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Hello All, Check out my scooter!
- KP900
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It has 18,000 original miles.
I'll pass on what I know about it. Bone stock longblock with a c/rusty Kerker 4-1 and Pod K&N filters. BR8ES plugs.
Check out the pics before I continue:
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Nice looking 900, although I'd be switching those handle bars.
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I am going to start by removing the tank, seat, carbs, plugs.
Compression test it, to see where the compression is, and see IF I need to do a top side overhaul..:whistle:
How ever that goes will dictate where I will spend my $$$ budget first.
I want to also get a chrome Vance&Hines 4-1 (cause I LOVE that sound) and new set of Dunlop Tires and just ride this thing again.
What is the preferred "Cruiser/Muscle Bike" Handle Bar" cause I do not like these ram horn pull backs and want something else...:ohmy: ????
Lemme know what ya think and stay tuned!
KP900
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Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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id take the kerker off sandblast it and repaintB)
I agree, keep the kerker. Some high temp grill paint in flat black will fix that right up. I think the kerker is superior to the V&H
New handlebars and lose the seat and sissy bar be a pretty good lookin bike!
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Rathdrum Idaho
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Nicely done. Looks very sharp!
'76 KZ900 LTD (Blaze)
'96 Voyager XII (Dark Star)
'79 KZ650 Cafe Project (Dirty Kurt)
Greensboro, NC
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It sounds great.
Compression test yeilded 130-128-128-130 dry, so I went through the fuel system, changed the oil and filter, repainted all the body Duplicolor Gloss Black somethingornuther, removed the gutless (literally and IMO) Kerker 4-1, Installed the V&H, installed a new battery and some B7ES plugs.
Put in some Shell 91 Octane (:whistle: thats all we have avail. here) and she fired right up on full choke.
I let her idle after startup and it smoothed right out and held 2200ish.
Once it warmed up a bit, I opened the choke up and it accelerated a bit and kicked on down to 1500 and idled steady.
I knew I had left some adjustment on the throttle cable and tweaked it down to around 1250.
This thing is unbelievably easy to work on...sucks that battery acid overflowed onto my new 4-1 :blush:
Oh well, lesson learned.
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I am glad to see the ape hangers, sissy bar and king-queen seat are in the history books.
You have resurrected a classic in the classic style that it deserves.
Good job!
Cheers-Colin Firth-Ontario Canada
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Well done.
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1978 KZ650 C2, 130K kms, Delkevic ex, EI, CVK32, PMC easy clutch, ATK fork brace, steering damper, braced swingarm, 18" Z1R front wheel.
2000 ZRX1100
2011 Ninja 250R
2005 z750s
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