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Also I picked up a new stock spring for the chain tensioner and it was quite a bit longer and stronger than the old one. .....was glad I did mine after seeing the difference.........valve, clutch springs etc etc all are wearing out over time.....just like me. :lol:
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1980 KZ750 cam, ape springs, stock clutch/ Barnett springs.
Vance and Hines Header w/ comp baffle and Ape pods, Dyna S and green coils, copper wires.
29MM smooth bores W/ 17.5 pilots, 0-6s and 117.5 main
16/42 gearing X ring chain and alum rear JT sprocket.
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The spare crank was wrapped in double black garbage bags and a spare swing arm they didn't see. Some small parts I need now and needed earlier. They all burned with the shop.
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Tyrell Corp wrote: the trouble is, these things are almost bullet proof.
...that is the problem, anyone want a good in service spec 550 /750 crank and rods - yous for a bottle of red. Kawasaki were too clever in their engineering , these ££££ forged/pressed cranks now you almost can't give away.
Customer complaint: Dear kawasaki, please make our cranks more crappy to give the small guys a chance of maiking some dough here 30 years later to fund our restoration projects :laugh: .
I'll bet they don't do it now. :whistle:
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swest wrote: That would be unreliable due to the new rings and only 200 miles on it. I'm checking my valve adjustments this morning. I will do the wire test. I have some heavy gauge wire I can use. I can measure at the side where the piston is flat and then measure the center of the dome if that would help.
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Your right on that but before I started mine I wanted to build a little oil pressure and wanted to see it things were right anyway and I got 145 across the board cold and un started then 165 after 600 miles......Ron.
1978 KZ650 b-2
700cc Wiseco kit 10 to 1.
1980 KZ750 cam, ape springs, stock clutch/ Barnett springs.
Vance and Hines Header w/ comp baffle and Ape pods, Dyna S and green coils, copper wires.
29MM smooth bores W/ 17.5 pilots, 0-6s and 117.5 main
16/42 gearing X ring chain and alum rear JT sprocket.
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I seem to have a vary rare item that could be worth a lot of money I could put back into the bike, (big bore kit, etc.) and sell the pistons and barrels I have now at 1/2 the price, maybe. Or buy a run down Z1b and switch parts.
The bad, I am running on lower compression than normal. I know that now but didn't before I started this thread. (ignorance is bliss), I'll have to tear it down again (no hurry for that), I'll be able to buy a 903 crank (a good one) and do the gussets I didn't have time for this time around. Not that bad. :lol:
Meanwhile I'll be in the wind and loving every minute of it. :woohoo:
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I tried to do a compression test last night. The gauge doesn't work for SHT. It was left in a tool box in the rain by my son years ago. I have another gauge I will try to adapt to the fitting. From what I could tell, I'm in the 120 range. Can't hold my thumb over it so it's runable but not where it should be.
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I corrected it the other day so the mark is wearing away.
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swest wrote: I tried to do a compression test last night. The gauge doesn't work for SHT. It was left in a tool box in the rain by my son years ago. I have another gauge I will try to adapt to the fitting. From what I could tell, I'm in the 120 range. Can't hold my thumb over it so it's runable but not where it should be.
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120 isn't too bad. The thumb test doesn't really tell you anything, it could only be 50PSI and you still wouldn't be able to hold your thumb over it...
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