Long time lurker, Finally Registered.

Hello riders,
Its about time I stepped on here formally, as I've been lurking the forums ever since purchasing my first kz.

Time to lay a little background. I'm currently 26 and started riding / wrenching at 20 on a kawasaki klr250 enduro.
It really taught me the ins and outs of engine rebuilding as it was very poorly taken care of before I got ahold of it. Total summary for repairs were two exhaust cams, one head, bored and honed cylinder, and cam chain (all done by my hands). I rode that for about 5 years and stepped up to a 1983 KZ750 L3 purchased from a close friend. I fell in love with it.

I recently made a parts bike purchase of a neglected 81' KZ550 LTD ($200) . The owner claimed it had 60 psi in at least one cylinder. Luckily his readings were wrong and all four read off at 130psi. :silly: Through much of my forum lurking I determined it only needed a new pulsing ignition. Slapped a new one in and it started to breathe again. I've been making it into a bobber of sorts and have plans to make a jockey shifter in the next week or two but replacing the current seat (half a skateboard) has priority.

Aside from this introduction I have a very relative inquiry. Does anyone know of a source for the SITO KZ550 Crossover Exhaust?
My 550's right exhaust has a gnarly crack just before the cross connection and I'm more looking to grab the SITO and two slipons to revive this bikes look.

I'll be getting some photos up of both bikes over the weekend.
Thanks for having a place to gather and mash ideas over these great bikes

-Opiv

Welcome.
Steve

You're not the only one. We have people watching every day. Welcome aboard and hello to the ones out there.
Steve

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Steve

Welcome, can't help much with your exhaust though. Good luck and post up some pictures as you go.