Now a KZ owner

My name's Art. I'm bike wh0re from MA.

I just picked up an 82 KZ 750 as a second bike for the colder/crummier winter weather of New England. Bike runs well but has a rattle at idle, one of the reasons the PO was selling.



Rear end's been trimmed, seat cut down to solo, and the entire thing rattle canned black. Price was right.

I grew up racing MX on KXs throught the 80s and early 90s. Still have a KTM 250sx in the stable as well as a PW50 for my sons.

My main bike is a 2002 Indian Scout.
I belong to a few motorcycle forums.

D'OH!! Sorry about the double post. :S

Welcome artonsafari...now you have a motorcycle for every occasion:)

I still need a KLR and either a ZRX or a SuperDuke.

artonsafari wrote:

I still need a KLR and either a ZRX or a SuperDuke.

That's the proper attitude for every KZR member! You'll do well here.

I test rode a SuperDuke and fell in love.
For 1/3 the money I could have one of these


Couldn't test ride it due to lack of gear and nowhere to put my 3yr old for a couple hours :laugh:

Finally got to get out and stretch the legs on the KZ.
Wow, what a heap of fun!
Found myself looking for another gear on the highway this morning as I was lumbering along. Gotta learn to ride this differently than the big ol' V-Twin.

Once in the mid to upper rpm range this bike screws!
\m/ \m/

:evil:

Welcome, Art!
I'm sure you'll have some fun with the KZ.
Your rattle at idle...
might just be a loose timing chain. Have you tried adjusting the tension?

Haven't tried yet. It goes away as the idle goes up.
I was having some idle issues at 32ºF, as in wouldn't idle and was stalling. Kept the choke on slightly.
I can get the rpm to drop real low by dragging the clutch and there's no rattle.

Read on here that it could be the primary chain slapping and a carb synch should help.

I gotta get the time to look into that, adusting the cam chain tension, and cleaning the carbs out.

welcome. your noise is most likely your pri. chain.it's normal.sync. your carbs and it will prob. go away.

Welcome to the site. Soon +32F (+0C) is going to sound soooo warm.

Best of success.

Thanks

Here's a YouTube vid of the rattling motor