? In parts, not money. Which would also clarify what particularly captivates him about the old Z-Fours: He wants to screw, build. And when one of these epoch-making motorcycles is finished again, he wants to be happy. An old childhood dream every time, more beautiful than back then.

But now there is enough talk. “Come on, let’s go to the garage.” Great idea, but even looking at vehicles is not without surprises here. First, a two-stroke 250, the rare KR1 with a water-cooled in-line two-cylinder, is about to be completed. “I walked around the corner here.” Second, an incredibly neatly constructed Yamaha RD 500 peeks out from under old blankets. “Affair, so what? I would also like to have a Suzuki RG 500. ”Thirdly (see box) there is a Z 1000 that has little to do with the original, but very much to do with extremely cool. “I wanted to show you what everything is possible.” And then the six-cylinder Z 1300. Ready to drive and beautiful, but not a jewel in terms of kitchen appliances. Man, Reinhard, that would really be something for the parlor.

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In order to show everyone that he can also convert the original, Reinhard Maatz was one of the first to refine a Z 1000 frame with the swing arm of a ZRX 1100, in which the rear wheel of a ZZR 1100 rotates and which counteracts Koni struts supports. At the front, a fork made of GPZ 900 R stand and ZX 10 dip tubes with Wilbers fork springs takes care of the ground contact. The brake also comes from a ZX 10, the front wheel from a ZZR 600, and the whole thing is guided by the wide superbike handlebars. The lightweight crankshaft of a 1973 Z1 rotates in a Z 1 R engine housing, and its hollow-bored camshafts were also used. The mixture is prepared by 29er Smooth Bore Mikunis, the K & N air filter sits in front of the cleared air filter box, and everything else has been done to minimize flow resistance. Not more. Perfomance? Reinhard never measured it, definitely enough.

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