Let's take one thing at a time.
In my humble opinion only, paying someone to work on an old KZ for general street riding is not wise. Many guys who claim to know how to fix them really know just what they read from the Haynes manual, honestly you can do the same. Letting someone else work on them can result in damaged parts, tiime wasted, etc...these bikes can be worked on with simple shop tools, and I think you have those so save your money. Especially if it's just a tune-up!! So simple to do, just use your common sense and follow the book.
You do have a manual, I hope? At least a Clymer, and if you can get a Factory Manual from e-bay do it.
The tank cleaning and filter is a good idea, keep it up. When you acid washed it what did you do? We have a few write-ups on how to do this, (I wrote one, shameless plug) in our Filebase area.
The high rpms may mean there is an air leak in the manifolds, or sticky throttle cables, or misrouted cables, or bent cables. To check for an air leak spray some WD-40 on the intake manifolds after the engine gets warmed up. If the rpm's change than you need to find the leak and seal it. New manifolds are the way to go, but if you have some RTV you can remove the manifolds and smear a thin film on the surface where it mounts to the manifold. Look for cracks on the outside of the manifold and seal them up too. This is temporary until you get some new manifolds. Throttle cables should be cleaned to get rid of all dirt, and oiled up. When you route them to the carbs let them have smooth curves, don't get them pinched between the tank and frame. You should be able to turn the handlebars from lock-to-lock without the rpms changing, which can be due to pinched, bent or even having the wrong cables on there. You might have cables that are too short. Check them.
The clutch needs to be adjusted properly of course, and it may slip if you are running the wrong oil in the engine. What oil do you have in there? Auto oil should be fine for now, but it better be at least a 10w-40. If you stuck 10w-30 in there you will have oil with "Friction modifiers" that can give you a slick clutch that acts like it's going out.
And part of a good tuneup is checking and adjusting the valves! Have you done that?
Did you follow the advice given in the post you made in the Carb section a few weeks back?
Let us know what you find out when you do the WD-40 test and check the cables.
Jeez, I'm getting excited for ya now, I can see a smooth running bike in your future!!