Pics of my 1978 Kawasaki 1000 LTD

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23 Jul 2018 20:11 - 23 Jul 2018 20:16 #787542 by perrykz1000
Pics of my 1978 Kawasaki 1000 LTD was created by perrykz1000
Tried to put the 2 pictures of the Kerker header last. I've replaced that I replaced. Somebody really messed them up patching like they did. Trying to get my little brother to fix them right he's a great welder. Hope I can anyway..


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24 Jul 2018 03:34 #787549 by bluej58
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Sharp looking bike, I like the black exhaust

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24 Jul 2018 08:30 #787563 by perrykz1000
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I went with the Delkevic stainless system. Sounds mean , I'll have to behave around town will attract unwanted attention , some wanted some not. Thanks. Perry

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24 Jul 2018 15:41 #787590 by Scirocco
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I have ordered a Delkevic stainless header for my Z1B to get rid of my rusty, crusty MARVING header.

perrykz1000, your MC front brake line to the caliper routing looks very doubtful!!!


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24 Jul 2018 19:18 #787611 by perrykz1000
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Darn. Didnt pay much attention to this till now. They are defintely too long all three of them. Whoopee , I get to spend some more money at Z1 parts and then have the MESSY job of replacing the lines and bleeding the brakes. Thanks for bring this to my attention.. Perry

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15 Aug 2018 10:24 #788906 by perrykz1000
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Replaced all three lines upper and both lower brake lines. Finally got the brakes bled. replaced brake fluid on the front and back brakes too. Thanks for pointing out the brake lines to me !!!!! Is there a trick to bleeding the front brakes. I used alot of fliuid bleeding the front brakes. I did tie the front lever off and that did help get the pedal(lever) back , then bled the brakes. Almost went to get one of those vacuum brake bleeders. Scirocco , thanks again for the help.

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15 Aug 2018 13:20 #788914 by Scirocco
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A big single-use syringe do the same job as a vacuum brake bleeder tool for less money
Works perfect every time i have to bleed the brake lines.

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15 Aug 2018 13:35 - 15 Aug 2018 13:39 #788918 by bluej58
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.Good idea

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15 Aug 2018 15:27 - 15 Aug 2018 15:28 #788930 by Scirocco
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To save a lot of brake fluid during the bleeding procedere push back the piston complete into the caliper and lock him with a suitable pice of wood.
This will reduce the volume and squezze the air bubbles near to the bleeder hole and speed up the bleeding.
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