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GPzMOD750 wrote: Model paints and a toothpick or a small brush with a small amount of paint and wipe off quickly.

Are those things embossed on your GPz?My lettering is on flat surfaces.If they where embossed it would be easy.Engraving it with a dremel tool is a possibility but 1 slip would be really bad.

Well crap, They are on the actual switches but not on the housing. Well. you know what they're for.

Mine are going to be replaced shortly regardless. Besides being functional they are in about the same shape as yours.

I bought stickers from somewhere and then shot a coat of clear matt over the top. I ended up painting my switch housings a satin black as they were in bad shape. I will look through my receipts and see where I got the stickers. It was some vintage decal store. They weren't an exact match to the 82 but close enough.

After getting most of the clear off the left side I'm loathed to put ant on the right.I't's also funny that the HORN is still intact on the left but a simple washing swept the Off RUN OFF away Going to see if we might luck out at the local craft store having dry transfer lettering the right size in white.As it is now I'm not worrying about redoing the HORN.Figured out the horn switch was missing it's 2 1/8th inch ball bearings,now I'm REALLY glad the guy at the bicycle shop gave me 2 extra's.

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A BIG one off the list Degreased the frame a couple of weeks ago. I wire brushed off most of the rust then used my spot sand blaster to get the bits the brush couldn't get to.Then sprayed on 2 coats of this www.rustoleum.ca/product-catalog/consume...alty/appliance-epoxy .Used it before and it's great frame paint!Se the last post here www.kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/601411-s...eeve-on-my-82-gpz750 and this has come to with some bearings coming from China .

The Back To Black made the pods look way better.Just have to see about getting some lettering,if it's a PITA like it looks to be they'll have to do.

The "new" pivot bolt looks great compared to the old one on the top!

Went to put my forks together and noticed a problem with the new stanchion (middle one)

An inch shorter,

Ends are different to.There's no air hole either.Off an earlier or later KZ750?Mid run change?Mad at myself for not checking to be sure before they where sent.Now WTF to do?

Got the NOS 78-9 KZ750 twin sleeve today.About 6mm total shorter,3mm on each side.Not sure that's enough of a difference to cut it and put a shim cut off the original or to just leave it .

The pivot spacer length needs to be pretty exact. When you bolt it in it turns into a structural part of the bike and any slop here will be directly translated to the rear wheel. Its not unheard of for people to oversize the bolt and shim the spaces on the sides of the pivot. if you do shim it it needs to be quite snug in the frame.

OK a shim it is,Was thinking of s shim on the ends rather than cutting the new sleeve.Problem is the old sleeve is so pitted that won't work.Will cut the insert a little longer so I can grind it down.The other thought is that I have washer type suspension shims off some scrapped 83 GS750's that I could make fit.Would rather not cut the new sleeve.

I personally would have a machine shop make them for me, or you could use washers.

Was worried about taking my "new" shocks apart to see if they where worth more than place keepers www.kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/602091-8...shock-spring-removal .Seems I didn't need to :woohoo: