Just finished a new to me KZ1000 ST Shafty

In the last two weeks I've been cleaning up a bike that sat for the last 31 years in the back of a garage. Yep they are still out there. A 1979 with 7400 original miles!! Ran it night before last and
it ran great. In doing research on the carbs, I've seen the numbers stamped on the flange sides. Anybody know where to find a chart or something on what info is revealed in these numbers. Probably a guy named George will know! He's wired with that stuff. I'll post some pics of my 7 bikes soon. Don't tell the wife.

The numbers I'm talking about are the ones that are stamped into the flanges of each individual carb. There are 1098 9P 15 four on each side. Lift the choke lever and they are where the carb meets the mounting plate for all four carbs.

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Well where are the photos? :huh: You have to put up photos or it doesn't exist! :lol:

Not sure what numbers or exactly where you are seeing them but those carbs should be the VM28SS carbs. They are easy to work on and still come up from time to time on eBay for around $100 for a set in some condition or another if the slides are crap or such on yours.

Your tank is going to be the thing, drain it and see what comes out, check for bubbles in the paint on the bottom edges of the tank, especially on the petcock side if it sat on the side stand. Once you get it running just remember stopping and staying attached to the pavement is more important, so brakes and tires are a must on a 31 year old bike!

To tell more of the story: I went through the whole bike for two weeks and it now has new tires, filters, brake parts, battery.... Been doin' these carbs for quite a while and have no trouble tuning or adjusting after mods. But, during this build I noticed numbers stamped on the flanges where the individual carbs meet the mounting plate for all four. lift the choke lever and there are four numbers on that flange on carb # one; go to the other side and in front of the choke there are four more on carb #4. mine are 1098 P9 15.

After the rebuild I now have an extra 100 miles on it. It runs great and rides real smooth.

Trying to add pics


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Finding out my file size is too big will need to reduce first. not sure how to do this yet.

KZBillx7 wrote: Finding out my file size is too big will need to reduce first. not sure how to do this yet.

Windows' "MS Paint" is one of several programs available to re-size images.

When re-sizing, I usually save the image as a jpeg file.

KZR pic size limits:
Width: 2400px
Height: 1200px
Size: 2048kb (2 MB)

Even where an over-sized image is submitted for posting in a forum thread, KZr may automatically reduce it to the maximum acceptable size.

Am uncertain about what's going on with the "fakepath" reports.

Good Fortune!

From the "Start" menu, click "All Programs"

Scroll down to "Accessories"

Click on "Accessories"

Another try at pics!

that is a pretty ST real pretty...exact type i would love to find,i would dig commuting with a old school Vetter set up......nice nice nice

yep. its a comfortable ride!!

The carbs are VM28mm Mikuni's. The 79&80 Shafty's are MKII's with a drive shaft. 1015cc engines that come to life with 140 mains, pipes and pods!