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so decided to start on the 1000R2 needs lots of work

I see that the R2 has some additional bracing along the backbone. Are there other differences between it and the other J-engined models of that time?

By the way, if you click a Insert All when posting pictures, they will show up full size in the post.

thanks for pointing out the failure to upload properly... will try as i go to get it done right. (was using the phone to upload so I did not see it.

as for the bracing i have a GPz1100B the one in the avatar it has the same bracing as the R2 frame i have. on another note i am trying to find out if it really is a R2 frame as it is noted in the bike papers as a 1000R2 but frame number i s DZT104-000713 but stamped as KZT10R-000713. so it is a bit of a conundrum .

no matter will be sorted as things go

Based on the ELR registry, the frame number KZT10R-000713 should be correct for a euro spec ELR.

Also, it looks like #713 would be a 1982 model, not an R2 as you mentioned.

www.kz1000r.com/index.php/frame-numbers-and-what-they-mean

much appreciated and good to know it is earlier makes the build all the more worth it for me

thanks for that