Long time listener, first time caller.

  Hello all,
I signed up in 2003 when I bought my '76 KZ900LTD, but for some reason I never posted an introduction, maybe I was too busy working or riding. Now 22 years later (was 2003 really that long ago?) a co-worker invited me to The One Moto Show in Portland (Oregon) and inspired me to drag what has become my retirement project out from under the tarp and hopefully get it back to a runner. It ran great when I bought it, then developed lifter noise and I sold it to a college kid friend looking for a project. Unfortunately, he tore it apart, bent a valve when he put it back together and after tearing it down a second time he gave up on it. I felt bad so I bought it back from him and stuffed it into the corner of my garage while time slipped away from me and it sat for 15+ years. The silver lining is that it was just a broken valve spring retainer, and confirmed big bore kit (which explains the power wheelies).
Thanks to you all in advance for the vast wealth of knowledge, information, inspiration, and motivation on this forum. And thanks especially to KZQ, Bill is amazing!

- Brad
 

Welcome back Brad ! You'll find plenty of folks here willing to share their experience and knowledge.
 You'll have to have one more post approved after which you'll be able to post at will.
Regards
Bill

Wow Bill, I knew you had "a couple" of cool bikes, but checking out your signature line I didn't know you had that many cool bikes! How is it that I have never been over to your shop?!?

Thanks for the welcome, I'm going to need all the help I can get.

Welcome Brad...welcome back to KZRider.

Welcome back Brad from the UK

kzedder wrote:

Wow Bill, I knew you had "a couple" of cool bikes, but checking out your signature line I didn't know you had that many cool bikes! How is it that I have never been over to your shop?!?

Thanks for the welcome, I'm going to need all the help I can get.

 

I've a few bikes sure and they run, cool, but they hardly compare to the efforts of some of the real builders, mechanics and racers active on KZR.
Check out some of their work in Wookie58's, 131 page,  Bike of the Month thread here: www.kzrider.com/forum/13-bike-related/59...th?start=1560#912095

Bill
 

Welcome back to The aZylum, our little interwebs corner of Motorcycle Madnezz.

Good Ridin'
slmjim & Z1BEBE

Ha, i say the same thing, 2003 was just like Yesterday! Time surely flies. Good luck on Your LTD900, still can't figure out why they don't command more money??

Many persons just threw their stuff away, moving or to cleanse the household. I have just stuffed my junk many more years then most. I'm a hoarder but still serve persons needing the old stuff.  Ironically just got a call/need for an ole 900cc cylinder with pistons to match. Just nice to have junk on hand. And junk is an endearment, good stuff.   

And Clay even finds things in the back of cupboards that he has forgotten about for refurbishing handlebar switches 😂😂

A couple years back I seriously considered parting it out as it's worth more in parts than whole, but I just couldn't bring myself to break up a complete, numbers matching bike (even if it is in pieces).

It's a numbers matching,complete bike. PLEASE DON'T PART IT OUT !!!