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I'm a 49yo male, lifetime gearhead, but mostly on cars, and airplanes and boats. I've had several bikes over the years, but I never really had to work on any of them.
I recently decided I wanted another bike to play with. Looked around at some of the new rocketships, and just can't get myself interested in them. Then I decided I'd look at some of them bikes I always wanted but could never afford. Lo and behold, I found a forlorn looking, but running 1980 KZ1000 on Craigslist. Always wanted one (I'm an old Mad Max fan). She ain't pretty, but she runs a hell of a lot faster then this old boy needs to go.
So now I have a project to keep me busy. I don't plan on doing anything to the engine except polishing it, but I do plan on a lot of cleaning up, painting and doing something with the seat. I think I'd prefer a seat off of an A model. My legs are kinda long. Besides, the guy that sold me the bike threw in a Z1R fairing clone, and I don't think that'll look very good with the B seat.
So anyway, I'm sure to come up with a lot of questions as I start digging into this thing.

Welcome riverroad...we'd all be interested in your progress in saving the 1000...but you know what that means....pictures!

Ohhh...
I smell STREETFIGHTER!

Welcome aboard!

Pics, please.

Welcome. Pix indeed.

Sorry I haven't replied back until now, but the weather was nice yesterday, so I spent the day with my new sweety.
I took a couple pics of her, and like I said, she ain't no fashion model, but MAN! Can she PERFORM!
OK, I'm having trouble uploading pics right now, but I'll figure it out sooner or later.

Post edited by: riverroad, at: 2006/10/25 08:07

OK, I think I figured it out

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