KZ 1500 rebuild project

9am53 wrote:

Jack wrote:

I found Ralph through a Kijiji ad, does this Gord Bush have a website? I saved the Raceworks Canada website, thanks!

gordbushperformance.com/index.htm
Scott Goodyear and Gord built my bike back in 79. I bought it from Scott.
It was an 1135cc at the time. there weren’t any 1100’s around then, So she was very fast in her day.
Gord does excellent work. He is the only 1 I know of that can do extensive crank work around hear. Ralf and Mike send the tough stuff to Gord.
Gord actually replaced the rotor end on 1 of my cranks. And milled my cases , barrel surface, true to the crank.
I bought my last MK11 crank from Mike. He is a very nice guy.
I have bought several parts from Ralf, the last was a Yosh pipe, he even sent me 2 pipes and let me pick the 1 i liked best, and i returned the 2nd pipe..

mark1122 wrote:

9am53 wrote:

Jack wrote:

I found Ralph through a Kijiji ad, does this Gord Bush have a website? I saved the Raceworks Canada website, thanks!

gordbushperformance.com/index.htm
Scott Goodyear and Gord built my bike back in 79. I bought it from Scott.
It was an 1135cc at the time. there weren’t any 1100’s around then, So she was very fast in her day.
Gord does excellent work. He is the only 1 I know of that can do extensive crank work around hear. Ralf and Mike send the tough stuff to Gord.
Gord actually replaced the rotor end on 1 of my cranks. And milled my cases , barrel surface, true to the crank.
I bought my last MK11 crank from Mike. He is a very nice guy.
I have bought several parts from Ralf, the last was a Yosh pipe, he even sent me 2 pipes and let me pick the 1 i liked best, and i returned the 2nd pipe..

Yeah, Ralph sold me my kerker, he was honest enough to mention that he the baffle wasn't in there and knocked off some dough without me even saying a thing, then he threw in a free dragbar. He has a lot of 2 stroke stuff in his shed which was cool to look at. Makes me wish I grew up in the 70's, the 90's sucked balls.

9am53 wrote:
[quote the 90's sucked balls.[/quote]
You shouldnt do that. They will get in your mouth. Yuck.
:S

i never do that, the 90's did. BTW how do you know they get stuck in your mouth, not to mention how they taste? is there something you're not telling us Mark?

9am53 wrote:

i never do that, the 90's did. BTW how do you know they get stuck in your mouth, not to mention how they taste? is there something you're not telling us Mark?

I read it on the bathroom wall under your name.lol:laugh:

HEY!! your camchain broke AFTER the shim spit out !!

get better valve train products if you are going to rev past 8000 rpms

Wow, thanks. I never knew that...amazing that you can analyze that by looking at some pics,lol. If you're that good what's the really mangled part? And no to the previous guesser- not a seat.

BTW,it didn't spit a shim- done that,know what that looks like and never seen an under bucket shim get spit out anyway.Where do you think it could go? Through the side of a bucket?

If you seriously think I had anything but the best of parts in that motor give your head a shake.

I never got an answer regarding my guess of a cam bearing insert, is that it? I feel somewhat guilty partaking in this fun guessing game at your misfortune...

9am53 wrote:

I never got an answer regarding my guess of a cam bearing insert, is that it? I feel somewhat guilty partaking in this fun guessing game at your misfortune...

Sorry. not a bearing insert -although I did have to go and count them to be sure...don't feel guilty - I've busted up a lot of stuff over the last 30 years. If you beat on them eventually you'll find a weak spot.

thats for sure last year i was building up so much cylinder pressure i ended up pulling two cylinder studs right out of my cases on my big motor got the cure for that problem now. now all have to do is find out all my other weak links.

Was the mystery piece a valve seat , as mentioned above?:side:

No to the valve seat Mark, it looks like all 8 are still in place.Some however do not have a have a valve face closing on them at the moment...