'78 KZ1000 makeover

I brought a new toy home the other day as well. I was offered a job with the department of defense, and accepting the offer means commuting about 70 miles a day. Soooooo, I got a commuter bike! An '04 Suzuki Bandit 1200 with 8300 miles.

sweet!

Nice bike, even if it is from the dark side.

Nice to see you back posting. I guess pretty son Ill be done posting in my project thread. At least until project turbo begins mwuhuhahaha.

Ahahahaha, the dark side!!! Unfortunately, low mileage ZRXs were not available in my price range. Even so, it was a hard purchase to.make. the cash I spent on that sun would have more than paid for everything else I needed to finish my kz. But never fear, I plan to make a call to Z1 today and order the rest of the engine odds and ends so i can get that piece of the puzzle assembled.

Woo, engine parts! As done as mine is, I even put in a call to Z1 today haha. I wanted one of those halogen headlights and I needed tank emblem screws, I lost the ones I had. It never ends haha.

porchev914 wrote: I brought a new toy home the other day as well. I was offered a job with the department of defense, and accepting the offer means commuting about 70 miles a day. Soooooo, I got a commuter bike! An '04 Suzuki Bandit 1200 with 8300 miles.

If I didn't want a ZRX so bad then I probably would already own a B12. Nice bike! If you don't mind, send me a pm with what you paid. I like to keep track of these things. I bet you have been riding the wheels off that thing. As long as your KZ has been down, I bet you were jonesing to get the wind in your face.

I have emblem screws. Pm me if you want them.

porchev914 wrote: I brought a new toy home the other day as well. I was offered a job with the department of defense, and accepting the offer means commuting about 70 miles a day. Soooooo, I got a commuter bike! An '04 Suzuki Bandit 1200 with 8300 miles.

Let's celebrate! Mulholland next weekend?

kzrider.com/forum/17-ride-reports/513930...entura-county-riders

Next weekend, as in the 5th/6th? You're on Mark! Josh, I haven't gotten a chance to do anything except ride it to the gas station. It runs pretty lean though, and will benefit greatly from a jet kit. Maybe a slip on.... I wonder how wide the swingarm is......cartridge forks.....

I have a sickness. Someone stop me now!

Out of curiosity, has anyone reading this thread replaced the seperate voltage regulater and rectifier units with a one piece part? I ordered an all in one replacement and it arrived today :woohoo: but it did not come with a wiring diagram. I also hope I got the right unit. Its part #VRRPM3 from Oregon Motorcycle Parts. Its made for a permanant magnet system and 3 wire alternator. Is that what my KZ1000 has? Electrical is my achilles heel, and it gives me a confusing headache every time I have to do anything other than a straight forward wire splice :whistle:

yeah I got 2 from Jeff 4/5 years ago and they plug in either the 2 sockets that the reg and rec used.
Just re-read your post and you might not have the same as me. I guess you can look at the reg/rec that jeff supplies on Z1 ent. and see if they're the same.

porchev914 wrote: Out of curiosity, has anyone reading this thread replaced the seperate voltage regulater and rectifier units with a one piece part? I ordered an all in one replacement and it arrived today :woohoo: but it did not come with a wiring diagram. I also hope I got the right unit. Its part #VRRPM3 from Oregon Motorcycle Parts. Its made for a permanant magnet system and 3 wire alternator. Is that what my KZ1000 has? Electrical is my achilles heel, and it gives me a confusing headache every time I have to do anything other than a straight forward wire splice :whistle:

Boy did I! lol I had some trouble figuring it all out but finally did. I had a wire wrong and my bike wouldn't shut off when I turned the key off...it kept running! Thought it was my ignition switch.

I made some posts on it somewhere...I'll see if I can find them because I can't remember what goes where now!

EDIT: Ok, here's the link to the thread...should help you out.

kzrider.com/forum/4-electrical/457270-st...0a?limit=20&start=20