Just picked up a Z1 today.

Nice find Dave .Wish it were me.... Pat

Dave do nowt with it, just box it up and sell it to me, pleeeeeze :laugh:

I want to change the oil & filter before i attempt to wake up this ole girl from her 30 year nap. I have the oil and a oem filter. I want to replace the related O-rings while i'm doing the oil change. I usually just call Jim @ Redline but unfortuntally i've read that he is out of business, his # is disconnected. I just called Z1 Parts and i was told that they don't carry the O-rings. Any recommendations?

Z1 Enterprises.
Steve

Thanks Steve. I just called Z1 Enterprises and spoke to a gentleman named Jeff.

He's a member here.
Steve

Jeff @ Z1 Enterprises is very knowledgeable about KZ/Z1's, i had a great phone conversation with him today. The other day i pulled the plugs, fogged the cylinders and gently kicked it over a bunch of times by hand. I just changed the oil & filter, hooked up my jumpbox, sprayed some starting fluid into the airbox and it fired up!!! Then died of course but those couple of seconds was music to my ears! All the lights, horn and switches work as they should. Now i plan to order a carb rebuild kit, M/C & caliper rebuild kit from Jeff. I also need the bolt that holds the oem pliers together, it's missing.

I just noticed that the plug wires still have the number tags on them.

I doubt you need carb kits. Try cleaning them first. A guitar string or wire strand from a wire brush will clean the pilots. Use grease to seal the float bowls.
Steve

I agree on holding off on buying carb rebuild kits! They very often contain parts that are not precise, so the carbs end up worse not better. Just clean everything up, make sure not to mix parts between carbs, and the carbs should be fine. Ed

Very seldom do brass parts need replacing unless they are munged up.
Steve

Agreed with the carbs. Soak everything in cleaner if possible. Clean all passages with wire, etc. Then take a compressor with a soft tip air pistol and blow all the passages put while block g off others to blow any junk out. Worked fine for me.