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Written by: Mark Gregory

Parent Category: Articles

Category: Member stories

In early April of 1981, I had just completed Navy boot camp in San Diego, and was waiting for my first tech school to commence. After a couple of weeks, I got fed up with waiting for buses to get around, and with being confined to watching the city go by on the same old bus routes. I wanted to explore! I decided to get a one-way flight back to Boise one Friday night, and ride my motorbike back to San Diego over the weekend. It wasn't a bad plan on the surface.

Read more: A really ugly trip

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Written by: kzrider

Parent Category: Bike of the Month Archive

Category: BOTM 2006

This is foale zed's 1982 KZ 1100 B2. He imported it from the US to Scotland a few years back. Looks to be pretty much stock. You can see a better picture and some member comments in the gallery.

 

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Written by: kzrider

Parent Category: Bike of the Month Archive

Category: BOTM 2006

This is indykaw77's 1977 KZ 1000 A1.It has an LTD front end and wheels, triple discs, 900 seat, 650 tail, Gpz fairing, superbike bars, hand-fabbed rear fender eliminator and rear tire hugger, and a V&H 4-1. Nice looking bike! You can see a better picture and some member comments in the gallery.

 

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Written by: kzrider

Parent Category: Bike of the Month Archive

Category: BOTM 2006

This is 1960vw's 1982 KZ 305 A2. It has 22,000 miles on it, but the owner is hoping for an other 20,000. Nice looking bike that we don't see too many of around here. You can see a better picture and some member comments in the gallery.


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Written by: wiredgeorge Motorcycle Carburetors

Parent Category: Articles

Category: Technical tips

My gauges were working well and look fine except for the area under the glass. The area under the glass had considerable gunk and not only looked bad but made it diffiult to read the gauges. To clean the inside of the glass, the chrome trim ring which girds a Nippon Denso gauge must be removed and the glass bezel top half must be separated from the bottom half that contains the gauge mechanism. Between the two halves is a rubber seal that provides water proofing integrity. I found the condition of my seals excellent. They were both soft and pliable on both the tach and speedometer. If the condition of these rubber seals is poor, and they are not pliable, you will be forced to fabricate or locate new ones. I believe they could be cut out of any piece of thin mill rubber using the gauge as a template.

Read more: Gauge Glass Clean Up