Another fleabay liar-kz650

This is the reply I got from the seller.

"YES IT HAS A KICKSTART & MOTOR TURNS OVER FINE, SORRY BUT WE HAD ABOUT 40 BIKES TO TAKE PICTURES OF & LOAD, ONE OF MY HELPERS WAS TOO LAZY TO GO OUT INTO THE COLD & INSPECT, I KNOW THE COMPLETE HISTORY ON THIS BIKE, WE DID A COMPLETE CARB & FUEL SYSTEM OVERHAUL APPROX 10 YRS AGO & COULD NOT PAY THE BILL, WAS GIVEN TO CM FOR REPAIR BILL, I WAS GOING TO DRIVE OR SELL, REMOVED STATOR FOR ANOTHER REPAIR BILL, AM TIRED OF STORING
THANKS GARY 845-343-2552
BIKE IS IN MIDDLETOWN NY 10940"

Orange County is in southern NY. Parts of it do border on the Pocono's in PA. The county begins about 30 miles North of NYC.

Middletown is about an hour from Poughkeepsie. It's the home of Orange County Choppers, so watch out for Paul Sr.

The Gringo wrote:

Now this has me scratching my head :S a 12/79 build date would make it a 1980 but that year Kaw only made 2 models of the 650, the 650 LTD and the 650 F model both of which came with mag wheels. This one has spokes and the paint scheme is from 79 as well.

It's either an oddity as a late-year production '79 KZ650-B model (highly unlikely, or an '80 KZ650-F model.
I'm willing to bet that it's an '80 F model, and the PO simply swapped in a set of spoke wheels and bodywork (direct swap w/o any mods) from a B model because he/she prefered spoked over cast wheels and liked the '79 year paint scheme - it wouldn't be the first time this has been done.
You can stop scratching your head now Gringo. :laugh:

I say go for it!
Your B2B (bride to be) isn't here in the states yet, right?
I promise that I'll adhere to the military statement regarding info - "don't ask, don't tell." :whistle: :laugh:

4R I think you are probably right about the wheel and paint swap because looking at it closer I see that it has a finned dyno cover as well as a finned point cover and those were not used until 80.

As to the B2B the 2B part went away in January when I went down to Cali and we were married. She still does not have her visa yet, unless you count the one I sent her from my bank :sick: . I'm almost hoping that immigration waits till after the snow melts to issue it because right now there are 2 550 LTD's and 2 650's in the downstairs bedroom and the Z-1 Classic is parked in the dining room. I'm down to one 750 LTD on the front porch but I still need to shove the 750 L-3, the 650 CSR and the 650 SR up on the porch. Not sure where I'm gonna put the 650 C-1 I agreed to buy on Monday:S . I would like to buy this bike, the only hesitation at this point is I'm looking at a 900 mile round trip to get it.

Well I just sniped it with 41 seconds remaining :evil: :evil: :evil: for $255.00 I don't think I did too bad. I'm not looking forward to the drive to go get it though. The good thing is I already have all the stuff I need here to fix it with the exception of a dyno cover gasket. Are you paying attention Bad Kaw? :woohoo:

You should sell the other 650 to me Gringo . I will even come get it .. I have a nice dry and warm spot for it this winter too

Gringo - go easy on that hyperdrive until you get the hang of it. They can be really tricky on the early model years....

:lol:

The Gringo wrote:

Well I just sniped it with 41 seconds remaining :evil: :evil: :evil: for $255.00 I don't think I did too bad. I'm not looking forward to the drive to go get it though. The good thing is I already have all the stuff I need here to fix it with the exception of a dyno cover gasket. Are you paying attention Bad Kaw? :woohoo:

A sword! Quick! Anyone, a sword!
I need to throw myself on it before I die of humiliation! :pinch:


...oh, the agony of it all... :laugh:

...have I mentioned that I hate everybody???

Okay, so you at least owe us the honor of photos as soon as you get it 'presentable'...right?

BTW: I know you already know I feel this way, but: niiiiiiiiiiiice buy.

-KR

Bad Kaw wrote:

Okay, so you at least owe us the honor of photos as soon as you get it 'presentable'...right?

BTW: I know you already know I feel this way, but: niiiiiiiiiiiice buy.

-KR

It will be a few weeks before I get around to picking it up. With all the holiday parties I'm pretty busy making drinks at the club but come Jan 1st I'll have a few months off to do nothing but mess with my bikes.:woohoo: It doesn't look like it will take much to make this one presentable, I plan to shitcan the ugly crash bar and luggage rack. I'm also going to swap the seat with the one off my C-1. I'm planning on using the charging system off a 750 LTD engine I have laying around. I'm not too sure yet what if any problems that will present but since I have all the stuff including a matching regulator/rectifier I don't figure it will be too difficult to make it work. Cosmetics wise it doesn't look too bad and I'm hoping the carbs were drained after the dealer went thru them. And yes I'll throw up some pics ASAP.

BTW I was chatting with the wifey the other day on MSN messenger and told her I bought another bike, her comment back to me was ....Mas Moto? I'm sure she will get used to this eventually.

Post edited by: The Gringo, at: 2007/12/12 08:33

The Gringo wrote:

Bad Kaw wrote:

Okay, so you at least owe us the honor of photos as soon as you get it 'presentable'...right?

BTW: I know you already know I feel this way, but: niiiiiiiiiiiice buy.

-KR

It will be a few weeks before I get around to picking it up. With all the holiday parties I'm pretty busy making drinks at the club but come Jan 1st I'll have a few months off to do nothing but mess with my bikes.:woohoo: It doesn't look like it will take much to make this one presentable, I plan to shitcan the ugly crash bar and luggage rack. I'm also going to swap the seat with the one off my C-1. I'm planning on using the charging system off a 750 LTD engine I have laying around. I'm not too sure yet what if any problems that will present but since I have all the stuff including a matching regulator/rectifier I don't figure it will be too difficult to make it work. Cosmetics wise it doesn't look too bad and I'm hoping the carbs were drained after the dealer went thru them. And yes I'll throw up some pics ASAP.

BTW I was chatting with the wifey the other day on MSN messenger and told her I bought another bike, her comment back to me was ....Mas Moto? I'm sure she will get used to this eventually.<br><br>Post edited by: The Gringo, at: 2007/12/12 08:33

Your plans for the new arrival are well received...you know the deal, so many people like bikes b/c of so many different tastes (some may have chosen to keep the crash bar and luggage rack...and I would have thrown up in my own mouth...a lot!:lol: )

...and the wife-thing: the love of a good woman is impossible to replace. Well chosen, sir (the wife, not the bike...well, okay, the bike, too; but you know what I mean:lol:).

Post edited by: Bad Kaw, at: 2007/12/12 10:42