Everyone wants to know whats it worth?

:woohoo: NICE!!! Is this original or restored? Black stripes?? how did the ZRX shocks work out for you baldy?[/quote]

It is a clone based on a GPz750 frame and a Gpz1100 motor. The stripes are blue the pic just makes them look black. The ZRX shock and swingarm work great. The bike handles really well and the power is amazing.

baldy110 wrote: :woohoo: NICE!!! Is this original or restored? Black stripes?? how did the ZRX shocks work out for you baldy?

It is a clone based on a GPz750 frame and a Gpz1100 motor. The stripes are blue the pic just makes them look black. The ZRX shock and swingarm work great. The bike handles really well and the power is amazing.[/quote]

Cool bike baldy. Now, what wheels are those and how did you space the rear in the ZRX swinger????
I like the original looking mag instead of the ZRX three spoke wheels. They just look out of place on the KZs.

I've had most of mine a long time. 1978 KZ650 34 years, 1974 H2 750 33yrs, 1979 KZ1000MKII 29 years. It would be hard to sell these, then I have the green 77 that I could never sell either. I may sell the KZ1000E and the 1800 mile other 78 KZ650 someday, but guys ask what I want for them, I don't care to barter, that just gets on my nerves as you know darn well if you say $1000, they will act like you are too high. I find I list my bikes on ebay and let them sell for the bid, be it $500 or $5000. Last bike I sold locally I sold for $2000 and like 2 days later the scumbag relisted it for $5000 and had chock full of lies. Never ridden in rain, only ridden to church. I don't want to sell local and see my beloved bike sold in a lie for profit and won't do it again.

Just so I don't hijack this thread here is the link to my build.
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/480871-elr-clone#480871

Just had to share this thought this was a fitting topic. it was on vintage bike on facebook




I'm not sure what the money on my greenbeen would be its been modified to
the point if you had do maintenence you would have to refer to the build
sheet to see what shock to replace,what mastercylinder or peg to buy as to
not have to modify the modifications which limits the desirablillity
and while everything has a price some things arent worth what it would take to
own it for anyone else

As far as The money I have spent on her really hasnt been that much but the
hours of research scavenging parts painting buffing cleaning repainting
would be in the thousands at this point @ adollar an hour still be too high to get
a real buyer lol

My Z1 will never be for sale.



But I have sold bikes that meant alot to me. The hardest was probably my 76 Superglide I custom built from scratch. Other than that, some dirtbikes have hurt a bit, but you can always find something that's practically stock condition.

KZJOE900 wrote: Nice looking bike!

Thanks, Joe.

I actually purchased it through this forum, so selling it through here would be ideal to me.

Mullineaux wrote: I agree that the kz650 is fun, mine just doesn't like 65+mph, it starts to vibrate, which I've been told is off, but at this point I've already over spent on the bike.

A couple of thoughts here. As mentioned in another reply, it's possible your wheels/drive train are out of balance. As 65 MPH in 5th is at XXXX RPM, does the same vibration occur in any of the lower gears at the same RPM? If not, I think that would strongly point toward the drive train. If so, then it's a balance issue in the engine. At least you'd have a better idea in which direction the problem lies.

As it sits right now I would let it go for $1000ish, since I haven't really put any money into it as it sits, just time. Once the USD forks are on and everything is painted and polished, I would let it go for $3k, any less than that I'd rather ride it.