...and again back from a fine bike-tour...!

There you have something to look forward to, Rich. So DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN, better times are coming...Heads up!! In a few weeks, you gona ride again
 

Rich You Take Care my Friend!! Perhaps during recovery you can get some of those Revell 1/24 scale Model Kits of the KZ and widdle the time away. Sorry the glue doesn't smell like it did back in the days, ha.

Multi tasking. Joe, Yes got tired of sorting all those British three different thread styles and decided to finish up this Honda 350F. Still a twist of the overly complicated 72-75 carbs but Keihin's take on the design. Hadn't been running in over 2 decades but it does now but still Needs soo much more. Guy just said get it running so that's just what i did, ha.      

Clay, you really do have a lot of different irons in the fire
Nice little Honda, easy to like (at least if you like Hondas; this early design was quite nice, and it is a real four-cylinder bike,..in my youth, we´ve called them "Lady-bikes", cause some little ladys have looked very nice on them ) -

Today and yesterday I struggled with installing a used Tarozzi footrest system. A few things were missing, and some didn't fit, so I had to make various parts myself.

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Multi tasking. Joe, Yes got tired of sorting all those British three different thread styles and decided to finish up this Honda 350F. Still a twist of the overly complicated 72-75 carbs but Keihin's take on the design. Hadn't been running in over 2 decades but it does now but still Needs soo much more. Guy just said get it running so that's just what i did, ha.  

 

 

I rented one and almost bought one but I bought the Z1 instead. Come to find out they had oiling problens and I doubt it would be running today the way I ride. 

No doubt You'll be successful manufacturing the missing bits with Your machining skills Joe!! Are they rear sets for your KZ shown? Steve that's quite a diverse decision, a lowly 350 vs a Z1, You made the correct decision waay back, ha. I thought these little 350F's were sorta rare? Apparently not out here, have already worked on 3 of them within a year from 3 different owners. And a couple CB400f's too. Not aware of the "oiling" issues but do know they had camchain tensioner issues. A shoehorn design, often neglected/never maintained and parts get eaten-up from all the slop.  

Irons in the fire or glutton for punishment Joe, i don't know but they keep piling up. This little bird is a breeze, 1979 GT80 MX version. Needed crankshaft seals and a run thru. Someone took the oil injection tank off but left the gear assy attached for the pump, bad idea, pump could lock-up and break the plastic drive gear inside the trans cover. I'm always left with the executive decisions, bummer. 

Yes, I made a new pushrod for the master cylinder (a previous owner had welded the linkage with a mount for the Z1's "barrel"), so I also made the "barrel,"

 


then milled a few mounting plates for the passenger footrests out of aluminum, assembled everything, and finally realized that it would be better to rebuild with the original parts... I simply ride better with them. ...sometimes, it is funny: You think ya must have these oldschoool footsrest, like i had often and many years,..but times are changin`, i just realized, that my actual " sit on the bike position" is perfect for me,...when i ride it, i am just with the tips of my feet on the rests,..perfect feeling, full control,..No reason to change it...and so, i´ve done my work reverse to this it was before....few hours for nothing,..or: For a right decision! hahaha..!


...You're simply a born mechanic, Clay, and your friends and customers know what they're getting! YOU just do it!!