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82 kz750 cafe racer 08 Jun 2020 16:13 #827619

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Video I took of it running.

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82 kz750 cafe racer 29 Nov 2020 11:50 #839194

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Finally got the time to ride the bike last week when it was nice out. She really screams, I was so happy to find out how nice it is to ride. New tires are a must, though. I locked the rear for a moment coming to a stop and said oh yeah needs some rubber.

I'll be riding a lot of dirt roads and such in the future, and wonder if anyone has found some good dual sport tires that they like. I was looking at the shinko 705. I'd need to get an 18" rear wheel, but it doesn't look like there's any options for a light trail tire in a 16" rear anyways.
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82 kz750 cafe racer 29 Nov 2020 17:20 #839209

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Wow sounds great . Good to see another one up and running .
Gpz 750 turbo The one I ride
Gpz 750 turbo Not finished
Gpz 750 turbo Not started
Gpz 550 1981
Gpz 550 1983
Bunch of other junk

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82 kz750 cafe racer 10 Apr 2021 10:40 #846476

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Finally made some good progress. Got a 22.5 degree pipe from rockauto to complete the exhaust. NO muffler shop in town would make me one, which was baffling. I was willing to pay whatever they wanted, but oh well, I got the pipe for $10 and I'll just use some clamps for now.
Cheap $50 muffler works pretty well.
Painted the front wheel.
New shinko tires. 
18" rear wheel shipped for like $60 iirc
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Still runs like absolute ass.  Very hard to start, and will pop and backfire through the carbs. I think i may have an issue with ignition wiring, I recall it not turning over a few months ago until I wiggled the fuse box. It then blew the main fuse, which i then replaced with a regular fuse, since i couldn't find any locally in the correct size.

BUT I'm happy to be almost at the look I've been wanting. 

Andrew
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82 kz750 cafe racer 10 Apr 2021 10:51 #846477

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I love the look! I also appreciate my favorite car being in the background 
1982 KZ750 Spectre - 6 speed swap, BS34s, 18" rear wheel

2001 ZX-6R

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82 kz750 cafe racer 13 Apr 2021 08:11 #846631

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Thanks, man.  That's my 84 Rx7 gsl-se with a 5.3 LS swap I did about 7 years ago.  Had this car since high school, still smells exactly the same inside.  I just started it up for the first time in 2 years and trailered it down to my parents barn, where it will stay when we head out in the RV. 

Wife wants me to sell it really bad, but I just cant do it. It's just so damn good. 
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82 kz750 cafe racer 13 Apr 2021 08:50 #846633

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I used to road race an RX-7 with the California Sports Car Club.  This is me (#38) passing on the apron down the front straight at California Speedway. 
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'81 KZ-750 E2
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82 kz750 cafe racer 13 Apr 2021 09:16 #846634

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That is just too cool, man.  Who knew there were some Rx7 guys here.  Just incase you guys hate me for swapping out the rotary, it's a 200k mile car and sat with a blown engine for 10 years.  It would have cost me twice as much to get to 300hp with a rotary, so i decided to drop in a V8 for the laughs. And it gets better gas mileage now too, hahaha. 
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82 kz750 cafe racer 13 Apr 2021 16:22 #846645

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I had an ‘84 with 13B and 5 speed just after highschool. Great car. 

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