{"id":56628,"date":"2020-06-02T16:54:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T21:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56628"},"modified":"2020-06-02T16:56:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T21:56:23","slug":"allen-millyard-test-drives-the-kawasaki-z1-super-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56628","title":{"rendered":"Allen Millyard Test Drives the Kawasaki Z1 Super Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56632\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=56632\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Allen Millyard 1975 Kawasaki Z1 Super Six custom inline-six 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Allen Millyard 1975 Kawasaki Z1 Super Six custom inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Allen Millyard 1975 Kawasaki Z1 Super Six custom inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCj4hbNBjmdvXONmcxcLSNhg\">Allen Millyard<\/a> took advantage of good weather to test drive his 1975 Kawasaki Z1 Super Six. The unique motorcycle is powered by a custom 1396 cc inline-six Allen built from Z1 inline-four engines. The first video shows a short test drive to determine and correct several issues. The second video explains how he fixed a problem with the carburetors before taking it on a 30 mile trip. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/-ZezJr01JA8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9-wZFNanA0M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCj4hbNBjmdvXONmcxcLSNhg\">Allen Millyard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allen Millyard took advantage of good weather to test drive his 1975 Kawasaki Z1 Super Six. The unique motorcycle is powered by a custom 1396 cc inline-six Allen built from Z1 inline-four engines. The first video shows a short test drive to determine and correct several issues. The second video explains how he fixed a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56628\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Allen Millyard Test Drives the Kawasaki Z1 Super Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Allen-Millyard-1975-Kawasaki-Z1-Super-Six-custom-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55445,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55445","url_meta":{"origin":56628,"position":0},"title":"Allen Millyard&#8217;s Custom Kawasaki Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Allen Millyard is a very talented motorcycle builder. 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