There is no such thing as a free motorcycle...

Bbbent wrote: As promised..

Clutch work next...

NIce Fires immediately and looks to be in good shape. Fun little bike. You'll have a ball with that thing.

Didn't get a chance to post back. Late yesterday pulled the left cover, pulled the clutch push rod and after some lubin' and strokin' (just for fun) zipped it all back together and adjusted the clutch and voila, first gear!

Took off out the driveway for a short slow test, got into 3rd no problem.

So, all in all the free Gpz seems to be in much better shape than expected! Gotta tweak the choke today (kinda stuck) which means taking the carbs back out. And have to source some fuel line today to replace the hard, nasty old black rubber lines. But so far it looks like I should be able to get this thing running, registered, insured and ready to roll for Rockerbox at Road america on June 7. Which was my goal!!!

Got my fuel gauge sender resealed, and rode up to the gas station. Can't go too far with no plates. Starts great, runs well. Has a bit too much overrun on trailing throttle still but one step at a time.

Next up, figuring out why my oil light is blinking. It's certainly electrical (I've run the thing enough that if the pump was really toast it would have ground to a screeching halt...) So off to read some forums..

Got about 40 miles ridden. Those k70's have to go! They're in good shape but they just feel completely wrong. Got a lot more carb tuning to do too!