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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 01 Nov 2015 13:48 #696778

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Holy sh...., man that looks awesome, I don't know if I would do ceramic coating on the exhaust, but like I said it is AWESOME!
I have a 1980 Kawasaki KZ750 Ltd. I bought new. I recently managed to get it out of my garage after 28 years and put it on the road again (2010). I feel like a kid all over again. Since I have acquired 3 78 KZ1000 Ltd, 1 1981 KZ1000 Ltd, and another 1980 KZ750 Ltd. Love the LTD's.

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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 01 Nov 2015 15:13 #696787

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Love it when a good plan comes together.FOXY :evil:
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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 01 Nov 2015 15:37 #696791

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Very nice, what are you ceramic coating on the exhausts?
1978 KZ1000A2 Wiseco 1075 kit
1977 KZ650B1
1973 Triumph Tiger TR7V
1968 BSA Victor Special 441
2015 Triumph Thunderbird LT
1980 Suzuki SP400

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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 02 Nov 2015 12:31 #696913

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very nice.....great job
1982 GS1000sz Katana ( #15...17K Miles)
1982 GS1000sz Katana ( # 297....7100k Miles)
1978 Kz1000 Z1R. 10K Miles1
1978 kz1000 z1r 27k miles
1977 KZ 1000 A ( Project ) 54K Miles
1976 Kz900A4 (Red)21K miles
1976 Kz900A4 ( Red)7500 miles
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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 02 Nov 2015 13:14 #696921

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Great job! People that have restored bikes before can really appreciate the work and effort.
1975 Z1 900
1994 KX250 Supermoto
2004 KX125

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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 02 Nov 2015 14:30 #696926

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Thanks to everyone for all the nice comments. Can't wait to get this thing out on the road. Got me some ring seating to do!

Dropped off the exhaust for coating today. Black is $260 and silver $330. What I'd really like is chrome, but that's not an option so choose black. The pipes look decent in the photos but trust me, they are rust speckled all over with some heavy pitting in localized spots. Turnaround time is 2 weeks so I've got some time to clean up some niggly details. One of the carb floats sticks so need to tend to that and need to get the zinc plating pot fired up to deal with a few dingy fasteners. Good fun!

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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 02 Nov 2015 15:42 #696934

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Damn that is one awesome looken 750. I would love to have one like that.
Great job !

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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 02 Nov 2015 16:52 #696942

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Do they strip the chrome before ceramic coating? I've been toying with the idea of getting the header pipes of my 4-1 done in black having seen a really cool looking "two tone" Kerker on a KZ1000, front down pipes black with chrome muffler.

Are you going with a flat, satin or gloss black?
1978 KZ1000A2 Wiseco 1075 kit
1977 KZ650B1
1973 Triumph Tiger TR7V
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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 02 Nov 2015 17:39 #696949

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redhawk4 wrote: Do they strip the chrome before ceramic coating? I've been toying with the idea of getting the header pipes of my 4-1 done in black having seen a really cool looking "two tone" Kerker on a KZ1000, front down pipes black with chrome muffler.

Are you going with a flat, satin or gloss black?


They sandblast the chrome to rough it up then coat right on top. The sample part in the showroom was sort of a satin black. Looked good.

specializedcoating.com/

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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 02 Nov 2015 18:15 #696959

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That sounds nice, I'll look forward to you posting the results. This was the look that caught my eye on eBay, as the PO had only recently fitted a new exhaust on mine, it would be nice to find a deal on some less pristine front pipes and get those coated, keeping the existing front ones, just in case I find I've changed my mind.



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1978 KZ1000A2 Wiseco 1075 kit
1977 KZ650B1
1973 Triumph Tiger TR7V
1968 BSA Victor Special 441
2015 Triumph Thunderbird LT
1980 Suzuki SP400

Old enough to know better, still too young to care
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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 03 Nov 2015 04:05 #696993

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Ed,
Nice work, please post photos of this when you get your exhaust system back! I like how cleanly the mods (the bars, brakelines and fasteners) blend in. Not many bikes deserve a pair of $100 mirrors, but that one sure does!
Jon
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First Ride on my (restored) KZ750E 03 Nov 2015 20:39 #697126

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Awesome. What a great bike. 750E brothers? Beautiful.
'80 Kz1000B4
MTC 1075 .375 webcams Mikuni RS34
KZ440 Project
81'KZ750E2 Project
Past- '81 Kz750H :(

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