Last of the KZ900's

Time to post a thread on my project. I got this KZ900 in 2008 and have slowly been moving forward on it. I did notice when I bought it that the build date was 9-76, and the VIN indicates that it was one of the last 150 or so 900's ever made. I can't afford one of the first 900's, so one of the last will have to do!




The parents wouldn't let me get a used KZ900 for $1200 when I was 17, but I got this one for $1200 26 years later. The bike at time of purchase had a mish-mash of parts, 1977 LTD tank and rear fender, 1979 LTD side cover etc. The plan was to bring it back closer to original. Not a restoration, but a nice clean bike that looked basically period correct. I had the frame, swingarm, and brackets powdercoated at the place I work, and was going to re-ring the engine. I wound up having Redline Cycle do a complete top-end with valve job.




For paint I decided to go with the original 1976 Diamond Brown, and got a small batch from Ralph at Paintworkz. Decals were from reproductiondecals.com. A local painter agreed to do the paint work for me. He does very good work, and the final result is stunning. More pics to follow...............

Looks great!

Here are a few more "before" pictures.........







I was also able to carefully remove the VIN sticker, but I'm not sure exactly how to reapply it. I don't think it would withstand another removal, so I'll have to do it right the first time.

Thats frickin cool a 900 made in 76 and your doing it justice. WTG godzilla

Very nice. If you ever need a ViN sticker,check this out.


z1oc.com/topic/3496726/1/

nice!

you are going to have a head turner there.

keep us posted,

leon

Keep up the good work!

dshelly

I love that diamond brown, so ugly vintage cool.

both of the 77 900s ive seen up close were green,the green is starting to look cool to me after all these years.
probably because i dont see 5-6 of them everyday that same color anymore! :woohoo:

I'm hoping for one of each at some point. Z1's are for suckers, buy Kz900's! :evil:

kz boy!:laugh: