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Why a Kz before another motorcycle?
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17 Jun 2024 09:32 - 17 Jun 2024 09:37 #900872
by sf4t7
Scotty
1974 Z1A
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welded Z1 crank
Andrews 1X Cams
Delkevic 4 into 1
Replied by sf4t7 on topic Why a Kz before another motorcycle?
Thanks guys! Your "thumbs up" means a lot to me. Your collective knowledge saved me a lot of time and head scratching. I had to dust off a lot of the things I learned working on this bike 40 years ago after having the motor built up.
HRM: the tires on it when I started were a matched set of Pirelli phantoms I put on it in the late 1980's. Had quite a time getting them off the rims!
Moose1800: There's a reason I took the photos from 20 ft away - there's quite a bit of patina left (spokes, hidden frame areas, and engine cases). This revival isn't even close to the same league as your polished turd, it didn't even use up 1 can of turd polish. But I have some left for the future! For now it will serve as intended - a safe reliable decent looking older hotrod bike . Maybe in a year or so I'll dive in a little deeper. The Kubota belongs to my buddy Steve who generously lets me use space in his shop alongside his 1955 F100 restomod project. The budget worked out as I had hoped. Steve teases me "good thing we aren't doing this for a living - we'd go hungry most of the time"
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HRM: the tires on it when I started were a matched set of Pirelli phantoms I put on it in the late 1980's. Had quite a time getting them off the rims!
Moose1800: There's a reason I took the photos from 20 ft away - there's quite a bit of patina left (spokes, hidden frame areas, and engine cases). This revival isn't even close to the same league as your polished turd, it didn't even use up 1 can of turd polish. But I have some left for the future! For now it will serve as intended - a safe reliable decent looking older hotrod bike . Maybe in a year or so I'll dive in a little deeper. The Kubota belongs to my buddy Steve who generously lets me use space in his shop alongside his 1955 F100 restomod project. The budget worked out as I had hoped. Steve teases me "good thing we aren't doing this for a living - we'd go hungry most of the time"
Don't forget to donate to help run this forum - access to the knowledge here is worth every penny!
Scotty
1974 Z1A
1015
welded Z1 crank
Andrews 1X Cams
Delkevic 4 into 1
Last edit: 17 Jun 2024 09:37 by sf4t7.
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17 Jun 2024 10:17 #900877
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Replied by Moose1800 on topic Why a Kz before another motorcycle?
Scotty, Rome wasn't built in a day since you plan on using your Z1 as a rider you can take your time and clean it up a little at a time.
I bought my KZ to have something to do in the winter months while I'm retired and also to flip and maybe make a few bucks ( who was I kidding no money to be made doing this) I wanted to finish as soon as possible but I also wanted a clean as can be bike that I could sell and be proud to say I did the work to my best ability, while it's not perfect it's a bike I could sell without shame.
Have fun riding your Z1 that you can be proud of !!!
I bought my KZ to have something to do in the winter months while I'm retired and also to flip and maybe make a few bucks ( who was I kidding no money to be made doing this) I wanted to finish as soon as possible but I also wanted a clean as can be bike that I could sell and be proud to say I did the work to my best ability, while it's not perfect it's a bike I could sell without shame.
Have fun riding your Z1 that you can be proud of !!!
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