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1977 KZ1000 almost done 14 Sep 2008 19:54 #237170

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First post! Been lurking and soaking up information for a while though.

Got the seat on my KZ today and finally got to take it down the road for a test ride.
It sounds awesome and runs pretty good. It still needs a few tweaks and adjustments after the maiden voyage. It seems to run out of fuel at 6-7K RPM and starts breaking up.

I think it may be the fact that we only ran a single fuel line and filter that splits between the two inlets, instead of running a line from each petcock spout to each inlet.

Either that or it needs bigger mains. It has 117.5 now, with 20 pilots. Runs great until 6K.

1977 KZ1000, VM28 Carbs, 4 into 1 header (Gemini?), Dyna S ignition and coils, pod filters, over-sized valves and some unknown aftermarket cams.



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1977 KZ1000 almost done 14 Sep 2008 20:06 #237173

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Very nice!B)
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1977 KZ1000 almost done 14 Sep 2008 21:22 #237186

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A Gemini header! Haven't seen one of those for years! Cool!
Welcome!
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1977 KZ1000 almost done 15 Sep 2008 13:35 #237251

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Thanks! I'm really excited to almost have it done.

My dad found the pipe and can on eBay for around 100 bucks. We have a baffle for it too, when I need to quiet it down.

It is no where near as obnoxious as I though it would be with the baffle out though. It is a mean and nasty sounding bike, it wants to go. Awesome. :laugh:
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1977 KZ1000 almost done 15 Sep 2008 17:12 #237270

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Welcome to KZR, I'd say your a bit lean with 117.5's and no baffle. I have a hot 650 with 29 smoothbores and with my baffle in I run 120's and baffle out I run 122.5's. I'd try some 120's at least.
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