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16 Apr 2015 08:22 #668193 by turboguzzi
Good season start was created by turboguzzi
so then, am i still the only member road racing a kawi here?
whatever, the italian vintage championship started last weekend at the Varano track and I brought home a 3rd place trophy on my old & trusty Gpz750/810 behind a full 1000 cc guzzi and duc.
amazingly, motor it still super strong after 4 seasons without much attention, was easily able to stay with a 16 valve, air-oil 750GSXR on the straights in one of the mixed classes practice, so that 90 rwhp was no fluke :)
cheers,

(i'm the told guy on the right BTW...)

TG
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16 Apr 2015 09:16 #668204 by Mcdroid
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Congrats! and thanks for putting a face to an avatar. Some of us do follow you in your posts on KZR.

Michael
Victoria, Texas

1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
1975 Z2A

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16 Apr 2015 17:11 #668261 by zukdave
Replied by zukdave on topic Good season start
TG I may not comment but I do follow your post's about your racing.
Keep adding to this thread like I've done my drag strip thread
and keep it in one place will make it easyer to follow you.

As for racing road or drag very few on here race their KZ's
I guess their too scared of breaking them.

1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.

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16 Apr 2015 17:18 - 16 Apr 2015 17:20 #668265 by mopguy
Replied by mopguy on topic Good season start
Auguri!! e Grazie assai per la vostra contribuzione al KZ Rider, da Toronto, Canada.

I have a 1980 Kawasaki KZ750 Ltd. I bought new. I recently managed to get it out of my garage after 28 years and put it on the road again (2010). I feel like a kid all over again. Since I have acquired 3 78 KZ1000 Ltd, 1 1981 KZ1000 Ltd, and another 1980 KZ750 Ltd. Love the LTD's.
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16 Apr 2015 23:31 #668324 by bluezbike
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Sweet start TG......I have never raced but may try one of these days......I follow your and zukdave's exploits, lots of luck to you both.

79 KZ 1000 LTD
77 KZ 1000 B1 LTD (awaiting electrical resurrection)

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17 Apr 2015 14:42 #668430 by turboguzzi
Replied by turboguzzi on topic Good season start
tnxs guys
a side note, just for peace of mind took off this week the sump coveroff after four years to have a peek and it's amazing. not even a hit of swarf or metal particles, and i do plenty of clutchless shifting during a race. everything looks just perfect after 4 season of hard racing and shifting at 11K. Neither did the shims require any adjustment and that's with pretty hot cams. I do change oil and filter every other race though.

Dont know the bigger K motors that well , but i am tempted to say that the 650/750 unit is even more bullet proof!

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18 Apr 2015 12:22 #668552 by zukdave
Replied by zukdave on topic Good season start
I think the small four is a better motor with the one piece crank,
plain bearing's, a better oiling system and shim under bucket.
I beat the dog shit out of mine and don't worry about it.

1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.

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18 Apr 2015 13:16 #668563 by loudhvx
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zukdave wrote: I think the small four is a better motor with the one piece crank,
plain bearing's, a better oiling system and shim under bucket.
I beat the dog shit out of mine and don't worry about it.

+1

congrats TG!

I think Corey has moved on to SV's, but I wonder if he will still campaign the ZX.

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20 Apr 2015 15:44 #668928 by turboguzzi
Replied by turboguzzi on topic Good season start

zukdave wrote: I think the small four is a better motor with the one piece crank,
plain bearing's, a better oiling system and shim under bucket.
I beat the dog shit out of mine and don't worry about it.


zuk, have you ever dynoed the motor? your tune state sounds a lot like mine

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20 Apr 2015 16:45 #668935 by zukdave
Replied by zukdave on topic Good season start
I did back when I put the VM29's on to see the A/F ratio
at 15 to 1 way lean it made 76 hp at the wheel.
Now with the fresh motor and way better jetting I'd say it's
high 80's or better.
I plan on calling the dyno guy this week and see about another dyno day.

1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.

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29 Apr 2015 10:56 #669975 by turboguzzi
Replied by turboguzzi on topic Good season start
hei zuk, lets see waht you get jetted properly
my experience with the 810 kit was that as installed compression ratio was not high enough.

welded the heads quite a bit to get higher CR and larger squish areas.

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29 Apr 2015 16:06 #670022 by zukdave
Replied by zukdave on topic Good season start
TG when I had the head done Curtis took about 020 off the surface
so I'm thinking about 10 1/2 CR. I'd like it to be over 11 to 1 CR.

1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.

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