1982 KZ750 Hardtail Project

Martin answered the guy's question in the very first reply. So maybe the guy fixed the problem, is out riding, and doesn't have any more questions at this time, or maybe he's still working on hooking up the fuel line or simply has other commitments that keep him busy.

I may be wrong (it wouldn't be the first time), but I suspect the reason many bob/chop guys bail is because they don't develop a plan before they start modding their bikes and end up with projects they cannot complete. They then scrap, part out, or sell the bikes, and so have no reason to visit this site. Remember the recent guy in Norway who cut up the ELR and broke the engine, or Joe (Stu Pidasole)'s KZ1000 project, or Ultimate Fighter' ultimate destruction of a KZ650? Those are just a few I remember.

I'm not suggesting that everyone who mods a bike gives up. I would guess the vast majority of folks on this site have bikes that have been modded to some degree. In fact, some take broken bikes that haven't been ridden for years and get them on the road again - I salute them. It seems to me that most of the guys who are successful at getting their bikes rolling again don't bail out of KZR while they still own their bikes. Hopefully the OP will be successful at getting his running well; I don't believe anyone on this site wishes him bad luck. Ed

I'm going to re-read this whole thread. I don't remember anyone "dissing" his build. As for comments on handling etc. that's just what typically happens.
Steve

swest wrote: I'm going to re-read this whole thread. I don't remember anyone "dissing" his build. As for comments on handling etc. that's just what typically happens.
Steve

I guess I missed the, "drove him away" negativity part myself.
But like everyone else who has opinions, right or wrong, you ask and I'll give it....it's up to YOU, those who asked, to determine if advise is sound....
or simply "NET drivel".

NET drive? :huh:
Steve

swest wrote: NET drive? :huh:
Steve

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531blackbanshee wrote: one problem is that everyone wants to spout there opinion instead of just helping the guy work through his issues.

this site is not "friendly" to people who want to build a custom or something that is not a near resto.

pretty sad really,

so i get what i can get from this site and seek what i can't get from this site elsewhere.

guess what happens when people start hanging out on other forums???

they quit returning to this one and it dies.

so maybe next time someone puts up a build you may not care for,
either help the guy out or keep your "thinly veiled" negative comments to yourself.
seems pretty simple.

leon

I agree with most of this sentiment. Leon, you said something on here once like, "If well all liked the same stuff it would be a boring world"

One of the best professors i had in college would do this thing were if you asked him for advice on how to go about making something or whatever, he would tell you in detail how you might possibly achieve it. If he didn't think that it was the best idea, or the correct way, or that you were wasting your time; he would then tell you that too, but he always started off telling you how you MIGHT attempt it. Some things you really need to just learn for yourself. I know it sucks to see people "destroy" something you like in an attempt to make it better in their eyes, but thats how people learn.You think any of the guys that designed these bikes in the first place didn't have some failures? I think there are many ways to guide new comers who are excited without turning them away.

very nicely put vic.

ed,
lets hope he sorted his problems and is in the wind.

some of the guys that leave from here end up in other forums that are more accepting of there particular set of modifications.

i.e. custom fighters chopcult etc.

where those members help them along to finish there build.

forums are only as valuable as the members that add to them.

leon

Questions asked, answers given. I see no purposeful insults. I do see a bike lift, in a small shop, with spare parts and another motorcycle in the back ground. :whistle:
Steve

I guess the only way to assist OP would be link to an exploded diagram of the carbs - basic service manual reference stuff, the sort of questions I avoid as if they can't be arsed to look first, I can't be either... also impossible to answer if bits are missing without having the carbs in bits in front of you.

If new members find better info on more specialist chop forums then that is probably inevitable, not that we are too snooty here to help. It pains me every time a nice late 550 or 750 twinshock pops up to be turned into a rubbishy café racer - again, each to their own. I still help if I can.

People have been telling me the last quarter of a century that a bike will never run 'right' on pods, we agree to disagree, no probs



Without going off topic too far I've started a new thread on drag pipes...

Good idea. That might be a better way to answer a question without insulting anyone. You might still get some snarky comments. That's OK.
Steve

My dream is for people who wish to hardtail their bike ride one before they start their project.

A good buddy of mine spend 2 years cutting up a pristine KZ440 into a bobber/hardtail.

After all this, he rode it maybe half a dozen times because it is dangerous on any road outside of a parking lot.

I picked up a set of struts for my bike a while back and love the look but it will sure beat you up..... I went back to shocks.