1976 Kawasaki KZ900LTD restoration

PLUMMEN wrote:

beats the hell out of hanging out at a bar all night,of course ive bought a few bikes at night that were really scary looking the next morning also! :woohoo:

As someone who liked beer WAAAY too much and gave it up with years ago, couldn't agree more, gotta have a hobby, habitual inebriation is a dubious low-cost hobby on the outset, then curiously drains the wallet in 'after effects fees.'

With that in mind, I feel better about my 'free' '78 kz1000.....

Your '78 KZ1000 sounds pretty cool! i got custom paint done to mine about 31 years ago. it's not flaking off or anything, still looks good! I hope to get pics up soon. real soon.

A little update here people, I will be getting my KZ900 LTD on saturday morning. the restoration will be in process after!

I got my KZ now. But I think I will just hand it over to a Motorcycle dealer that specializes in custom bikes. So it should be back like how i saw it 30 years ago. will post pics ASAP

carefull of that remember they do charge by the hour. and they have lights taxes and payroll to make so this will cost you some big bucks and it will be on their time scheduale so it wont do any good to get impatient and for a project like this figure out how much you want to spend and then double it if a shop is doing it all i know what i'd charge to do a resurection and it would not be cheap and i'd want all of it up front for the parts so i wasn't going to be stuck with a bunch of stuff that i might have trouble getting rid of. just warning you quality does take time.

Turbo! Plummen just got wood! :ohmy: :laugh: :laugh:

Come on! What else would you spend it on? Fluffy stuff like food, medicine, entertainment, mortgage, hookers, drinks, smokes, bribes, gambling, lotteries, girls, women, children, taxes, fines, clothes, gas, oil, coffee, bananas, glasses, depends, bottled water, pay per view, ponzi schemes, Halliburton, war, bridges to nowhere, guns, ammo, insurance, donuts, blow up dolls, divorce, going to a sports event etc..etc. So see it's a good investment. At least you can ride it!

HEY GUYS i got my KZ pictures up. I decided not to bring it in yet. but I want to know what i can do. look at the pictures and tell me what you think. thank YOU. Help me out please

HERE IT IS. KNow it looks like a rat but you know what i gotta do...

here

I think I just got wood!

Nice!
Thanks for posting the picture.
Your bike is still sportin' many original LTD parts, including the hard-to-find LTD grab rail behind the seat.
IMO, she looks great as is, but if you want to repaint it, there are some members here (Mark Wing, for example) that really know their stuff.
Restoration to original LTD will be tough unless the PO gave you a box with the old original pipes, handle bars, front blinkers. Anyway, the original set up with the buckhorn handlebars wouldn't be the best setup with that turbo...maybe too hard to lean into when you twist the throttle.
I've photo'd pretty much all of my LTD. If you want some refence material, send me a PM.
Tim