Hello from just south of Paris! (Texas)

New to the site, I just recently became a KZer wit my purchase of a 1978 KZ1000 Z1-R. I plan to do some work on this bike and make it a daily rider:

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Welcome KZR. That's a nice looking bike and looks to be in fairly good shape. Here's a little help with the pics to make viewing easier:

Welcome mate. Looks to be a great starting position for a daily rider.

Welcome gunnyjoe...from just south of Houston (Texas)...welcome to KZR.

Welcome to KZR! I'm here in Spring. Actually I'm here all year long, in Spring (Texas.) Just north of Houston. We do have some funny names for towns in Texas. Looks like a solid bike, and a model that I wouldn't mind owning.

Thanks clutch, guys. For some reason it would not let me post the picture link directly, I thought it might be a post count restriction. let's try again, with a pic from y local sonic - took a rie here lat week before I realized how bad the brakes were:

those are becoming,heck have been for a while, a very tasty slice of KZ family to get ones hands on...i had one many moons ago....and rode a few...but they are not seen driving anymore,ever, and may never again...they are hard...HARD...to find....and most examples are refurbs or way clean and big chese$$$$ you did very well

that will be one bad KZ for sho

halfway down the page is some unrelated Z1R history

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welcome joe.

i am really digging the amount of z1r's that we are getting on this site lately.
you look to have a pretty complete example.
have you been looking for a z1r or just stumble on a good deal on a kz and it happend to be a z1r?

either way you have the foundation for an awesome old muscle bike that will make people that you have never seen before come right up and talk to you.

leon

I was looking for a Cafe style bike, or really more of what they now call a street fighter. I also have been wanting to move up to a Liter bike, as my other two are 600 and 800 respectively. Back in High school a friend got into riding and started with a 440 LTD, and i always want a KZ series bike since then. To make a long story short, my wife was looking at bikes on Craigslist (eat your heart out guys, she's MINE!)and spotted this diamond in the rough. WHen she pointed it out to me, she siad. this is a cool bike, is it one we should get? At $1200, once I determined that it wasn't a scam, and that seller had a title in hand, I went over immediately and bought it. Had brand new Dunlops on and fired on the first kick, and once I got a new battery it fires up straight away from the electric as well.

Needs paint badly, brakes are shot - I did install a re=build kit on the rear so those are working again, some minor electrical issues and needs a carb rebuild - runs but is WAY too rich and dribbles gas out the overflow when shut off. All in all the perfect project!

very nice Z1R!! lot's of potential... was going to ask if you found it in the dallas area!! remember seeing it on craigslist.. i live in tulsa and actually thought about it!!! love browsing craigslist,guess i have to much free time huh!! look forward seeing more pic's as you do your up grades... looks very solid..