First Post From a 2nd-Time Owner of 1983 KZ750 L3

Hi All!  New member here, but old rider.  Actually haven’t ridden in years, but I go way back.  Not at all new to forums either, so I’ve checked out most of the site.

After my 81 440 LTD when I was 18, I rode a KZ 650 that was for sale and absolutely fell in LOVE with how the power felt, compared to the 440.  My grandmother co-signed a loan, and I went right out to Terry’s Kawasaki in Easton, MD and bought a brand new KZ 750 L3 Sports.  Then t-boned it a few months later!  Went  back to Terry’s and bought the 84 700 version, and the shop manual, and got real familiar with doing my own maintenance and some upgrades:  Kerker exhaust and a Dyna-Jet kit, Ferodo brakes, that sort of stuff.

Later sold that for a leftover 86 900 Ninja, then moved on to a 97 Concours, which my wife and I loved to ride to the VA mountains.  Had marriage problems, then a divorce, so I didn’t ride much for a few years…, later bought and sold a 2003 100th Anniversary Electra Glide, then for many years riding was a thing of the past. 

Till one day in 2017, I was looking at 80’s Kawasaki’s for sale online, and found an L3 in real nice shape.  And my 19 year-old self took over, and I bought it.  Unfortunately when it arrived, on my first ride it started puking gas.  Disappointed, I parked it.  For 9 years!  Outside for a couple years, sometimes under cover, most times not.  Then moved it into storage for the past 7 years.  Yeah, terrible, I know.  (Depression issues.) 

My avatar pic shows how it looked when I bought it.  But now, something has been re-kindled, and I’ve started to revive this teenage dream bike.  I have a great work space, so I dug out the old shop manual, thankfully found this site, and began.  I’ll start a project thread, and I’ve already been reading MANY threads here, and identified a few members who also have this bike and the 82 GPz, so I’ll probably be reaching out to some of you.

Glad to be here!

Welcome from the UK, good luck with the project