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'81 KZ1100 Shaft Basketcase

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06 May 2022 21:51 #866709 by Kawaka
'81 KZ1100 Shaft Basketcase was created by Kawaka
About a month ago I came across a KZ1100 being advertised to sell. It was half taken apart, bits and pieces in bags and boxes. Apparently it had been sitting under a tarp for 20 years.
The price was right, so I pulled the trigger and dragged it home. Just dropped off the cylinder block with 4 new 75mm pistons at the machine shop. Once I get moved and settled I want to disassemble it to the bare frame and throw lots of new parts & paint at it.

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07 May 2022 08:14 #866731 by Mikaw
Replied by Mikaw on topic '81 KZ1100 Shaft Basketcase
Welcome from South East Michigan. 

1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
Kowledge Speaks, But Wisdom Listens.
Jimi Hendrix.

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07 May 2022 16:11 #866755 by TexasKZ
Replied by TexasKZ on topic '81 KZ1100 Shaft Basketcase
Welcome aboard, and thanks for saving another old Kawasaki.

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 May 2022 17:18 #866759 by blipco
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It looks like you're off on the right foot. Welcome.

"Swim against the current, even a dead fish can go with the flow"-somebody (I forget Who)

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26 May 2022 06:12 #867704 by meubels
Replied by meubels on topic '81 KZ1100 Shaft Basketcase
Welcome from far away Holland. I did the same with my Z1100 shaftie... good luck, its really worth the effort, they are great bikes!

1982 KZ1100A (shaft). Customized bike. Runs K&N airpods, stepped up carbs. Rebuilt wiring harness and an M-unit blue. Led lighting, Mosfet reg-rec, li-fe battery, new controls, home built saddle and fully new paint job. All this took me a few years... :-)

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