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Broke a cam cap on a 78 kz1000... Now what? 24 Jan 2022 09:34 #860996

krazee1
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Krazze1, my KZP was a 2002 (my brother now owns it) and it has shim over bucket.

I'm well aware, I had the pleasure?, of working on more than a few 1000P models. Kevski made the shim under bucket speculation.

Mike

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1966 W1 (the Z1 of 1966-50H.P. and 100mph!)
1974 Z1
1978 KZ1000 LTD
1976 KZ900B pile O parts
1980 KZ750E
1980 Honda XL250S (I know, wrong flavor!)

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Broke a cam cap on a 78 kz1000... Now what? 24 Jan 2022 09:42 #860997

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Krazze1, my KZP was a 2002 (my brother now owns it) and it has shim over bucket.

I'm well aware, I had the pleasure?, of working on more than a few 1000P models. Kevski made the shim under bucket speculation.

Mike

And shim over bucket would be correct. I’m not aware of any Kz1000, j, or MKII that are factory SUB.

1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
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Broke a cam cap on a 78 kz1000... Now what? 24 Jan 2022 14:38 #861024

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I caught a bunch of crap from my riding friends for rejetting (detuning) the carbs to make better gas mileage and changing the sprockets for lower highway RPM. The thing has a four gallon tank! I went from low 30's mpg to over 45. Some oomph did disappear but wasn't really noticeable until the sprocket changes.

"Swim against the current, even a dead fish can go with the flow"-somebody (I forget Who)

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Broke a cam cap on a 78 kz1000... Now what? 25 Jan 2022 00:04 #861047

kevski Offline User Posts: 416 Thank you received: 154	wrote: wrote: Krazze1, my KZP was a 2002 (my brother now owns it) and it has shim over bucket. I'm well aware, I had the pleasure?, of working on more than a few 1000P models. Kevski made the shim under bucket speculation. Mike The shim under bucket may have been personal modifications then
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