Old guy with a garage

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Old guy with a garage

22 Nov 2017 17:50
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Found this form and thought I should stop by and say hi. Going Sat morning to pick up a 1980 KZ 250 thumper in need of a little TLC.I have a soft spot for thumpers and have rebuilt a few SR 500 Yamahas and have a 1980 GN400 Suzuki. So hope you don't get too sick of my questions this winter.. John

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Re: Old guy with a garage

22 Nov 2017 18:02
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Welcome, pics, need pics.:woohoo:
Steve

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Re: Old guy with a garage

22 Nov 2017 18:24
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What Steve said: welcome, and pics, please! B)

I have a soft spot for thumpers. Learned on an XT250 and later rode my brother's XT600. I'd like an SRX600 but haven't found one that was both decent enough and affordable enough. I'll keep looking, though.
1979 KZ400 Gifted to a couple of nephews
1967 Yamaha YCS1 Bonanza
1980 KZ440B
1981 Yamaha XT250H
1981 KZ440 LTD project bike
1981 GPz550
2013 Yamaha FZ6R

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Re: Old guy with a garage

23 Nov 2017 05:12
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Welcome to KZRider!
Michael
Victoria, Texas

1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
1975 Z2A

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Re: Old guy with a garage

25 Nov 2017 17:32
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Well we will see if this works. Picked it up this morning and is a diamond in the ruff for sure. Has been sitting not license since 2003. A little carb spray and it started. Tank has been Kreemed but very poor job going to have to strip or replace but overall is a good buy will keep you all informed on progress. Have a few small projects to get out of the way first so won't get started until the new year.

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