Tri.... scores one for the barn find column 79MK11

I could have taken that picture of my kids on the zook this afternoon. They already rode about 200 imaginary miles. Cool pics guys.

testarossa wrote:

trianglelaguna wrote:

tell her that the end of july is a great time...she can visit her aunt and you can come down HWY 1 for the GP...we got you guys covered.....


after the sun went down things were changing and flame on for about 6 minutes...the whole sky was multi colored changing lava lamp...then blues then purples then it was over.....

I might just take you up on that offer. Will have to see what happens in the next few months. I would love to see the GP at Seca first hand.

Hopefully I'm not just blowing smoke, but if I can get someone to do the ride with me.....I'm hoping I can make it there on the bike for MotoGP. Wifey won't let me do it alone (probably a good call on her part). Sax - you still alive? Any takers?

would be great to have any and all attend...lemme know if you need any help..

craig

porchev914 wrote:

One of my daughters and a couple of the neighbor kids on my bike. I had forgot I had these!

fun pic Adam...i have a framed one when i first brought the green kz900 home...the bike has changed a ton and the girls too.... looking at the old 900 pic on my dresser,that is the reason i had them take those pics,i need to take my good camera and have them pose for a few...good times and a good pic to show them in the frame as they grow older

Tri, I'm lovin your projects and they are helping to motivate me to get on with my own. Thanks for your words of encouragement on mine buddy.... Looks like you got a great family too You live a blessed life my friend.

Some times I have to envy you Cali guys, this is outside the window this morning....



BTW, that wasn't water on the garage floor from cleaning the bike in my project post, it was melt off from the 2 foot of snow drifted against the garage door :dry:

Oh but spring is just a few months away, gotta hurry and get her done!

I tell you what...when i was back east for a decade (just short)...i was forever telling folks about the areas of cali where the weather is a joy....now as i hear folks running from there cars 100 feet to the building i work at,to avoid a fairly warm rain,i am telling them about my winters back east.....

so if i spent 3 decades here for the most part,and 1 decade there,am i 1/4 eastern now....I miss the snow,i miss the season changing.....

folks would say...wow your from cali...it must be great...i would ask em?...ever hear of the Donner party...or the sierra nevada....lake tahoe...we got some areas would freeze a man in an hour to death....

but gratefully i landed on the coast when i came home.....and even better just by fate i live # minutes from the best motorcycle race on the planet....

thanks for your kind words too....

i really just try and get a few kz's(like you) and see if i can make em the way i remember when i was younger....no radical skills here ....

When i look at the basic you got starting,the ltd for sure...it is about what my MKII looked like for sure when it came home....yours actually cleaned up nicer for the first pass.....

here is an old shot of a few of my bikes...1981 J-model track day project(mismatched extra parts just layed on for a mock up)...1976 KZ900 A-4 my first kx after 20 yrs and my kinda main squeeze...1979 MKII KZ1000 A3 much like your ltd in this photo...little changes now and good stuff on deck soon for it... early 1973 Z-1 900 basket cade...so you can see i move slow...in fact the guys love busting my balls bout typing more than working..someone has to do it...
anyways ....nice words and keep up the good work....guys here will kick in and help along the way....Craig

P.s i love that pic you posted...looks like my late brothers block in upstate N.y...shovel out and the city plows it back in...:woohoo:

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My girls 100 dolla 1984 gpz 550 project ,saved from ten yrs on the side of a house next to ocean air...as it looked when it rolled of the trailer to be saved

this is as far as i got last fall...searching for a new tank and will need the carbs cleaned and a battery to see where we're at...good compression and cleaned up great cept the too rusty tank....ex -superbike school bike...