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05 Sep 2020 11:11 #834437 by Spectre’s Son
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Hello fellow KZ riders!
A little history as to how I came to be a KZ owner.
My father bought a brand new 1982 KZ750N1, also known as the Spectre. He owned it all his life. Many years later, he bought a second one, exactly the same bike. (I don’t know why). Well, in 2010, sadly he passed away from bone cancer.
One of his last wishes was that those two spectres be left to his cousins. Each to get a bike each. As per his wishes, those cousins came to his house and picked up their respective bikes.
At the time they were not running. So, those two cousins decided in honour of my father to get the bikes running and roadworthy. They decided to tastefully modify them. Changed the bars to a lower rise style, shorten the signal lamps, painted them bright red.
They also rebuilt the Calipers, new tires, new
4-1 chrome header.

So, one day early July of this year(2020), the one cousin sent me a message asking to talk to me, I said ‘sure’ come on over. He does.
We shoot the breeze for a while. Then he asks me, ‘So, you still riding?’ (I have a ZZR600).
“Yes I still ride”, I reply to him.
He then says, “you want you dad’s bike back?”...
Well don’t I start crying like a little baby....
Lol.
Of course I say YES.....
So we set up a time to get a safety done on the bike, and the following week, he rides the bike to my house and drops her off to me....

It’s so cool to have in my possession, my father’s bike, to ride and enjoy as he did, when I was just a little bugger...

So, that’s kinda my story as to how I became a KZ owner, and this old girl will provide me with many ‘miles of smiles’ I’m sure !!!

Thanks for reading, I just thought it would be a cool introduction to my story, and maybe others have similar stories they would like to share...
The following user(s) said Thank You: loudhvx, DOHC, KZJOE900, Street Fighter LTD

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07 Sep 2020 07:05 #834528 by TexasKZ
Replied by TexasKZ on topic New member, new to the KZ bike
Welcome aboard, and thanks for the story.

We sure would like to see some pics of it.

1982 KZ1000 LTD parts donor
1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough

www.kzrider.com/11-projects/620336-anoth...uild-thread?start=24

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07 Sep 2020 07:33 #834529 by martin_csr
Replied by martin_csr on topic New member, new to the KZ bike
Howdy. A Spectre is a neat motorcycle. I'd like to have one of those.

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07 Sep 2020 15:21 - 07 Sep 2020 15:32 #834566 by Spectre’s Son
Replied by Spectre’s Son on topic New member, new to the KZ bike
I only have a few pics. One being my user pic..
The second pic is when my dads cousin dropped off the bike to my place.

I fixed your pictures
Dave
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07 Sep 2020 16:08 #834569 by Mikaw
Replied by Mikaw on topic New member, new to the KZ bike
Welcome to the forum. Great story and your Dads a lucky guy to have you preserve his treasure. Makes for good Karma

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Jimi Hendrix.

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08 Sep 2020 18:00 #834626 by azman857
Replied by azman857 on topic New member, new to the KZ bike
Welcome to our corner of the web. Thanks for the great story and pics. Keep us in the loop with more pics and stories of your future rides and maintenance. We are here to share and answer questions.

I don't have a plan and I'm sticken' to it! '77 KZ 650 / 750 GPz custom project in progress

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