Pre 1990 Motorcycles
Many new members ask if parts are available for their specific model KZ/Z1. This is a list of parts sources some of which I have used and other members on this and other boards have used. Please feel free to add to the list if you know of any others. Z1enterprises http://www.z1enterprises.com/...
SO OFTEN FORUM MEMBERS NORMALLY NEWCOMMERS ASK FOR ASSISTANCE WITH REGARDS TO A PROBLEM THEY ARE EXPERIANCING WITH THERE MACHINE AND WHILST WE ENDEVOUR TO HELP OUT IT BECOMES VERY FRUSTRATING THE LACK OF INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE INITIAL POST... I READ EARLIER FROM StarGate IN ONE SUCH POST.........
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I have had my eye on a GPz550 locally for about a year. I drove by it this morning and it has a "For Sale" sign on it. I'm gonna go back later and find out how much he's asking for it. The wife will kill me, but maybe I can scrounge up a 900 and 1100 and have the full set. How cool would that be?
Hey guys, new here, bought a 79 kz-750 twin last year on ebay. Started and ran very smoothly. Put about 120 miles on it, started leaking at pretty much every gasket on it, not loosing a significant amount of oil, but enough I can smell it burning on the exhaust, and see it smoking when I stop. ...
ok, after a nice 250 mile jaunt to and from laconia for bike week my speedo decided its had enough and went ta sleep on me .. prior to it dieing it was about 5-10 mph off and fluctuated wildly when ya reached about 50 mph .. ive gone and tested all the wires, conections ect as recomended in manual...
I was at a festival the other day and stumbled into the Harley tent (where I got looks of scorn because I was neither outfitted in bedazzled leather nor sporting a handlebar mustache). I noticed a new V-rod model that was pretty cool looking, the VRSC Night Rod. All blacked out and fancy looking....
Hi everyone! want to replace the stock rear 130-80-18 with a 150-80-18 or 140-80-18 on my 85 zx900 will it fit and will it work? I have removed the center stand on this bike. Any help? Thanks!:redface:
Since I've owned the KZ I have been chasing a fuel consumption problem. I couldn't get over 35 mpg to save my butt. I rebuilt the bottom half of the carbs, ran smoother but the mileage was still bad. There was an intermittent miss, I attributed it to the plugs fouling because of the carbs. I had to...
When I start to accelerate it jerks a little. Feels maybe like the clutch isn't fully connecting. Or maybe the plates are going bad? Started after I had gotten on the throttle pretty hard and then left it for a day. When I got back on the next day it seemed to stutter when starting. But once...
Hello. About the fuel tap or pet ****, my gasket and strainer that filters the fuel before it gets to the carb went bad. So I found a gasket that works fine but have a question about the strainer. I could'nt find one so I got a in line filter and put that underneath the fuel tap. Well since I done...
I have an '83 KZ550 LTD, I ran my bike long and hard last night after putting a bottle of special motorcycle fuel system cleaner in it. WWWWOOOOWWWWW!!! What a difference a $10.00 bottle makes, (when you get me to drink a bottle for $10.00, I usually slow down). I started out fast, but didn't...
I joined just a little while ago and I promised to post some pics of my nearly mint 1985 Vulcan 700A LTD with 9250 original miles on it. They are in the picture gallery, it is the wine red model with the windscreen. I'm really enjoying it. It's an old school metric cruiser, which suits me just...
I am working on my brother's 72 H2 750 and have a question about the shifting. It was working fine and than set for the winter. Shortly after riding season started it started to have a popping feeling in 2nd gear only and only at low-mid throttle. It started to get worse so he quit riding it. That...
Last fall I picked up a running 79 KZ650C from a co-worker for $300. It came with the vetter fairing and saddlebags/trunk. My intentions were to pull that stuff off, but once I got it home and started fiddling with it I discovered that it didn't have any factory lights - so I decided to leave it...
The 1980 KZ750 LTD :confused: I bought seems to bottom the rear shocks real easy. I have it set to the hardest setting anf 4 on the rebound. But with only me on it, it bottoms in easy ridding around town. Are thes shocks rebuildable? Or is this something that can't be cured. Ridding 2 up would...
Will a 79 kz 1000 fork fit an 82 kz1000 ltd?
Hi all I paid £20 for a Z250 twin for which there is a frame a box off bits and an engine with the points and cover missing. Think i made a bad purchase. Any how i have found out that its an A model, but dont know which one, how can i find this information out?. As i believe the A3 uses a...
looking at a 1976 KZ750 around my area (PA). should i wait for a 400 to come along or will this do? looks more like a cruiser (frame slope?) but that might be the pics... the tank would definitely have to go (anyone know what other models/years tanks will fit this bike?) any help...
I've completely rebuilt this bike. It was given to me halfway taken apart and was covered in mud and grass. When I put it back together I thought I would make some mods that I thougt would make it look cooler.
I am putting a all new gaskets on may 1978 ks650 does the base gasket the gasket that goes over the cylinders go with the flat side down or up also the head looks like the flat side goe down. I always thought the flat side went down.
So the God's of motorcycling smited me today, pretty hard too. There I was on the way to work on an absolutely beautiful day, bike is humming along, mild to heavy freeway traffic. As I was approaching a regular slowdown area I let the engine do some braking, then I grabbed the clutch and...
Newbie here, Just bought a 1980 KZ750 LTD. Had about 7000 miles on it. I have been ridding it some, and bringing it back up to spec. It had some old gas in it, and I have cleaned the carbs,replaced the gas, etc. It misses at about 6000 rpm, then again about 8000 rpm. Seems like a fuel problem....
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