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25 Aug 2012 17:42 #544748 by taildragger1197
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I would at least do a leak down. You can take an air tank and leak down gauge along with a breaker bar and a socket to fit the drive sprocket nut to hold the engine in a high gear and at TDC. I understand you may not have a leak down gauge but one can be borrowed from an auto parts store. $900 is a lot of cash and better safe than sorry.
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1979 KZ1000(1260)LTD S/G Pro ET
1993 ZX11 D1 Ninja
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25 Aug 2012 18:58 #544756 by wireman
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yeah Ive seen plenty of good motors go for $500.00 ,$900 seems like a lot to me unless its history. B)
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25 Aug 2012 19:13 #544760 by bountyhunter
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wireman wrote: yeah Ive seen plenty of good motors go for $500.00 ,$900 seems like a lot

Another good point: in this economy, everything is negotiable. There is a "limited market" for 30 year old bike engines. If you flash five crisp new Ben Franklins under his nose, you just might have a deal. Anyway, worth a try.
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25 Aug 2012 19:51 #544764 by OneShoe50
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650ed wrote: I would buy the bike below and use it while I did a rebuild of the original engine. When rebuild is done you can sell the other bike for more than you paid! Ed

kzrider.com/forum/23-for-sale/544731-1977-kz650c-1#544731


+1 Plenty of decent known quality options here.
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79 KE175 (gone)
81 KZ550A2 (gone)
81 KZ750E (gone)

Sure it looks OK now, but wait until I really make it pretty, with some chrome and paint and some new tires and grips and the wiring. Don't forget the gearing, and the LED's and, and, and....

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25 Aug 2012 19:55 #544766 by etbike3135
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Ive done rebuilds for $1200. In your case I would find a different motor, to many miles on the crank and trans. $900 seems high as you can find these bikes for $500.
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25 Aug 2012 23:01 #544786 by slaughridge
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If I lived closer to Michigan you can bet I'd be all over that 650, but the gas to pick it up would eat me alive.
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26 Aug 2012 07:59 #544822 by roy-b-boy-b
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No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationIs this a shaft drive engine?


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26 Aug 2012 16:56 #544884 by slaughridge
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yes it is, but that engine is 500+ miles away from me... I'll keep my eye on it though.
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26 Aug 2012 17:58 #544893 by wireman
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Last time i was at 6 cycle in ashland ne he had an 1100 sitting in back room he wanted to part out,i dont have his number handy but you might try googling it.
Closer than ILL anyway. B)
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29 Aug 2012 02:21 #545415 by slaughridge
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Well, my problem has been solved. I found a 1980 KZ1000 Shaftie with 20k miles for just a couple hundred bucks more than a nused engine from a salvage yard. So now I have another bike crammed into the garage. :laugh:
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29 Aug 2012 02:25 #545416 by MFolks
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How's the wife/girlfriend view your "Hobby"? Another bottomless money pit?
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29 Aug 2012 02:29 #545417 by OldSchoolZ
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My girlfriend said "If you spend one more night out there, Im leaving you"
I started missing her, so I washed the bike real nice and found a new girlfriend. :laugh:
Remember, don't work on your bike so much you never ride it.
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