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1977 kz650 C1 streetfighter
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I picked up this bike for about 300 bucks from the first owner and about 47% of it.. lol was in a water trowel. The story about it was that it is stuck in gear and couldn't shift. So the owner gave it to his son... lol I think you the rest. The owner had told me about what the bike came with and what he had added once he had purchased new was the police wheels, kerker megaphone exhaust and electronic ignition. I think that I got a good start.
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brass tube possibly cracked?
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Case in point - the bike pictured below was (except the exhaust) all original and in excellent condition when this project started. The builder changed everything, including putting in a Suzuki? engine. There are no pictures of a finished product (the bike in the picture is not in running condition), so it's hard to tell whether the owner gave up or is still working on it. In either case he could have started with a bare frame rather than a nice original bike, and a Suzuki frame would have been a better fit for the engine. He replaced everything on the bike anyway expect the tank which he dented in and sanded off the original paint.
Good luck with your project, there are lots of folks here who can provide support. Oh, and stick with the KZ engine, they are rock solid. Ed
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1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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Not necessarily, crack could be small enough that motor burns off excees fuel fast enough.symbolical wrote: if the bike is running it wont leak so if it would be cracked would it leak all the time
Do all bowls leak?
Run out, dribble, ?
How did you check fuel level? Measure floats or use clear tube method?
I would hook a clear tube to bottom of offending carb and hold it against side of carb body. If brass tube is cracked it will only leak to proper float level. If not correct it will go higher. I think I have this right.
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I do agree about just the one bowl being cracked lol I moved to another carb and it did the same.
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Not necessarily, crack could be small enough that motor burns off excees fuel fast enough.symbolical wrote: if the bike is running it wont leak so if it would be cracked would it leak all the time
Do all bowls leak?
Run out, dribble, ?
How did you check fuel level? Measure floats or use clear tube method?
I would hook a clear tube to bottom of offending carb and hold it against side of carb body. If brass tube is cracked it will only leak to proper float level. If not correct it will go higher. I think I have this right.
Wayne
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I do not plan to cross breeding my bike it's going to have all Kawasaki for the most part and I do like the stock engine it's faster than what I had expected so it's not going anywhere! And thank you for your support... and all of you too
650ed wrote: Welcome aboard. I'm glad to see you are smart enough to start you project using a rather whipped KZ650-C1 as the foundation; you are correct - restoring it to original condition would be difficult and expensive. Your approach makes way more sense to me than some others I've seen who start with a bike that is all original (paint and all) and hack it to pieces before (apparently) abandoning their project.
Case in point - the bike pictured below was (except the exhaust) all original and in excellent condition when this project started. The builder changed everything, including putting in a Suzuki? engine. There are no pictures of a finished product (the bike in the picture is not in running condition), so it's hard to tell whether the owner gave up or is still working on it. In either case he could have started with a bare frame rather than a nice original bike, and a Suzuki frame would have been a better fit for the engine. He replaced everything on the bike anyway expect the tank which he dented in and sanded off the original paint.
Good luck with your project, there are lots of folks here who can provide support. Oh, and stick with the KZ engine, they are rock solid. Ed
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Well for the street fighter part I will be doing a steering stem swap for inverted forks and a mono rear 140 front tire and maybe 160 rear. At the cycles-r-us they have an 1989 Kawasaki ninja perhaps. Well what I am looking to take from it is the whole rear assembly and wheels. this years plan is ride it find and buy parts and a little secrets with only in time will tell.
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I do have photobucket if that helps.
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hth,
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1976 kz 900 x 3
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