just purchased 1982 KZ 750 twin

Any advice or suggestions on following would be great.

Good shape, not too rusty, engine sounds ok, tons of power, tires less than 1 yr old, new gas tank, rides and drives good up to 40 anyway (I want to go through it in more detail before freeway speeds). 12k miles. I paid $525.

Right cylinder running much hotter than left. Is this a timing problem or something else?

Nothing happens when the starter button is pushed. So I jumped started the starter, it didn't want to turn over very bad. Any suggestions for rebuilt starters for this bike?

It kick started ok after I figured out it doesn't need any choke.

Not crazy about straight pipes. Too loud. any suggestions for mufflers?

Front is out of alignment a little. I believe can straighten back up. What else should I look for since it got whacked hard enough to change alignment?

It does have a salvage title, which doesn't bother me too much after inspecting the bike. Should it??

Carbs are running rough. I have seaform at about 2-3 times recommended concentration in there right now. I also plan to rebuild sometime. Based on my other old 80s bikes, I plan to set carbs at richest setting. Is that recommended or is a different setting better?

The seat is coming apart at the seems and is just flat. Any suggestions for new seats?

The console is messed up. Tach doesn't work which I don't care a lot about. Any suggestions on new dials?

Thanks a lot.

Welcome, Steve.

I'm no expert on the twins, but did look for one before getting my first 650 several years ago. One pipe hotter than the other probably means that there is some crud in the carb that is blocking the fuel delivery. Cleaning them is probably in your future.

For mufflers, Z1 Enterprises or JC Whitney may have something.

Salvage title, well, that'll depend on your state of residence as it seems they're all different. If, as I infer from your username, you're in Kansas, then you may want to contact the folks in Topeka as I've gotten better answers from them than at my local DMV.

Enjoy! I'm sure Steell or other will be along to help you dial things in.

MAC makes the aftermarket pipe sets for the old 750 twins. They are not great, I have one on mine.

Ugliest pipes I've ever seen on a 750 twin! :woohoo:

Check out Dunstall Decibel replica mufflers, there are usually at least one set listed on eBay at any time, and they are available from lots of other places.

Salvage titles are no problem in Kansas just register it like a normal vehicle. I got a set of 4 - 2 mac exhaust new from an ebay store they moved to another online store instead, I can't find it though. They sound the same as stock except at idle they sound lower. They may fit your 750 I believe. As far as the seat goes you might be able to have an auto body repair shop that can redo it. Of course there is always ebay. That's were the majority of my parts came from. I can tell you from experience somebody can sink a lot of dough into getting a bike restored. You can see my exhaust in a pic I just posted the other day in the gallery.

steell wrote:

Ugliest pipes I've ever seen on a 750 twin! :woohoo:...

Yep, pretty much have ta'agree w/the ugly pipes, macs would even look better. Git a 17 tooth front sprocket, if ya wanna drop your rpm's on the hiway. Hot cyl may be runnin lean. Seafoam might help but a good cleanin' might be better. The only other bolt on seat pan is the '83 K (LTD)model.

The starter thing is common to the big twin,I gave up on mine and just kick it, mine runs the stock head pipes with very small glasspaks I got from Advance Auto for 17bucks apiece, they measure 1.75 inlet/outlet and 17 in long, sound super, painted them Hitemp black (came red), I have a good seat if your interested, mine has a 99 suzuki marauder solo seat(there are a few pics in the gallery if you look)the gages from most KZs fron that era work(400s 650s 750s 900s ect)might have some of them too,rebuild the carbs

Oh yeah fix that front end its dangerous to ride that way, I know