New here

Hello to all. I'm 49 and started riding at age 10. My last bike was a 05 SV 1000S
but sold it about a month ago. I just bought a 73 Z1 900 that's in fairly good
shape but needs going over to be nice. The engine jumped time and bent
all the valves so now is a good time to go through whole engine. This bike
is special to me because my dad bought it new. He bought it in 1973 and sold
it in 1975 and the owner knew that if it came up for sale that I was interested
in buying it. So now I have a winter and spring project.

Welcome...a tough project, but worth it...in terms of personal historical value and the value of the bike itself.

thats cool,i had my dads first 75z1 when i was younger but let it go(still kick myself in the ass!)but i still have his 78a2 he bought in 79!and i have a replacement 75z1 i bought it 9-10-01 i was working on it when the planes hit the towers i will never let this one go!goodluck,happy wrenching!

Pictures if you please.......

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Welcome to KZR. It's great you were able to buy your Dad's bike.

Gives us some pics on your progress.

Welcome. Cool that you got your Dad's bike.
Good luck and don't forget progress pics.

Welcome to KZR.

I'm surprised you didn't keep both bikes.
The SVS is a great bike.

Post edited by: 1down4up, at: 2006/01/09 19:06

Cool story, getting your dad's old ride back. Sorry about the bent valves, but sounds like you're good to go for a rebuild.
Pics?