TOPIC:

GPzEric wrote: Firecracker Red all the way !

1991 Mercury Paint Code 'EA' is a perfect firecracker red.

Good luck with the decals - they are a pain in the butt not to get wrinkles in at the front of the tank - on my GPz550 project I wish I would have found paint codes for the stripes, and had a professional paint them on. I still might try that later .

Yes I believe you told me this at the other site we have in common Been wondering if decals would be the way to go or bite the bullet and spray them myself.Have a bit of history with being "different" with colour choices.

I painted my 85 GS750EF this colour originally.I messed it up and redid it in these colours:

Which turns out to be close to this stock scheme

Went with a Euro/Aus scheme on my 78 GS1000

So going the Sonic Gold route has a certain amount of appeal.
In other things I'm thinking about with the GPz,I was in the local tool/car parts store www.kmstools.com/and seen this stuff on the shelf www.eastwood.com/eastwood-s-2k-aero-spra...c-chassis-black.html Think this might be a very good frame paint.Have had good results with Rustolem(sp?) Appliance "Epoxy" to good effect on the GS's.but I'll try this stuff out.It will be 3x the price of the AE and I hope good.KMS also carries Eastwood`s PC guns and powders,hoping to get one of these www.eastwood.com/original-hotcoat-powdercoating-gun-3252.html to.

Despite that the sonic gold was an option in some areas of distribution, it was apparently not a big seller. I am aware of a sonic gold 1982 GPz550 from Quebec, the sonic gold 1982 GPz750 in the video you posted, a single photograph of a sonic gold GPz1100 from Europe, and I seem to recall photos of a 1982 sonic gold GPz1100 from Australia. Additionally, Z-power UK was selling sonic gold GPz1100 tanks a number of years ago...if I had known how rare they were at that time, I would have purchased them. I have toyed with the idea of painting a 1982 GPz1100 body set in sonic gold...it would be unique. Do what pleases you...ELR colors, red, or sonic gold all look good.

Hmmmmmmm......that rare eh,kinda gets my thoughts leaning hard to do the off beat

Looks like a good project, one you can really sink your teeth into!

And I will finally get to sink my teeth into it GG.Got it home Monday evening.

Did a quick mock up to see how thing looked.

Badging should clean up nicely.

As will the petcock.Will run it though the ultrasonic and treat it to the new OEM diaphragm the PO gave me.

I sure hope all this stuff works.

This sig is toast,other side looks better but still not good.Thinking some K&S repro sigs are going to replace them.Think I can rehab the rears.The bad is the right stanchion had some bad rust spots.Going to try the JB Weld trick on them but I might have to replace

I finally got stuck in to the tear down yesterday.The Kawa electrics are definitely set up different than the Suzuki GS's I'm used to.The 2 fuse box thing is weird to me but I guess it works PO added a blade holder for the main fuse so there's now 3.

Thought I might rehab the boots till I seen this.Good thing I can get all the engine and air box boots for $110+ shipping.

Seems some PO cut out the "funnel' on the element holder,looked it up and they're NLA..Guess I`ll be asking for one.

Up on the jack waiting for more Nearly forgot,Chain looks like it was replaced .Not so sure on the sprockets.All seems to be in good shape but I wish the chain was shot as I`d rather have a 530 than the 630.

K&N sells a replacement airfilter that is decent. There are several on eBay...expect to pay about $40.00.

According to Kawasaki.com the '82 GpZ750 air filter funnel is part number 11012-069. As you stated, it is no longer available from Kawasaki, but Kawasaki.com show the following 30 models all using that same part number so even if no one on this site has an extra one you should be able to get one from eBay or a bike breaker. Ed

KZ650-B1 (1977)
KZ650-B2 (1978)
KZ650-B2A (1978)
KZ650-B3 (1979)
KZ650-C1 (Custom) (1977)
KZ650-C2 (Custom) (1978)
KZ650-C3 (Custom) (1979)
KZ650-D1 (SR) (1978)
KZ650-D1A (SR) (1978)
KZ650-D2 (SR) (1979)
KZ650-E1 (LTD) (1980)
KZ650-F1 (1980)
KZ650-H1 (CSR) (1981)
KZ650-H2 (CSR) (1982)
KZ650-H3 (CSR) (1983)
KZ700-A1 (1984)
KZ750-E1 (1980)
KZ750-E2 (1981)
KZ750-E3 (1982)
KZ750-F1 (LTD Shaft) (1983)
KZ750-H1 (LTD) (1980)
KZ750-H2 (LTD) (1981)
KZ750-H3 (LTD) (1982)
KZ750-H4 (LTD) (1983)
KZ750-L3 (1983)
KZ750-N1 (Spectre) (1982)
KZ750-N2 (Spectre) (1983)
KZ750-R1 (GPz) (1982)
ZN700-A1 (LTD Shaft) (1984)
ZN700-A2 (LTD Shaft) (1985)

Thanks for that list Ed,it should help a lot when the time comes to replace it.The filter actually looks to be in good shape Mcdroid .

Got it mostly stripped down ready to remove the engine.Got the swing arm pivot nut off but the pivot bolt refuses to budge.even being hit with my 3 lbs club hammer.Don't want to mess up the threads.Put some PB Blasterto see if it hepls.Not sure what to try if it doesn't

Need new shocks to,not unexpected.

Stanchion might be beyond saving with JB Weld to Everything else has come off quite easily,soaking the bolts with penetrating oil really helps.

When you work on the engine if you need to remove any of the cross-head screws please understand they are not Phillips. they are Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS). The link below will help you deal with them. Also, if the PB Blaster doesn't work on the swing arm bolt I highly recommend you try Kroil. It works really well at loosening up fasteners that are bonded together. The second link below describes it. Ed

kzrider.com/forum/21-tools/532335-budget...ewdriver-tips#532335

www.kzrider.com/forum/3-carburetor/59140...-intake-boots#608729

Never seen that Kroil up here in Canada.No JIS screws on this engine either,it's all socket (allen) head screws.Not sure if the GPz came factory this way or if a PO saved me the trouble of getting a allen head bolt kit.

GKBO wrote: Never seen that Kroil up here in Canada.No JIS screws on this engine either,it's all socket (allen) head screws.Not sure if the GPz came factory this way or if a PO saved me the trouble of getting a allen head bolt kit.

There are alternative products to Kroil...such as PB Blaster, etc. The KZ750-R1 came stock with allen-head engine bolts...clever Japanese engineers.