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I just don't like my LTD....recommendations?
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Along with the rear shocks, the front forks are sprung weak, some have installed new Progressive springs, and some have made spacers to add preload, I did the spacers, helped a lot.
Every bike is a bit different and some changes to suit the rider is a personal thing for sure.
1982 KZ1000LTD K2 Vance & Hines 4-1 ACCEL COILS Added Vetter fairing & Bags. FOX Racing rear Shocks, Braced Swing-arm, Fork Brace, Progressive Fork Springs RT Gold Emulators, APE Valve Springs, 1166 Big Bore kit, RS34's, GPZ cams.
1980 KZ550LTD C1 Stock SOLD Miss it
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hocbj23 wrote:
no u look just fine and so does the bike.bj
I agree. Your bike looks fantastic, great shape.
This bike IS a standard ...I think the point of the LTD bikes was to give people who like the American bike aesthetic a kawasaki they can own, but not sacrifice performance much. The frame is the same as their all out racing bikes of the time, so it's not as low-down as the name sort of suggests. Unless you do some more substantial modifications it will always seem small, I had my neighbor who used to restore indians, like 750 cc indians tell me my 1000 LTD felt small when she sat on it...I am bigger and taller than you, and can sit on it just fine for hours. You can get case guards for our bike and mount highway pegs to the guards to give you a more layed back look, but that will be uncomfortable if you get shorter bars.
After contemplating and looking and sitting I believe this is the whole issue which I don't believe I can overcome.
Thanks for all of the input. I have put the bike up for sale. I just don't think it is going to suit my needs.
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Old Honda, Cow Kz models, old Triumphs, and Nortons all have you sitting up in the air. Great positioning for racing, but not good comfort for long hauling. The LTD was better seating, but really meant for a shorter person, all us tall fellas feel cramped on them. HEH!
It's not a rigid so do you really need 8" of pad under yer ass, lol. Add another 2" or more from the way the seat pan is mounted.
I'd go buy an old Banana seat (no not the bicycle kind, they had about 2" of padding and a moldable seat pan) hang the stock one up somewhere for safe keeping and leave the frame mounts alone. You could probably work a Corbin or a Gunfighter seat on there, both would drop you lower into the bike.
Get some higher bars, not lower. Could put some decent pullbacks risers on there and use a straight bar, either way would work.
Put yourself on a good highway bar so you can have your feet forward, and either move yer feet back an forth, or learn to shift and break with your heals like I do, (been doing it that way for years.) I leave the stock driver pegs on for a holy crap moment, or for the passenger to stretch out their legs out on the highway.
Off topic, but woulda thought Corbin made a seat for the W-650 heh.
www.corbin.com/kawasaki/w650gl.shtml
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Me and a buddy went out one weekend and rode about 10 different big horsepower snowmobiles, just so we could compare how they all felt, power, suspension, handling, looks, price, etc. We just test drove, really with out intention of buying that day. But later we both had a different sled purchased, and that day of test rides helped a bunch. I mean when you go look to spend money on a car you look at a few, right. This might be something to consider, so you can get an Idea of whats out there. It might even have you keeping the LTD and setting it up differently.
1982 KZ1000LTD K2 Vance & Hines 4-1 ACCEL COILS Added Vetter fairing & Bags. FOX Racing rear Shocks, Braced Swing-arm, Fork Brace, Progressive Fork Springs RT Gold Emulators, APE Valve Springs, 1166 Big Bore kit, RS34's, GPZ cams.
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I found my 82 KZ1000 LTD for $150, dead and badly abused.
I put a set of 6 inch dogbones on the stock bars and found a set of highway bars. Major comfort increase on the K2. Now its just a question of replacing the 29 year old foam.
And someday I'll get the carbs right... lol
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Sorry I'm not much of a parts source guy, perhaps Z1e has something like that. I just wanted to say I love it, going to be a great ride when you're done. That is one Wicked looking header on there, can I beg a pic of the other side so I can see it all?? I love the way it just swoops.
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1982 KZ1000 LTD K2. Resurrected, not restored
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