KZ1000 Z1 clone project

This 77 kz1000 popped up on CL fri. night and I picked it up Sat. morning. two owner bike PO bought it in 1980. Doesn't look beat up never dropped etc. 20k miles. Rusty tank but carbies nice and clean. real good comp. I'm thinkin it will run good. Plan is to re gear it , smoothbores ,super bars you know standerd makeover.
cheerz
gregz


I started stripping it down today realized i never took a before photo. I called the seller and he was able to email the CL photos ( first pic). Bike should clean up good



heres another the bike had a luggage rack jeez has to weigh 35 pounds

Nice find!

i can't wait to see your little makeover,keep us posted.

nice score.

leon

Before anything major I had to get it to run.
I cleaned checked points /advancer. Cut off 1/4 inch plug wires remount plug ends. Years of pulling plugs wollow's out the plug wire. New battery/clean plugs . Lots of spark. fogged the cyl's and turned over a bunch.
Installed a nice set of 28's w 117.5 pilots and 20 mains on the three clip. Make shift gas tank
Bike fired up sounds real healthy. Ran it through all the gears a few times on the centersstand. let it cool down and did a comp check. about 155psi across the board. Nice
I love it when they fire for the first time in years.I'm starting to like this bike.Now it's time to drink lots of beer and do some cleaning,get that aluminum shinned up.

Took the pig on it's first road trip in 22 years. With the 28's it runs stong. However blew a main fuse ,twice. Electrical problem wonderful.
Looks like crap but only got it running see how it runs
good plans for this one

hehe,good times man.

keep us posted,

leon

it looks like 2 diff bikes there is the cl photo the same bike as the one with the factory stripes? also i collect gas stuff gas pumps ect. yours looks great got to love that stuff i have a shop full of that stuff. keep the pics coming

Nice clean find Greg! Did you ever mention the price $$ for what you got it for?
Just curious.

Marty

Too much $1200

JEFFG1 wrote: it looks like 2 diff bikes there is the cl photo the same bike as the one with the factory stripes? also i collect gas stuff gas pumps ect. yours looks great got to love that stuff i have a shop full of that stuff. keep the pics coming

same bike just differeant tank and seat to test ride it. Black tank with stripes is little rusty I have it offf filled with evaporust see if that helps
Now that I know it runs good I'm going to tear it apart clean it up pics soon
cheers

great find my friend

Had a little time today soooo I took a complete set of extra engine covers- cam,stator,sprocket clutch point covers to the polisher also a extra drum brake hub. Valve shimmed it. Scrapped the rear ened and converted to drum brake. why? cleaner, looks better,lighter. That rear disc brake looks like crap. I also had to use a z1 brake arm and have to have a spacer made up,the shaft is a little shorter, no biggie.New shinny rear fender and z1 tail light. New bulbs in the dash and got all the blinkers working.
I was going to yank the engine and paint it black but I'm just going drink beer and polish the heck out of it

can you say z1 clone