New Member with KZ900

Been out of riding for a few years while raising children. Just bought an Old Kawasaki out of a shed that had not started in a few years. 14 year old son and I are restoring it over the winter. Owned many bikes of all types in my younger years and these were always my favorites. This is how I bought it in December:











This is where its at today:







Still have a way to go to get it where we want it.
Thanks to the great people at Z1 Enterprise and Ebay it runs great. Some warm weather would be nice....Russ

welcome russ to kzr looks like a good bike too start a resto on keep us posted, and lots of pics we love pics

Welcome to KZR. Great project you've got there. Thanks for the pix.
Mark

Hey Russ welcome. The 900s looking good. What are your plans with it? Are you going stock,suped up or what? Are they Lestor mags on that thing ?

barney wrote:

Hey Russ welcome. The 900s looking good. What are your plans with it? Are you going stock,suped up or what? Are they Lestor mags on that thing ?

It came with two tanks so I am painting one stock the other I havent decided yet. Going to keep it as stock as possible. Those are Lesters and they are missing almost no paint. I was going to media blast them but I think it would be a crime seeing as they are in such good shape. It came with smoothbores which I broke down and cleaned out. I like the old spoke rims myself so I might pick up a set of them. Its going to be a rider so I will get it clean and looking good...Russ

AWESOME work on that bike! Welcome to KZR and thanks for bringing a lot of good pics.

looks good....

Smoothbores and Lesters.......nice.

very nice...lesters are like candy too a kid here and in such clean shape....nice work...welcome

Your bike reminded me of another members bike........

Russ, Welcome. Enjoy, hope we can help... If I may, If you decide to go back to spokes,(Mags were the rage, cleaner tho heavy, at least were true)consider lacing 17" hoops. the strides taken in tire tech, are the greatest overall in M/C technology. tho sadly remiss in the 18-19" sizes of the day. Ride well, smile a lot, It reflects well on the rest of us.G

I got my seat back Friday. Weather was in the upper 40s so I drove it for the first time for any ammount of distance. About 10 miles. I forgot how much I enjoyed riding these bikes...Russ