Carbs in transit, to be here 9 April

Greetings Kzr faithful.
Thought I would take my old girl out for short run on the street today. Still lots of snow up here but finally the temps are looking promising. Should be out running in about a month or so once the roads are properly cleaned and the snowbanks are a distant memory.

I decided to take the bike outside and let it warm up and of course after hearing it run the little devil on my shoulder advising me decided that I had to give it a little rip on the street. The guy walking on the street with the little kid asked me to give it a quick shot so I obliged (keeping in mind the crappy roads and their presence.)

The bike ran great and the fellow asked me if I was interesting in selling it as he has always wanted a Kz. Told him no as the old 650 is a family heirloom that will be passed to my son when I am too old to swing my leg over the old girl.

Here is a short little clip. Hopefully it will load. Man, I love this old bike!






Cheers-Colin

DoctoRot wrote: BIG price difference if you were to buy new carbs vs rebuild your current ones. You would have to change the jetting in a new set of carbs to suit your application as well. Most used carbs you can buy you would likely have to rebuild anyway. Its actually pretty easy. Now that you have the service manual just follow the steps and replace any o rings or needles that look worn.

If you are planing on mono-shocking the stock swingarm, i think you might want to add a under-brace of some sort. They were pretty floppy to start with and certainly not designed to withstand the torsional force that a mono shock will put on them. Most folks that convert to mono-shock swap the whole assembly.

I agree 100%! I am already planned on reinforcing the stock swinger as it was. i thought about swapping it out for a more modern one but it seems that the design on all the modern swingers clashes with the frame design of the 70's bike. I am a stickler when it comes to contrasting parts on a bike, for example when people commonly swap large square steel or aluminum swingarms onto a bike that has a 1" round tube frame, to me it takes away from the overall design and flow of the bike. plus, this build isnt going to be about track times and cornering speed, to me its about having fun during the build and ending up with a product i can look at and be proud of

BIG price difference if you were to buy new carbs vs rebuild your current ones. You would have to change the jetting in a new set of carbs to suit your application as well. Most used carbs you can buy you would likely have to rebuild anyway. Its actually pretty easy. Now that you have the service manual just follow the steps and replace any o rings or needles that look worn.

If you are planing on mono-shocking the stock swingarm, i think you might want to add a under-brace of some sort. They were pretty floppy to start with and certainly not designed to withstand the torsional force that a mono shock will put on them. Most folks that convert to mono-shock swap the whole assembly.

What type of driving? Drag racing, street racing or just cruising for looks?
I used an extra swingarm, added 3 1/2". cut the straight pieces, cut some plugs on the lathe about 1" made a flat plate for the top at front .080. Nice tig weld job. This one is just for looks for a street hot rod. I built it with stock dimensions at the back. I offset 3/8 for a 150 tire. I had to use an aluminum sprocket. I countersunk flat heads in for clearence. I did this 10 years ago. Some day I'll get back to it?
These are old pictures. Nice black single stage urethane paint. Still shines like it just came out of the gun.
I would not launch it at the track with a 5 1/2" hot slick though.

droolin over them carbs

keep us posted,

leon

Ordered the RS 34 flat slide today.

Will keep you posted on how things go.
I can tell you that the customer service

at Dynoman is first rate so far.

Lights are next. :license plate, and I am on the road.

Cool, you'll have to let us know how it turns out. I am putting my engine back together with 1015 pistons and APE 410 cams. I am going to use the stock carbs for now but I want a bigger set.

Mikuni RS 34mm flatslides are going on order tomorrow.
The old carbs are ok, but I am just tired of screwing with them.

dynoman.net/carb/mikuniRS2.html

This stared as your stock ltd.. I stripped it down and away I went.. The tank has been hammered in " where the purple maker is" .. I have renthal fatty bars mounted. Brake perch from the 04 kfx250 along with the seat an foot pegs.. The sing arm an shock are off the 86' xl600 great fit! Did have to cut down a wheel spacer to fit the ltd wheel in the swing arm.. All so the swing arm extended it about 2". Removed to belt train.. Will have it chain drive... Rear frame had about a inch removed up by the tail light mount. Have not yet removed all tabs... Will be cutting off the sub frame an rewielding it to fit the seat better.. Will update as I go.. Thanks for looking