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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 05 May 2022 13:42 #866659

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Hello good people of kzrider.com

I've recently bought a 1976 KZ400, my first proper bike after getting my full bike licence. My names Jack, I'm 30 years old, based in Gloucestershire, south west England.

This site has already been a great resource to me, lots of great info on here.

I will quite likely be asking for expert advice from folks on here soon, I am an avid tinkerer. 

I've done a hundred ish miles on it since buying the bike since buying the bike last week, it's a lot of fun. However there is some hesitation between 4000 and 6000 revs, and the electric starter doesn't really work. So I have ordered new carb boots (they are currently cracked), new spark plugs (B7ES, to replace the slightly fouled B8ES in there currently) and a starter clutch repair kit and a gasket for the cover. Hopefully fitting these parts along with a carb clean should get the bike running spot on. 
There are also a few cosmetic niggles I would like to improve, main offender being a large hand painted bird of prey on the tank.

All the best, Jack.
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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 05 May 2022 14:54 #866662

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Sometimes the breaker point(s) gap and ignition timing need some adjustment and don´t forget to check your timing advancer is moving and not stuck. Some drops of oil will do the job.
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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 05 May 2022 15:17 #866665

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What, no pics of the bird??
1979 KZ400 Gifted to a couple of nephews
1967 Yamaha YCS1 Bonanza
1980 KZ440B
1981 Yamaha XT250H
1981 KZ440 LTD project bike
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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 05 May 2022 23:33 #866679

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Welcome Jack from another UK member (Leicestershire)
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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 06 May 2022 02:07 #866680

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Welcome Jack. South East corner here but get down your corner fairly often as have a place in Cornwall. 

Z1000J2 somewhat modified!

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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 06 May 2022 06:20 #866686

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Welcome Jack. That looks to be a very tidy KZ400. They are not very fast but are nimble and great around town. 
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1976 Kawasaki KZ400
1979 Yamaha XS650 cafe'
2001 KZ1000P
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"If you didn't build it, it's not really yours"
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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 06 May 2022 13:36 #866697

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Thanks very much for the tip, I just had to do this on my '83 Volkswagen Polo. 

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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 06 May 2022 13:43 #866698

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Cheers. Maybe not that fast, but plenty exciting for me for now. My other bike is a '75 Yamaha DT100, and I drive a 1L Polo and an old diesel VW van, so comparatively the KZ400 is a rocket! 

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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 06 May 2022 13:49 #866699

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Hi Nerdy, as requested here is a pic of offending the bird. 
I can't seem to reply directly to peoples comments, only reply to the thread as a whole. Is that normal, or am I doing it wrong?
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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 06 May 2022 16:08 #866702

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Hi Nerdy, as requested here is a pic of offending the bird. 
I can't seem to reply directly to peoples comments, only reply to the thread as a whole. Is that normal, or am I doing it wrong?



 

That's... that's a bird, all right. Possibly something in the falcon family? Thanks for the pic, btw.

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1979 KZ400 Gifted to a couple of nephews
1967 Yamaha YCS1 Bonanza
1980 KZ440B
1981 Yamaha XT250H
1981 KZ440 LTD project bike
1981 GPz550
2013 Yamaha FZ6R
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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 10 May 2022 08:45 #866855

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Heya, your bike looks great! I also have a 76 KZ400 but it's nowhere near ready to run so I'm jealous of yours.

That bird though... and the little "ride" sticker on its tail. I kind of love how in your face it is. I'm curious what you'll do with that in future. Hopefully you make a project thread showing it, that'd be cool.

I'm probably just looking at the photo wrong, does yours have a 2 into 1 exhaust going?
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New member from England here, introducing myself and my '76 KZ400 10 May 2022 11:14 #866864

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Hi Nerdy, as requested here is a pic of offending the bird. 
I can't seem to reply directly to peoples comments, only reply to the thread as a whole. Is that normal, or am I doing it wrong?

Yeah that's gotta go :)

Congrats on passing your test, you have some nice riding roads over your way. I'm between London and Cambridge just off the M11 which is getting more and more overcrowded with horrible traffic.
 
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