1982 KZ1100 A-2 (warning image heavy)

Was cleaning up and dumping my waste oil, and spotted this in the drain pan.
God I hope this motor is not toast, it felt so strong the few times I rode it.
Broken bits of what appear to be a red plastic, I thought it was rtv at first but definitely hard and brittle.

Also looks to be a lot of flecks of metal in the pan, what does everyone think?

Flakes off the edge of the flywheel magnets. I guess it's pretty common. I've seen guys post picss with the bottom of their pans covered with big chunks.

The oil pump screen and oil filter should catch anything.

Big score today, was starting to think I would never find one.

Awesome!

Zen Shenron wrote: Big score today, was starting to think I would never find one.

That's a metric Speedo. You can overlay or replace the face if needed the sweep is the same. You're going to need to replace the rear case anyway.

GPzMOD750 wrote:

Zen Shenron wrote: Big score today, was starting to think I would never find one.
That's a metric Speedo. You can overlay or replace the face if needed the sweep is the same. You're going to need to replace the rear case anyway.

Will prob swap with the housing I have and do an overlay, the sweep is the important bit.

It looks like the needle may be pressed onto the end of the post which appears to be knurled. Removing it would likely be a tricky and delicate proposition, having a lot of integral precision stuff attached behind the dial face.

Be sure to keep us posted on your progress!

Prob catch some static for this one but oh well, my bike my tastes lol.
While doing some surfing I ran across some pics and videos and I liked the way it looked so I figured what the hell, let's give it a try.

Zen Shenron wrote: Was cleaning up and dumping my waste oil, and spotted this in the drain pan.
God I hope this motor is not toast, it felt so strong the few times I rode it.
Broken bits of what appear to be a red plastic, I thought it was rtv at first but definitely hard and brittle.

Also looks to be a lot of flecks of metal in the pan, what does everyone think?

Expect something like this when you drop the oil pan...

Oh lovely, I have seen a few pics, after finding out what it was did a search on the topic, those flywheels are not cheap either.
I'll run it for now till it becomes an issue.
Just finished a carb down jet the mains were a bit too large so stepped down a size to 122.5's.
Also replaced the float needles, number one was not sealing properly so 4 new needles and seats and a petcock swapout.
I finally received the last oring I needed for my spare, baby steps lol.
The important thing is it is a rideing project so it def gets used, put a few hundred on the clock Sunday .

Chasing down leaks and found the carb holders are leaking a bit as well as an exhaust leak.
New boots on order and got some new exhaust gaskets, but need to fix up this header a bit, pics a bit later.
Once I get these leaks sorted, I can start to fine tune the carbs. I have it running a bit rich so I don't melt stuff.

Zen Shenron wrote: Oh lovely, I have seen a few pics, after finding out what it was did a search on the topic, those flywheels are not cheap either.
I'll run it for now till it becomes an issue.
Just finished a carb down jet the mains were a bit too large so stepped down a size to 122.5's.
Also replaced the float needles, number one was not sealing properly so 4 new needles and seats and a petcock swapout.
I finally received the last oring I needed for my spare, baby steps lol.
The important thing is it is a rideing project so it def gets used, put a few hundred on the clock Sunday .

Always something on these bikes demanding attention. :lol:
That magnet issue popped up back in 2010, and figured I'd be smart to replace the rotor with an aftermarket unit. After a year of constant problems, I concluded that ONLY Genuine OEM Kawasaki replacement parts are THE best choice in certain situations, this being a BIG one. After I finally relented, a perfect replacement used rotor came up on ebay, and it is still spinning with no issue.
Of tomorrow I know nor care, but of three rotors I have today, two would do to get me there...