KZ650 D

Hello all,
I have lurked here for around jeez, I guess 4 years on and off and have been helped by the knowledgeable ones, many thanks! :laugh: I started with a '77 KZ650 B (first bike) and rode, wrenched and sold it to a buddy, great bike. Bought a '77 KZ1000 A model, great bike for different reasons, loved the power. Sold it. However the 650 was the best weight around town, plenty of fun. Easy in parking lots, etc.
Well 2 kids later and the itch has never left and I miss riding the vintage steel. Now on with it... Well I had a parts bike '77 650D it's been sitting in a basement, mostly intact, now I just acquired a '78 650 D and its on! Just excited to tinker, gonna get space set up over the next week so the mad scientist can start to work. Anyway here is the new to me '78 and the second photo is something I'm interested in trying to do. Looks freaking cool, clean and mean to me and I really wanted this bike the moment I saw it!!!!

Whoops! Missing first photo...
Nope just needed to resize, long day.

Can't figure out why I can't post the new pic???

Welcome aboard. You stated "...Well I had a parts bike '77 650D it's been sitting in a basement..." There is no 1977 D model. The D model began production in the 1978 model year, although it is possible that an early 1978 model was manufactured in late 1977. Ed

Austinroots wrote: Can't figure out why I can't post the new pic???

Check my signature for a link to help with pic posting.

Good Fortune!

The sticker I believe says manufacture date of 10/77. So I guess that is considered '78?

Got it, thanks. Didn't realize it was a size issue.

Austinroots wrote: The sticker I believe says manufacture date of 10/77. So I guess that is considered '78?

Yes. You should check your frame number with the reference in the link below to be sure.

models.kz650.info/index.htm

650ed wrote:

Austinroots wrote: The sticker I believe says manufacture date of 10/77. So I guess that is considered '78?

Yes. You should check your frame number with the reference in the link below to be sure.

models.kz650.info/index.htm

Thanks. I did check it out they are both '78's.