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04 May 2016 14:30 #724561 by Bowman
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Here's another one for the KZR detective squad.

Upthread I was moaning that my horn switch wasn't working. Today I took it for a spin and for the first time since buttoning it back up got to like 80-90 kph @ ~5000 rpm and the damn horn just came on, no pushing the button, it just came to life. Pulled over and it was still blaring at idle rpm till I yanked a wire off of it.

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04 May 2016 15:44 #724581 by 650ed
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You may have something loose inside the left handlebar switch. If that checks out ok you should start tracing the wire from the horn looking for a short. Ed

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04 May 2016 16:44 #724590 by Bowman
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Thanks Ed. I should mention that I was just going down a straight flat road with no other vehicles anywhere in sight. However there was a guy walking towards me on the other side of the road. I'm in control and there's no danger at all to him but here comes this maniac blaring his horn for no reason. He stops and cranes his neck watching me go by. This kind of thing happens to me far too often ;)

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04 May 2016 18:07 #724603 by SWest
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Gremlins. :blink: The horn button grounds the horn. There must be a short somewhere.
Steve
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05 May 2016 00:28 #724654 by DoctoRot
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I had the same thing happen to me in my truck once. I pulled over and had no tools to get access to the horn. brought the whole neighborhood out.

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05 May 2016 15:55 #724785 by Bowman
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She looks better out shinin in the sun.





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05 May 2016 18:58 #724812 by SWest
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There was one at Chaparral yesterday. Bone stock. He was gone when I came out. I wanted to tell him about KZR. :(
Steve

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07 May 2016 14:24 #725070 by Bowman
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From what I can tell as far as these things can ever be called "done" I'm pretty darn close it seems. Just for shits and grins I thought I'd make a list of whats been done to the old girl. Likely forgot a few things but:

New Shinko tires
New spokes
Rims powder coated satin black
Dual front disk setup from KZ650/KZ1000
Brake calipers front and rear rebuilt
All new Spiegler s/s braided brake lines
New front master cylinder
All new brake pads
Front calipers powder coated satin black
Fork lowers powder coated satin black
Rebuilt forks
New All Balls wheel bearings front and rear
New All Balls steering head bearings
New swing arm bushings
New mini signal lights
New headlight chrome ring
New HID headlight
New Acewell electronic speedo/tach
New Motogadget RFID ignition switch
New Antigravity li-ion battery
New regulator/rectifier
Frame and frame fittings sand blasted and painted shiny black
Bodywork painted shiny black
Kawasaki green pinstripe applied on tailpiece
Side covers replaced
New clutch cable
New Gazi rear shocks
New chain
New plugs
Carbs rebuilt
New fuel petcock, fuel lines, filter
New K&N pod filters
New handlebars
New bar-end mirrors
Exhaust headers powder coated high temp satin black
New Supertrapp slip on exhaust
Valve clearance adjusted
Cam chain tension adjusted
New points and condenser
Timing adjusted
Carbs tuned and jetted
New full synthetic motor oil
New oil filter

So about $6-7K for new and used parts and things I can't do like painting and some other things. Plus about 100-150 hours of my time (likely more). All this for something that's loud, uncomfortable, dangerous and useless to me for 6-7 months a year. Oh, and any decent rider on a new Ninja 300 could probably humiliate me on the road or at the track.

I couldn't be happier B)

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07 May 2016 14:43 #725075 by pete greek1
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CHA-CHING,$$$$$, funny how things add up before you know it :(
Pete

1980 LTD 1000..,1976 LTD 900, have the 1000&900 now. the rest are previous= 1978 KZ 650 B.., 1980 Yamaha XT 500..,1978 Yamaha DT 400.., 1977 Yamaha yz 80..,Honda trail ct 70.., Honda QA 50...5-1/2 hp brigs & straton CAT chopper mini bike...3-1/2 hp mini bike (WHEN GAS WAS ABOUT 45 CENTS A GALLON)!!!!

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07 May 2016 14:57 #725080 by SWest
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I stopped counting. 40 years ago I had to run things I'd be horrified to do now. :whistle:
Steve

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07 May 2016 16:33 #725091 by wrenchmonkey
Replied by wrenchmonkey on topic 76 KZ750 B1 Twin
So... basically priceless.
You can't put a price on cool factor or the ear-to-ear grin you must get while rollin' on down the road.
That is one saweet looking bike you got there! Good job man!
I think your total labor hours must be suffering from CRS (can't remember shit) :laugh: Or perhaps it's because we don't count all hours put in because many of them are "fun" so those hours get put in the "entertainment" column? :lol:
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07 May 2016 17:07 - 07 May 2016 17:11 #725103 by Bowman
Replied by Bowman on topic 76 KZ750 B1 Twin
Yup, clearly I (and lots of other KZRers) have way too much time and money on their hands or at least should put that time and money into something useful like the bathroom project she/he has been wondering about for 7 years. But, nah.

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