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Hello from Spain! Newbie with an '82 kz550a 26 Feb 2024 09:42 #895610

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Hello everybody, I present you my first bike.
A 1982 kz550a (At least that's what it says on the websites where you put the VIN number).
I've had it for 2 weeks now and I am very happy with it. It works very well although the light that illuminates the tachometer and the small icons that light up on the tachometer turn on and off randomly while I use the bike as if it had no power to illuminate everything or there was a bad connection. It also leaks a little oil and there are two cracks in the cylinder head (I probably said the wrong name for the piece. I'll show some pics in spoiler).

I want to show love to the bike, even though I don't know anything about mechanics or electricity I hope that with patience, money and love it can flourish to it's golden era.
Thank you for reading and I hope we can help each other :)
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Hello from Spain! Newbie with an '82 kz550a 26 Feb 2024 17:04 #895634

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Welcome to KZRider 
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Original owner 78 1000 LTD
Mr Turbo Race Kit, MTC 1075 Turbo pistons by PitStop Performance , Falicon Ultra Lite Super Crank, APE everything. Les Holt @ PDM's Billet Goodies . Frame by Chuck Kurzawa @ Logghe Chassis . Deep sump 5qt oil pan. RIP Bill Hahn
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Hello from Spain! Newbie with an '82 kz550a 26 Feb 2024 17:26 #895635

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Hola amigo...welcome to KZRider!  Eventually you will have to take care of that cylinder head...just as an observation 
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1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
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Hello from Spain! Newbie with an '82 kz550a 26 Feb 2024 23:50 #895647

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Welcome from the UK
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Hello from Spain! Newbie with an '82 kz550a 27 Feb 2024 06:42 #895657

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Hello, welcome from Uruguay. 
1977 Kawasaki KZ1000 A1
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Hello from Spain! Newbie with an '82 kz550a 28 Feb 2024 04:10 #895693

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Thanks everyone for the welcome! 

Hola amigo...welcome to KZRider!  Eventually you will have to take care of that cylinder head...just as an observation 
Hahaha yes I was thinking about using epoxy putty I've seen videos using jb weld or loctite epoxy putty to fix this kind of problems

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