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Actually, a Not-So-Junky little GPZ550
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Got it running today after a carb cleaning. Now I'll buy the parts and properly rebuild the carbs. The tank is junk, but a dude on a Facebook KZ page has one that sounds like a good deal. What do you know about these bars? Is it easy to bolt clamps onto the top triple for regular bars? The airbox for this thing seems impossible, but I'll try once it's time.
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82 KZ1000 LTD
99 ZRX 1100
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Motor actually sounds good. Throttles up nicely, and runs through the gears on the center stand.
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99 ZRX 1100
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'77 kz1000 (zx10r) Modified/Street
'81 GPz550 "TrackBike"
'05 zx10r Retro/Mod Sportbike 4 SALE!!
'02 zrx1200r Lightly Modified Street SOLD!!
'74 h2b 750 (FZ600) "Mongrel" 2 Stroke SOLD!!
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Drilling the top yoke for risers ok but on some models there are bracing ribs in the casting underneath just where you want to put a washer and nyloc nut holding each riser. I used a couple of inch lengths of pipe over the riser thread to keep the bracing rib but also give me something to tighten up to -if that makes sense.
1980 Gpz550 D1, 1981 GPz550 D1. 1982 GPz750R1. 1983 z1000R R2. all four aces
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Tyrell Corp wrote: No motor says 'thrash me' like a 550 kawasaki mill.
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So true. I've thought about getting a bigger bike but it's so fun to rip it up on a 550.
My bike wasn't in much better shape when I got it, but they clean up nicely (with a healthy dose of elbow grease, a bit of cash and lots of love/thrashing)
1990 Zephyr zr550 B1
Wiseco 615cc kit
zx550 cams
SPII ignition system
Kerker stainless steel race exhaust with 1.5" competition baffle
K&N Air Filter...
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Anybody have pics of the bare frame at the tail? Mine seems to be missing something, as well as having some mysterious mismatched booger welded pieces back there.
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99 ZRX 1100
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a motorcycle and call it a bobber then sell cheap when it looks like shit.
1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.
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I ordered some tires and a chain from Bike Bandit. I went with some Shinko 705 dual sport tires. They look killer and the price was right.
Got a cheap clutch lever from Cycle Gear. Did some scrubbing and removing of junk. No cutting, grinding, or welding (yet- only to clean up what a PO had started).
Took off the back wheel and did some more cleaning. Took off the exhaust to examine the places where clamps were replaced by booger welds. Thinking about a MAC 4-1, since they're available and affordable.
Going to try to get the title sorted out this week before I spend much more money. I have a clear title, it's just not in my name or the guy who sold it to me. At least it's for this bike, and it's in my state.
Can't wait to bootleg it around the block, though.
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Going to look at a parts bike tonight. Hopefully the tank is useable, but it has a Kerker, pods, a seat that's not the worst, both side panels, etc. Might even have a better title situation than mine... Hoping to come out with a whole bike and some parts to sell/stash. Got the firs of my tires in today... pretty stoked besides that they're tube type tires. Asked in the chassis section and fell better.
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Pics tomorrow with light. I'm pretty excited. I feel like I finally got a killer score.
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