Milking a 77 Kaw

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05 Jan 2011 13:37 #420209 by ChiCityKawboy
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Time to find out what we have here.

1977 KZ1000 A1

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05 Jan 2011 13:56 #420215 by ChiCityKawboy
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Here's some pics to start off.

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05 Jan 2011 14:01 #420216 by ChiCityKawboy
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Chrome polished up real nice.

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05 Jan 2011 14:10 #420217 by ChiCityKawboy
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soft miles

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05 Jan 2011 14:40 #420221 by Patton
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Fine look'n specimen, 'cept for the handlebars. :pinch:

On the other hand, had the bars been installed sooner, the mileage would've been even softer. :lol:

Very nice bike, handsome and clean.

Good Fortune!

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05 Jan 2011 14:51 - 05 Jan 2011 14:53 #420225 by Patton
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Looks like Lester wheels (an excellent choice);

Extended fork tubes -- bike appears to have been tastefully and temporarily done in the chopper-like fashion popular in its day.

Pretty engine with detailed chrome covers, etc.

:unsure: Rear suspension?? Oh, wait, just saw the shocks.

Good Fortune! :)

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KZ900 LTD
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06 Jan 2011 20:50 #420460 by MuzzleMike
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Nice !!!!

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09 Jan 2011 10:30 #420999 by ChiCityKawboy
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Found out some interesting details. The second owner of this kaw purchased it in 1980 in San Diego from a speed shop near his naval base. The bike came with a handful of work orders that are a little hard to read but you can make out most of the basic work it had done from the front end to the big boar kit and jetting work. It turns out this bike is quite the monster. I sure would like to find out how big they went on the engine kit. It wasn't listed on the work order. Cylinder sleeves weren't on the work order either so I figure the big boar kit isn't over a 1075 but I hear they can go all the way to 1350.

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