last dance for the old lady

last dance for the old lady 12 Oct 2015 10:59 #694284

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Well, after 5 seasons of racing my GPZ750/810, this weekend was officially the last race for her.

A happy ending though, as I finally managed to bring home a medal, the Italian 2015 Open Class Vintage vice-champion title

Wasnt an easy affair, took a good two seasons to get her (and rider) up to speed, but this last season was really the best, collecting silverware at almost every race. In the last one i had a super fun dice with a french guy on a KZ1000 of all things.

Cant stress just how super reliable she has been. After buttoning up the motor five years ago, never opened it again! A good 30 races later, with the engine often kissing 12,000 rpm, and it hardly uses any oil. Almost unbelievable.

Here I am (orange shirt) with my podium buddies.

It all started here .... kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/410994-gpz750...running?limitstart=0

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last dance for the old lady 12 Oct 2015 11:29 #694287

Street Fighter LTD Offline Moderator TURBO, Its Better to be Blown than Injected Posts: 4827 Thank you received: 1972	Great Job !!!! So whats next for you in racing ? Dave Original owner 78 1000 LTD Mr Turbo Race Kit, MTC 1075 Turbo pistons by PitStop Performance , Falicon Ultra Lite Super Crank, APE everything. Les Holt @ PDM's Billet Goodies . Frame by Chuck Kurzawa @ Logghe Chassis . Deep sump 5qt oil pan. RIP Bill Hahn
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last dance for the old lady 12 Oct 2015 12:46 #694300

650ed Offline User Posts: 15344 Thank you received: 2829	Congrats! Ed 1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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last dance for the old lady 12 Oct 2015 13:46 #694305

turboguzzi Topic Author Offline User Posts: 837 Thank you received: 72	Street Fighter LTD wrote: Great Job !!!! So whats next for you in racing ? Dave just finished building a supermono racer, An XTZ660 motor taken out to 700 in a TZ250 GP frame.... 75hp for 275 pounds Had already one track session on it and it feels like a bicycle....
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last dance for the old lady 12 Oct 2015 15:18 #694319

mopguy Offline Sustaining Member Posts: 730 Thank you received: 168	Congratulations, e auguri. I have a 1980 Kawasaki KZ750 Ltd. I bought new. I recently managed to get it out of my garage after 28 years and put it on the road again (2010). I feel like a kid all over again. Since I have acquired 3 78 KZ1000 Ltd, 1 1981 KZ1000 Ltd, and another 1980 KZ750 Ltd. Love the LTD's.
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last dance for the old lady 12 Oct 2015 15:25 #694321

SWest Offline Sustaining Member 10 22 2014 Posts: 22433 Thank you received: 2621	Looking good. Steve Z1b1000 1975 Z1b kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/598262-kz-...-will-it-live#672882 kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/597654-poser?start=240#704229
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last dance for the old lady 13 Oct 2015 03:28 #694376

531blackbanshee Offline Vendor Posts: 7447 Thank you received: 797	congrats on a nice run. leon skiatook,oklahoma 1980 z1r,1978 kz 1000 z1r x 3, 1976 kz 900 x 3 i make what i can,and save the rest! billybiltit.blogspot.com/ www.kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/325862-triple-tree-custom-work kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/294594-frame-bracing?limitstart=0
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last dance for the old lady 13 Oct 2015 06:09 #694403

DobbinsCMA Offline User Posts: 300 Thank you received: 13	What is your next project? what are you going to do with the bike now you are done racing? Awesome project. '80 Kz1000B4 MTC 1075 .375 webcams Mikuni RS34 KZ440 Project 81'KZ750E2 Project Past- '81 Kz750H
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last dance for the old lady 13 Oct 2015 08:25 #694417

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next bike, already up and running actually, is a supermono racer, An XTZ660 single motor taken out to 700 in a TZ250 GP frame.

not sure about the old bike, i sold only one in all my life, kept all the rest (and i have been riding for about 38 years

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might sell the gpz at the end but it would need a nice restore to make it look good, has plenty of battle scars now

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