Reg Pridmore's Vetter Kawasaki KZ1000

In 1976, the Englishman Reg Pridmore won the AMA Superbike Championship on a BMW R90S. The following year, he became the first man to win an AMA race on a Japanese bike: at Pocono in Pennsylvania. Pridmore scored this landmark victory on a Racecrafters Kawasaki, and went on to take the Championship for Kawasaki, another first for a Japanese brand. For the 1978 season, Pridmore switched to the Vetter Kawasaki team. They gave him a brand new bike: the stunning KZ1000 you see above. And despite not winning a race, consistent podium finishes on the KZ1000 took Pridmore to his...