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01 May 2007 16:07
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This bike has been sitting for 8 years. I did most of the work then. A ground up restoration. I left it outside for a year in the Chicago winter, bad idea. I never got it running quite right in 99. I put the vance&Hines headers on it, Dana ignition w/coils, Pods and didn't get the jetting quite down. I think I should be running 105,s and a 17.5 pilot. Somehow I put 117's in it before i parked it. :blink: Running a wee bit rich. Funny how just sittning for so long wrecks the bike, oh well. Back to the drawing board. ;)
1979 kz650 B. Chicago, Illinois

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01 May 2007 16:09
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01 May 2007 16:10
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01 May 2007 16:11
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01 May 2007 19:07
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Aside from the surface rust, it doesn't look like it should take all that long to bring it back to a presentable and rideable condition. B)

You should have seen my ZN700 right after I rescued it from sitting outside in the high desert area for almost 10 years - gunk, dirt, mud, more gunk, rust, grease, oil, did I mention gunk?
The cap on the fuel tank was corroded so badly onto the tank, I thought it was locked! :S

With Mark Wings outstanding painting skills and my luck in locating replacement parts, it looks a whole lot better now in my (biased) opinion.



Just take your time, she'll be a good lookin' runner again soon.;)

Post edited by: RetroRiceRocketRider, at: 2007/05/01 22:18
Covina, So Calif!
78 KZ650-B2 = SOLD
84 ZN700 LTD = SOLD
84 ZX750 GPz = SOLD
89 GSX1100F Katana = SLEEPING :-/
20 VN1700 Vulcan Vaquero (the Blue Cowboy)
Looking for my next project KZ

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01 May 2007 20:50
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I just picked up an 80 Gpz750 head for $20.00 on ebay. I have a 77 and a 79 motor I will do the 810 Wisco kit on one of them. I think that will be my project next year. I'm just going to clean this up a bit and have some fun. It has been 8 long years. :laugh:
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