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12 Jul 2010 11:40 #381998 by asevans
how did you do it before the internet? was created by asevans
i bought my bike a couple years ago and dont know what i would do without this site. ive learned a lifetime of knowledge in a couple years. thanx to all. im just wondering how people like me or you diagnosed problems and got parts before the days of the internet. must have been frustrating.
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12 Jul 2010 12:04 #382002 by 9am53
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I feel the same way! I don't know anybody interested in these bikes so I am at it myself with nobody to teach me first hand. If it weren't for the internet, in particular this site I don't know what I would do.
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12 Jul 2010 12:09 #382010 by Mcdroid
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In the days before the internet, there were many many repair shops that actually knew what a KZ was...I farmed much of my business to them...now we have to rely on the internet because all those shops no longer exist, or no longer cover KZ's. :)
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12 Jul 2010 13:01 #382027 by Kidkawie
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About 15 years ago I was into Mopars, kind of relates to the old Kawis. I would find parts or information in magazines, autoshopper/trader magazines or Hemmings. To meet people I would go to car shows or the drag strip and network that way. It was all by word of mouth and was a pain. I think if the internet was around then I would still have my Cuda. :dry:
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12 Jul 2010 19:33 #382115 by porchev914
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X2 McDroid

The local Kaw dealer stocked parts for the KZ's and still serviced them. APE was a little shop in Burbank and I recall the old man stopping by Vance&Hines to pick up a new exhaust when I was a young teenager. The sources were much fewer and farther between, but it was managable. Hey, we'd didn't know any better, thats just how it was.
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12 Jul 2010 19:37 #382116 by HT8R
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porchev914 wrote:

X2 McDroid

The local Kaw dealer stocked parts for the KZ's and still serviced them. APE was a little shop in Burbank and I recall the old man stopping by Vance&Hines to pick up a new exhaust when I was a young teenager. The sources were much fewer and farther between, but it was managable. Hey, we'd didn't know any better, thats just how it was.


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12 Jul 2010 21:53 #382152 by PLUMMEN
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Mcdroid wrote:

In the days before the internet, there were many many repair shops that actually knew what a KZ was...I farmed much of my business to them...now we have to rely on the internet because all those shops no longer exist, or no longer cover KZ's. :)

yeahandi gotscrewed by most of them inthe learning process! :laugh:
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