I was in a local garage getting my tin-top MOT'd a few weeks ago, when two bikers brought in their Kawasaki Z1300 bikes in for testing.

There are plenty of more modern bike engines around that would give far more power - but wouldn't it be something to have a straight six under the bonnet!

The down-side became clear when I spoke to the owners - apparently it's getting very hard to find spares these days.

Would be impressive though!

't see why it wouldn't - there's more than enough room ahead of an R1 engine, so a couple more cylinders should go OK.

It may be a bit short on power compared to modern units, but maybe a supercharger...

I remember seeing an article a few years ago where some guy had used two of these engines to build a V12
Which he then squeezed into a standard -looking Z1300....................

They were only about 120 bhp , but sooooooooooo much torque it felt like a lot more .
I worked as a mechanic at a Kawasaki dealers when they were a current model and once had to re-build one from a pile of bits after a camchain snapped during a service

Found it !

Now that would make a nice engine for a seven................

[Edited on 16/7/08 by clairetoo]

They're a big, heavy lump and now becoming quite rare. I would just keep this as an idea and go no further....

Purely a pipe-dream...

Here's a bit of footage from the king of all stunt riders!

Click here. I thought he was dead, but apparently I'm wrong!