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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 26 Apr 2022 11:47 #866191

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Some guys have all the luck!

Aaah, the 80"s... 
and the 70's...

Another legend preserved!
'81 GPz 550 D1 Click this link: www.kzrider.com/gallery/kz-550/1981-gpz550d1-9094#joomimg
'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/617040-1981-gpz1100-b1-rst
'82 Yamaha YB100 Fizzie
'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 26 Apr 2022 16:11 #866197

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Its a shame you aren't closer, I'm in Australia, I have a pile of good parts for the  82 GPZ750.
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 26 Apr 2022 16:11 #866198

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 And had my first casualty. While trying to remove the rear brake lever from the peg base...she broke...ugh. I tried everything from penetrate oil to heat and then in the press she went...snap.


I bought a set of those footpeg brackets for my 750 but never used them.  If you want, I'll go dig through the spares to see if I still have them.

 
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 07:13 #866219

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I had the same thing happen to me.  I ended up getting another used one off of FleaBay.  The rear brake pivot tends to rust solid on these bikes.
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'81 KZ-750 E2
'87 Suzuki Savage 650 Street Tracker
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 09:21 #866229

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unfortunately I already bought one...but thanks for the offer!!

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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 09:21 #866230

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Boy it didnt want to budge...at all!

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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 09:32 #866231

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Day 3...some cleaning and removal. I figured Id clean up the exhaust and so I dropped it to start the clean up. At a certain moment as my brain was thinking of a Kerker would be great, I realized...I have to much shit, I had bought off another forum , a Kerker pipe and stashed it away for this project...duhhhhhhhh. Way to many projects! So I took it out of storage and test fit to make sure all was good. Man those stock exhaust way a ton! 
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 09:38 #866232

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Went and had the tires removed so I can repaint the rims. I elected to not powder coat them if in case I wanted to return them to stock with the machined lip. Also cleaned up the discs that fell within spec.
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 09:53 #866233

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clean, blast, coat, bake...repeat!!
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 10:03 #866234

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pulling more parts off to clean or recoat, either powder or cerakote! Since my parts came in, I decided to rebuild the forks with progressive springs. Couldnt leave them back shocks alone. Definitely get yourself a spring compressor for motorcycles...dont monkey around with other stupid ways. The shocks seems to be in good shape after I took the springs off...good dampening. Man those were a bitch to disassemble!!!
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 10:09 #866235

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as for the seat, well, ive always liked the cutdown look, so I removed the old upholstery and wacked the foam. Once that was done I took it to the upholstery shop and gave them a pic of the ELR seat and asked if they could duplicate it. For $150 I think they did pretty dang good! I might need to tighten it up later but for now...shes good!
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1982 GPZ 750 Easy restoration...psshhhhh, right! 27 Apr 2022 10:23 #866236

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So as pieces are getting together, I was still struggling with just cleaning the paint and leave it kinda patina looking, but then my OCD kicked in and said...umm hello, thats not happening! But I did clean things up and pushed it outside just to see...hmmmmm....
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