Crash/highway bars for 81/82 750LTD

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04 Jun 2017 12:57 #763524 by Setton
Crash/highway bars for 81/82 750LTD was created by Setton
Been looking for crash and highway bars for my bike for a couple of years now and finally found and bought them. They're supposed to arrive tomorrow. The seller pulled them off another '82 750LTD, so they should fit with no modification, right?

I was wondering if anyone can draw circles on a photo showing where it attaches?

Here's the bars in question:


I'm pretty sure they attach here, but it seems like that's only half of it... and I could be wrong about any of it.

KZs I own
1982 KZ750-H3 LTD (frame's bent, no longer rideable, RIP)
1982 KZ1100 LTD Shaft (thought it was a Spectre)
1988 KZ1000 Police
1989 KZ1000 Police (basket case)
2002 KZ1000 Police

Non-KZs:
1983 Hondamatic 450
2001 Honda Rebel


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04 Jun 2017 15:23 #763529 by SWest

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04 Jun 2017 16:15 #763532 by Setton
Replied by Setton on topic Crash/highway bars for 81/82 750LTD

SWest wrote: I'd say it's the single bolt below the circle.
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Yeah, on further inspection I thought the same... but what about the top brackets? I can't identify where they bolt into.

KZs I own
1982 KZ750-H3 LTD (frame's bent, no longer rideable, RIP)
1982 KZ1100 LTD Shaft (thought it was a Spectre)
1988 KZ1000 Police
1989 KZ1000 Police (basket case)
2002 KZ1000 Police

Non-KZs:
1983 Hondamatic 450
2001 Honda Rebel


I don't understand soup. Put a flower on my nose.

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04 Jun 2017 16:20 #763533 by mopguy
Replied by mopguy on topic Crash/highway bars for 81/82 750LTD
The top ones bolt on to the front frame.

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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04 Jun 2017 19:46 #763556 by SWest

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05 Jun 2017 10:23 - 05 Jun 2017 21:00 #763601 by Setton
Replied by Setton on topic Crash/highway bars for 81/82 750LTD
So the top ones are clamps then? That makes sense, looking at the photos.

What should I do about removing the rust from them if I don't have access to sand blasting?

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The bars arrived. I bought some phosphoric acid based gel spray from Auto Zone and it's helping a lot with the rust problem. There's still some stubborn bits of rust, but I'm going to be sanding the bar tomorrow with some 600 grit to try to strip the chrome off so I can paint it. The bars had some nasty surface rust all along one side, so the chrome's basically a lost cause at this point anyway.

KZs I own
1982 KZ750-H3 LTD (frame's bent, no longer rideable, RIP)
1982 KZ1100 LTD Shaft (thought it was a Spectre)
1988 KZ1000 Police
1989 KZ1000 Police (basket case)
2002 KZ1000 Police

Non-KZs:
1983 Hondamatic 450
2001 Honda Rebel


I don't understand soup. Put a flower on my nose.
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06 Jun 2017 21:43 #763782 by Setton
Replied by Setton on topic Crash/highway bars for 81/82 750LTD
Ok, so... are the stock bolts down on the bottom of the engine there long enough, or will I need new ones?

I'm just about ready to mount it, but it's the middle of the night, and I don't think it's going to be a good idea to try to mount blacked out bars on a blacked out bike sitting in a pitch black parking space at 1 in the morning.

KZs I own
1982 KZ750-H3 LTD (frame's bent, no longer rideable, RIP)
1982 KZ1100 LTD Shaft (thought it was a Spectre)
1988 KZ1000 Police
1989 KZ1000 Police (basket case)
2002 KZ1000 Police

Non-KZs:
1983 Hondamatic 450
2001 Honda Rebel


I don't understand soup. Put a flower on my nose.

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01 Jul 2017 03:25 #765810 by KZ750-four-lyf
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Did you get it mounted?

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15 Jul 2017 07:37 #766991 by Setton
Replied by Setton on topic Crash/highway bars for 81/82 750LTD
Yeah, I got it mounted. Routing the clutch cable so that it doesn't touch the pipes was a pain in the ass though.

KZs I own
1982 KZ750-H3 LTD (frame's bent, no longer rideable, RIP)
1982 KZ1100 LTD Shaft (thought it was a Spectre)
1988 KZ1000 Police
1989 KZ1000 Police (basket case)
2002 KZ1000 Police

Non-KZs:
1983 Hondamatic 450
2001 Honda Rebel


I don't understand soup. Put a flower on my nose.

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